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/Silvestron Mar 08 '25

RIP Italians and Nintendo fans. 😂

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u/prismatic_snail 29d ago

Fun fact: if you use another language to swap out a letter, reddit can't tell what you're typing about. Used it to say Biden in another sub.

Lυigi Luιgι LUΙGΙ

Can't even tell with the last one.

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u/APRengar 29d ago

Sudden everyone starts typing in japanese

ルイギ

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u/ryan77999 29d ago

☝️🤓 ackchually his Japanese name is ルイージ