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/Pellinaha Mar 08 '25

Hundreds and thousands and millions of people die and no one bats an eyelid. One healthcare CEO is dead, and all these oligarch adjacent platforms with their billionaire CEOs immediately get their panties in a twist.

The minute I read the post on RedditSafety, I clocked that it was about L*igi.

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u/blackbook668 29d ago

Just goes to show how relevant Nolan’s Joker is.