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/flat_four_whore22 Mar 08 '25

You can literally find the most unhinged, racist, sexist, goriest shit on reddit, without even looking for it... but talking about LM is too far? Get tf out of here.

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u/Vladmerius 29d ago

Same with YouTube being filled with disgusting shit aimed at children yet censoring adults from using adult language in adult content. You can't even list crimes someone has committed anymore and people have to say unalive and other dumb shit. Unless you're a Hollywood studio then there's no rules.