r/technology • u/marketrent • Mar 08 '25

Social Media Reddit’s automatic moderation tool is flagging the word ‘Luigi’ as potentially violent — even in a Nintendo context

https://www.theverge.com/news/626139/reddit-luigi-mangione-automod-tool
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u/bizarro_kvothe Mar 08 '25

With all the AI in the world you would think that they could use something better than a forbidden word list.

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u/big_guyforyou Mar 08 '25

that's some CS 101 shit, so sounds about right for reddit

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u/Salt_Eggplant6675 29d ago

They probably just dont want to spend money on the processing. Easier and cheaper just to do basic filtering.