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

[u/marketrent]

https://www.theverge.com/news/626139/reddit-luigi-mangione-automod-tool

[u/Palidin034]

Devils advocate, that one was during a time where people could just add you as a moderator to the sub. You didn’t have to confirm anything, you just got added with or without your permission. There’s a solid chance he never even knew he was a mod there

Edit: I also feel like I should still let people know that I don’t like him, fuck spez and all that, but I’m not gonna let someone be slandered for something they didn’t do

[u/Kitty-XV → u/Palidin034]

He was an admin who allowed jailbait subreddit to exist and he has been caught scanning for mentions of himself and editing them. The claim he didn't know about it and wasn't involved is like finding someone with motive and the smoking gun and trying to insist they just picked it up off the side of the road after it was used in a crime.

[u/djm9545 → u/Kitty-XV]

From what I remember he kept removing himself and people kept adding him as mod to that and a bunch of other subreddits like r/spacedicks

[u/Razgriz01 → u/Kitty-XV]

Him being a mod of that sub and him scanning for and editing mentions of himself occurred a very long time apart from each other. Not to mention that people could just re-add him.

[u/nimbusnacho → u/Palidin034]

Holy shit nuance on MY internet?

[u/Palidin034 → u/nimbusnacho]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

[u/gserv41 → u/Palidin034]

Slander is spoken. In print, it's libel. smokes cigar

[u/Hellknightx → u/Palidin034]

On the other hand, he allowed jailbait to exist for his entire tenure. It wasn't until Pao took over before reddit stepped in and shut down a lot of the disgusting and offensive subs.

[u/Teledildonic → u/Palidin034]

That's such a weird system for moderation though, it stinks of plausible deniability to me. No volunteering or confirmation required? Who does that?