r/technology 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/Odysseyan 29d ago

Lol censoring an actual Italian name. Reddit is such a shitshow

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u/moratnz 29d ago

A lot of the challenge with this is that unlike when reddit replaced digg, these sort of spaces aren't just playgrounds for nerds; there're seen / known as influence engines by serious people with serious resources. So as soon as another platform appeared, it'd be under significant attack by those serious people to bend it to their will.