Yeah this, “bug” seems like insurance for when Musk starts attacking Xitter competitors. Now investors can be assured Reddit can ban every controversial subreddit in one sweep.
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fxomt@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
They claim it’s an “accident”. Sure 🙄 They’re just testing how submissive their userbase are, lol
CluckN@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
TommySoda@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They’re making sure the system works for when they need to hit it for real. Just like all the other social media platforms that “accidentally” censored anything that wasn’t pro Trump.
juli@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They’re letting the gov know, they will comply, with a quick demo.
pupbiru@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
if it was an accident, that’s almost as bad: either way they’re testing or developed some tool that has grouped lgbt and adult content together
Microw@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Probably some algorithm that they told "delete anything related to the topic ‘transgender’, and that algorithm took everything down that it remotely got a hold of, I would suspect