Reddit apparently signals the word “Luigi” as potentially violent
RedditThe automated moderation system to see the word apparently “Luigi” as potentially violentThe rod reported.
Friday, a message appeared on the R / Freeluigi Subdreddit declaring: “PSA: The word” Luigi “is now reported by Reddit for Violence”. A screenshot of a comment on the video game Luigi’s Mansion 3 On the R / Popculture subject shows a highlight of the word “Luigi” and a tag, “check the violence – [Luigi]. “”
R / Freeluigi is a community dedicated to Luigi Mangione, the 26 -year -old suspect in the murder of December 2024 of Brian Thompson, CEO of Unitedhealthcare. Since the arrest of Mangione in December, he has received an online support flowBoth because of its status as “folk hero” in the midst of indignation against the American health system and because of its physical attractiveness. His legal defense team recently created a website While the supporters made a donation to his defense fund and follow his case. Mangione is currently detained in federal detention of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, according to the website.
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A spokesperson for Reddit told The Verge that there was no “filter on the site scale for the word” Luigi “or the expectation that users stop talking about Luigi Mangione”. Despite this, however, the same user published a second example of Reddit “Flagging” LuigiTell the user to check the violence.
Mashable has contacted Reddit and will update this story if we hear.
