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/0nSecondThought Mar 08 '25

It flagged me inciting extreme violence because I linked to a Wikipedia article about mapp gas and how it is no longer produced.

This attempt at censorship is such a stupid massive failure.

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u/idiot-prodigy Mar 08 '25

Mine was for quoting Thomas Jefferson... with quotations and his name listed as the one having said it.

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u/zjm555 Mar 08 '25

Yeah this is the point where reddit has jumped the shark into evil territory: we are now only allowed to upvote things that are deemed good and proper. It's just another death knell for actual democracy and the will of the people.

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u/zossima Mar 08 '25

I mean, someone could make a new, improved platform.