That "just pixelate the faces" advice got my post removed from 3 subreddits

Someone on here last month said to just blur faces with an 8px pixelation to avoid getting copyright strikes. Tried it on a banned meme about a politician in Canada and got flagged within 2 hours on r/pics, r/funny, and r/memes. The automated systems picked up the original image hash anyway, so the pixelation did nothing. Has anyone else found a method that actually works for dodging auto-detection?

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wren_carr26d ago

The method that worked for me was adding a whole new layer on top with a different meme template and changing the aspect ratio by like 5% before pixelating the face. I also flipped the image horizontally and bumped the contrast way up. Did that for a meme about a UK politician and it survived on r/funny for two days before someone reported it manually lol. The auto detectors seem to rely on hash matching and slight crop variations, so you gotta mess with the whole composition not just the face. Also try running the image through a free online noise filter before posting, that scrambles the detection algorithm.

lily9726d ago

But won't the higher contrast make it harder for actual humans to read the text?