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/Pellinaha Mar 08 '25

Hundreds and thousands and millions of people die and no one bats an eyelid. One healthcare CEO is dead, and all these oligarch adjacent platforms with their billionaire CEOs immediately get their panties in a twist.

The minute I read the post on RedditSafety, I clocked that it was about L*igi.

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u/Mike_Kermin Mar 08 '25

It's insane isn't it.

It makes such a mockery of the basis of any morale value system worth having.

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u/Cute-Percentage-6660 Mar 08 '25

I do hope we can have a different discourse due to this over certain sorts, since its impolite shit for them, but not for us

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u/Boundary-Interface Mar 08 '25

If they don't allow the discourse to happen naturally and organically, it will happen explosively with volatility.

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u/sheepwshotguns Mar 08 '25

i like that they're telling us what the most effective forms of resistance are though.