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Discord Machine Learning strikes and AI sycophants
A Reddit user reports that Discord's AI moderation system flagged multiple messages in a political server as "violent content" over the past two days.
Key takeaways
- Discord's AI moderation flagged messages as "violent content" despite being satire or contextual
- Discord replaced human moderators with unhelpful AI, leading to poor support ticket handling
- Discord employees deny AI's role in moderation issues despite user complaints
A Reddit user reports that Discord's AI moderation system flagged multiple messages in a political server as "violent content" over the past two days. Five violations were issued, with two successfully appealed after human review determined the messages were satire or taken out of context. The user criticizes Discord for replacing human moderators with AI, citing poor support ticket handling and widespread account strikes, including for older messages. Discord employees are accused of denying AI's role in the moderation issues despite user complaints.
In their words
“An edgy joke now and then, especially one from literally 2 months ago, shouldn't get me hit with this kind of punishment.”
“20-30k support tickets a day”
By the numbers
- 5
- violations flagged in two days
- 2
- appeals successful
- 20-30k
- support tickets daily
How it unfolded
- messages flagged for violent content
- edgy jokes posted
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