r/technology • u/marketrent • 29d ago

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/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/PrinterInkDrinker 29d ago

Technically no, since back then anyone could be added to the moderation team with or without their consent, the “joke” was that Huffman wouldn’t interact with moderators at any level so they made him on of Jailbait

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u/FilthyPedant 29d ago

The question was "Didn't this guy moderate jailbait subreddits?" The answer is no, he was not moderating those subs. No one's defending exploitation.

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u/JMEEKER86 29d ago

Well, I wouldn't say no one is defending exploitation. Reddit loves to bring up Aaron Swartz whenever Spez does something awful, but Aaron Swartz literally defended CSAM on his blog saying that it was free speech that shouldn't be restricted and that it's "not necessarily harmful". CSAM is, of course, 100% harmful as it by definition requires the harm of children to produce.