TOPLINE Several communities on social platform Reddit are considering protesting X owner Elon Musk after the billionaire made a gesture at a post-inauguration speech Monday that critics have likened to a Nazi salute, provoking Reddit forums to call for a ban against links to X, formerly known as Twitter.
KEY FACTS
- Large subreddits such as r/nfl, r/f1 and r/nintendo, which collectively have millions of members, have either called for or instituted a ban on links to X, citing Musk’s controversial gesture.
- Musk found himself in hot water this week after making the gesture, though he did not explain what he meant by it and has blasted critics who said it was a Nazi salute.
- Subreddits like r/nintendo instituting the ban have alternatively allowed for members to share screenshots or videos of X posts as long as direct links to the Musk-owned site are not shared.
- A moderator on r/pcgaming, a subreddit with 3.8 members, said the community has contemplated the ban on X links for some time, adding “X has become increasingly hateful, toxic and less and less moderated.”
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Even if Elmo wasn’t such an obvious fascist shit stain, the twitter experience is dog shit, especially for anyone not logged in. Can’t even read a thread while logged out.
Pig Boy Huffman is a Nazi himself, he’ll never ban links to a fellow nazi’s platform and I’m guessing will start purging mods who do ban those links.
