Re:Discord banned 8k users for posting benign grid images
by Ravi4649 on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @03:25PM
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Imagine you suddenly getting banned after posting a picture of a chessboard
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Re:Discord banned 8k users for posting benign grid images
by DonHopkins on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @04:42PM
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Or X11 default root weave pattern.
https://matttproud.com/blog/posts/x-window-system-boot-stipp...
Re:Discord banned 8k users for posting benign grid images
by nitwit005 on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @09:41PM
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It's an old problem: https://gizmodo.com/british-cops-want-to-use-ai-to-spot-porn...
I've been fairly convinced a lot of social media bans, where people are genuinely confused about the bans, are just automatic moderation problems.
Re:Discord banned 8k users for posting benign grid images
by Hugsbox on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @09:48AM
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It's for detecting porn? I genuinely don't get it. I regularly post actual nudes on discord and never so much as a warning, crazy that a chessboard or grids are doing it. I wonder what makes an algorithm view a grid pattern as pornographic.
Re:Discord banned 8k users for posting benign grid images
by wmf on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @02:45PM
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Somebody said people were posting images of QR codes that contained (links to?) CSAM. But instead of using a QR code decoder, it sounds like Discord used perceptual hashing or AI to detect and ban all QR-like images.