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/Prior_Coyote_4376 29d ago

Implying they ever had an interest in real content moderation…

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u/HeOfMuchApathy 29d ago

They have flagged Boomers in the the various Fallout subs as offensive. They're a faction in the game! Mods don't read context.

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u/Boundary-Interface 29d ago

What the actual fuck? The word "boomers" is now supposed to be offensive? The official name for their generation is now a slur?

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u/Prof_Acorn 29d ago

Ok [character from Battlestar Galactic also known as Athena]