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/Robin_Gr 29d ago

I like how you can get profanity and slur filled threats of sexual violence in your direct messages but they have to censor a name in a post.

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u/ProlapsedShamus 29d ago

I've had assholes threaten to kill me and my family because I said we need gun control in America and nothing has happened to them after I reported them.

I would get periodic threats here and there for months from those unhinged lunatics.

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u/AwarenessPotentially 29d ago

Create new accounts, and threaten 'em back. You can make new accounts all day long with a different email address, which is what your tormentors do.