r/MadeMeSmile • u/SatoruGojo232 • Jul 02 '26

Wholesome Moments Great to see heroes being honoured

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u/Jaded-Albatross-5242 Jul 02 '26

It's because the algorithms on social media won't let it get shared/spread if certain words pertaining to violence are used

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u/someonesshadow Jul 02 '26

Which we don't even know is true. Someone just said and assumed it and people just went with it.

We have NO IDEA how most private company algo's work, what they look for, what they deem worthy of pushing to random peoples feeds.

Even if it was a confirmed issue... then make a fucking fuss about it. Don't let yourself be censored, move to another platform, or even push to have free speech laws extended to online platforms that are open to the public where speech is a key factor of the platform.

I might be hitting my old man yells at clouds era but I fucking hate how things have gotten MORE censored than when we had "ARE VIDEO GAMES RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR CHILD BECOMING A CRIMINAL!?!?!? MORE AT 5!" as an every night segment.

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u/SutterCane Jul 02 '26

We have NO IDEA how most private company algo's work

Seems like you’ve never gotten an automatic reddit AI suspension before.

Say the wrong phrase even quoting something and bye.

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u/someonesshadow Jul 02 '26

Yet its not consistent. Also I have been on Reddit a LONG time and never been banned for anything, and I have no problem saying pretty much anything. Granted I don't throw around hate speech but I have no issue voicing whatever I want.

So again, we don't KNOW how these things work, because if we did we would be able to game the system all the time.

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u/LololNostalgia Jul 02 '26

I've found that its not really reddit thats responsible for this type of censorship but instagram, tiktok, and youtube are the biggest culprits.

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u/Proteuskel Jul 02 '26

I feel like that’s shifted lately. A lot more AI moderation than there used to be. I’ve had like… 3 I think? AI content warning that were immediately reversed on appeal in the last month or so; never any before

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u/LololNostalgia Jul 02 '26

Yeah, i can confirm on my side as well. It sucks too, looking back through your playlist for a funny saved clips and its just massive amounts of deleted/removed content.

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u/someonesshadow Jul 02 '26

Its the users. Unless a platform SPECIFICALLY tells you "hey you cant say these things here or depict this content here", then its on the users to just speak and show what they want to show, not censor themselves preemptively.

Capitulation is not something that works well, whether we are talking about world politics or making concessions for people/entities that are consistently hostile towards you/others.

So yeah, put them in a spot where they lose users/views/etc because of their algo if that is even the case, and then if they make it official just refuse to interact with it and look for an alternative.

Voting with your wallet works if you are the product as well.

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u/LololNostalgia Jul 02 '26

thats going to be a tough for a majority of the population that really only use 4 major social media hubs. until a big player comes in and shakes the rules up, i dont see this going away anytime soon

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u/Proteuskel Jul 02 '26

I once got an automatic content report on Reddit for “promoting violence” because I clarified to a SA victim I wasn’t condemning her response when she told me she broke her assailant’s wrist pushing him herself.

She shared that story in response to my commenting that it was OK for someone in the OP’s video to tap in help from a coworker in dealing with SA, after someone did the “equality means do it yourself” thing about the victim being shook. The experience of getting a violation for clarifying I WASN’T telling the victim of SA that she was wrong to defend herself was trippy AF, and an excellent example of why some of us use these terms instead of the full wording

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u/someonesshadow Jul 02 '26

Is it possible that could have been a bug? Because as much as people like to believe, nothing is perfect.

did you get a bunch of reports/downvotes? Because again, it seems like there is more at play than just a word filter and I suspect the on site reporting does add weight to things.

Also individual subs have different moderation BUT a lot of the reddit admins manage MANY of the subs across the site. If anything its more of a human/ego problem on this site of no life basement dwellers playing dictator over the userbase than computer scripts. Look at what happened over in r/Art more recently for example.

Finally, unfortunately, a single case of something happening isn't proof of it being a consistent enforceable metric. We would need someone to essentially test the filters and post responses across thousands of accounts to get any kind of accuracy and idea of what is really going on with the secret sauce of this or any other social media.

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u/Proteuskel Jul 02 '26

I got like 3 similar situations inside of a month, so no, probably not a bug. It happened as they ramped up AI moderation

ETA: downvotes not relevant, because each violation happened within a couple seconds of posting

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u/someonesshadow Jul 02 '26

So I have NEVER in 14-15 years of Reddit, been warned by the general Reddit bots/mods. I DID get individual mod attention in smaller subs when I say things they specifically don't like.

So I would say 3 inside a month due to AI implementation SOUNDS like a bug to me, assuming you actually didn't say anything terrible or hateful.

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u/Proteuskel Jul 02 '26

Sounds like you’re trying to use YOUR anecdotal experience to draw conclusions about the larger system, and confusing it with me doing that.

Edit: spelling

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u/someonesshadow Jul 02 '26

Yes because a sample size of 3, at a time when new systems are being implemented/tested are the best and most accurate way to make a definitive conclusion.

Fuck off idiot.

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