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/StonedSucculents 29d ago

Ive been banned for three days twice in the last 3 months on my main account, after having no issues for 12 years on this website. However the hell theyre defining things as harassment is about as loose as it can possibly be. In neither instance was I harassing anybody whatsoever. The appeal is just as much of a joke as the original ban

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u/thunderclone1 29d ago edited 29d ago

I once caught a 3 day timeout for justifying the French revolution.

Apparently that constituted "threatening violence" against some dudes who have been dead for over 200 years ago

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u/Red_Bullion 29d ago

I got banned from /r/politics for explaining the ideology of Malcolm X. Not even agreeing with it necessarily, just explaining it. On a sub obstensibly about politics.

/r/chapotraphouse originally got quarantined for a thread discussing how John Brown was right and did a good thing and the slave owners deserved it.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

I'm banned too, but probably because I said something not so nice about certain political figures.

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u/Coal_Morgan 29d ago

I'm banned also for saying that if the President committed treason and the punishment for treason is hanging then the President should get the maximum punishment.

6 or 7 years since I was banned. I stand by the statement.