Why Reddit users are prefacing memes featuring Nintendo's Luigi with 'Nothing Violent'

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There's a conspiracy theory on Reddit right now suggesting that Reddit is using aggressive tools to hide posts praising or supporting Luigi Mangione's alleged execution-style killing of the CEO of United Healthcare, Brian Thompson. Endless Thread looks at what is going on with Luigi memes on this platform: the Nintendo character memes… and the other ones.

Show notes:

A Reddit moderation tool is flagging ‘Luigi’ as potentially violent content (The Verge)

Reddit will warn users who repeatedly upvote banned content (The Verge)

What's the deal with all of these Luigi themed posts saying "nothing violent going on here"? (r/OutOfTheLoop)

Credits: This episode was produced by Grace Tatter and Ben Brock Johnson. It was edited by Meg Cramer, and hosted by Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock Johnson. Mix and sound design by Paul Vaitkus.

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