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The word "Luigi" is now flagged by automod for violence on Reddit (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/reddit@lemmy.world

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Sauce: https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeLuigi/comments/1j5lpfp/psa_the_word_luigi_is_now_flagged_by_reddit_for/

https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1j5tcgj/after_an_rpopculture_moderator_is_suspended/

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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 154 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Yoooo Nintendo should sue. Reddit is publicly traded.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 46 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's a great point. Even if it's used as a verb, it could mean throwing a banana peel behind you while driving.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 42 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Everyone named Luigi should sue for discrimination

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 112 points 3 days ago (11 children)

Don’t upvote or you’ll get banned.

[–] finder585@lemmy.world 109 points 3 days ago (3 children)

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>Be user

>Use website's features as designed

>Banned

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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 26 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Nahh deff upvote and then never log back in..

Welcome to the fedi verse, we got our own neo lib acolyte mods on Lemmy.world and you will get some bans from them.

Rest of fedi is a decently safe space for proper discourse.

And remember folks, deny the parasite profit and engagement

Luigi did nothing wrong

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[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 80 points 2 days ago (5 children)

The enshittification of Reddit started when they hid new features behind API in order to push their shitty official app. Every next move just made the slippery slope steeper.

[–] kava@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

Started a much longer time ago in my opinion. I'd say around the time they threatened to ban the kratom sub and did ban the ketamine & steroids one

Reddit was much cooler 15 years ago. You could find anything on there

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 71 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

"I love Nintendo. Mario and [redacted] are my favorite characters ever!"

User has been banned for inciting violence

[–] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

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[–] DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl 64 points 3 days ago (6 children)

This is Winnie the Pooh-level censorship, Jesus...

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[–] DooshDoosh408@lemmy.world 60 points 2 days ago (10 children)

I knew Reddit was dying after they went public and immediately purged all the mods who didn't fall in line. It was disheartening to see so many users continue to shill for such decisions. Maybe it was a lot of bots, who knows. But watching this site explode in popularity after these new changes is encouraging. Everyone here should do their part to inform people of this place and continue to stay connected. Good luck everyone!

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[–] regrub@lemmy.world 59 points 3 days ago (10 children)

Time to welcome another wave of Redditors to Lemmy :)

[–] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (34 children)

Meh, I'm not so sure. We need to get used to the fact that reddit's fuckery is unlikely to ever re-produce the massive influx of new users that the API nonsense did in 2023. That was a one-off thing that drove out all the OG users. The people left on reddit are the types that refer to it as an "app" and probably don't even know old.reddit exists. Those kinds of people will grumble but they aren't going anywhere. And frankly, that's fine by me.

Edit: lmao okay, okay, Lemmy got 6 new users today. I get it. My point that we're never going to see another user influx on the scale of the summer 2023 API changes has been proven wrong. Congrats everyone. Let's hope half of them actually stick around.

[–] supernight52@lemmy.world 39 points 3 days ago (14 children)

I know that I just came from Reddit today, so... At least 1 person joined because of this fuckery lol

[–] JandroDelSol@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Just joined today because of this!

[–] El_Scapacabra@lemmings.world 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

One more reporting in.

[–] ArcturusRoot@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago (8 children)

And yet another.

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[–] SoloCritical@lemm.ee 56 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yep I bailed. Might post one last thing that will definitely get me banned but I saw the “rule” and immediately came to open a new account here.. fuck Reddit.

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 43 points 2 days ago (16 children)

They really expanded their banning too. My ten year old account got banned for telling a guy that was defending the third Nazi salute to "go to hell". Was banned and then had the appeal just confirm the ban.

New account basically uses your Internet footprint to ban any accounts you make. I could get around it but it just is not fucking worth it at that point.

If they want to keep Nazis on their platform and ban the people that tell them to go to hell Reddit will be like 4chan quickly.

Hell, I feel every website is becoming 4chan these days. Twitter and Facebook are cesspools. Fuck reddit.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The internet is being disabled as an information source or communication medium.

The west fears an 'arab spring' reaction.

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[–] SolidSky@lemmy.world 52 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Tipping point for me. Leaving Reddit for good.

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[–] sleezer@lemmy.world 47 points 2 days ago (14 children)

Just signed up here. I had my account flagged for upvoting on Reddit. Needless to say I was POed but so far I'm liking it here

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[–] Korrok@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I just got a 3 day ban. Here I am allowed to say that CEO assassination is basically self defense, right?

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[–] KC_Rhino@lemm.ee 44 points 2 days ago (11 children)

That sent me here as well. What a great way for them to advertise for a decentralized information exchange!

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[–] CD34Runner@lemm.ee 40 points 2 days ago (12 children)

Made my first Lemmy account after this bullshit! Took a split second to figure out, but Lemmy seems super rad so far!

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[–] CherryBullets@lemmy.ca 39 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Reddit is also banning and warning people for UPVOTING "violent" comments (or what they now consider violent and somehow right wing subs don't get the same censorship applied; or we'd see them bitch about it). It's now a dystopia.

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[–] pinheadednightmare@lemm.ee 38 points 2 days ago (15 children)

So glad to be here. Reddit is compromised.

[–] bong_hits_for_jesus@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

its not the servers or the domain name that makes reddit valuable, its us the people. we are what bring value to their platform. may freedom of speech live on ✊

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[–] robocall@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm proud of the active community we've built at https://lemmy.world/c/luigimangione It's a great space to post any Luigi content, that may or may not have a proper place in the larger communities on Lemmy. It's great that former Redditors can come to Lemmy and see a niche community like they are accustomed to having, without fearing censorship like they did on Reddit.

Fuck Reddit. Long live Luigi!

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[–] match@pawb.social 36 points 3 days ago (3 children)

is Luigi our tiananmen square June 4 1989?

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[–] gamer@lemm.ee 35 points 2 days ago (13 children)

One thing I just noticed about this place is that posts get a lot of engagement, but there aren't a ton of posts. That means there are a lot of lurkers, but not enough posters.

So if you just came here from reddit, start posting!

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[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I guess we'll have to call him Louie G now.

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[–] dumpsterac1d@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Quite literally signed up for lemmy just now cause of this. So many of the sites that helped make the internet boring are committing self harm, twitter, fb, and now reddit - the old "decentralization" arguments were kind of boring to me but now I ache for the old internet and gosh darn it if the billionaires are making the best case against themselves.

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[–] dojiecat@lemm.ee 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just commenting to say I deleted Reddit yesterday in favor of Lemmy! Happy to be here 🥰 #freeluigi

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[–] theotherwoman@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Oh no! Look at all the unique unfiltered user content I'm missing out on by leaving reddit for Lemmy!

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The one thing conservatives where right about: Reddit is a censored hellhole.

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[–] aquaticape@lemm.ee 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This is the final straw for me. Today, after years of accelerating decline, I deleted my Reddit account and made my Lemmee lurking official. My only regret is abandoning the the good people at Narwhal who always made Reddit better, but never had a chance to save it from its corporate-aspiring overlords. Good-bye!

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[–] SecularHumorist5@lemm.ee 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This happened to me for posting "Italian Plumbers Unite!" I got a PERMANENT BAN! I appealed and they denied it.

What are they afraid of?

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[–] Gorram_Reavers@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The fact that Huffman is scared of being Luigi'd makes me happy.

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[–] Princessk8@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Free Luigi

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[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 days ago (2 children)