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/bizarro_kvothe 29d ago

With all the AI in the world you would think that they could use something better than a forbidden word list.

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u/onekool 29d ago

This kind of thing has been a constant problem for Reddit, the issue is that they only have deletions as a real moderation tool rather than lowering points, so even if they let an AI do it it would end up being an all or nothing moderation.

People first noticed this back in 2014 and it actually made the news. Back then, some major news stories broke, and everyone was constantly submitting stuff about it so they put in a hard filter on r/technology for those keywords. The complete lack of news about it was noticeable though, and eventully someone leaked the actual wordfilter list.

It's been 11 years, nothing's improved.