Some Major Reddit Forums Ban X Links After Elon Musk’s Controversial Salute

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Some Major Reddit Forums Ban X Links After Elon Musk’s Controversial Salute

www.forbes.com /sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/01/22/reddit-forums-propose-banning-x-links-after-elon-musks-controversial-salute/

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Nazi salute. Not controversial salute. Nazi salute.
- It happens for medias to misspeak, like not noticing a genocide and just reporting on "an explosion in Gaza". /s
LOL "controversial salute"
Looked pretty fucking clear to me.
"Controversial salute" is interesting wording. They're clearly identifying it as the Nazi salute, but aren't outright saying it.
I'm surprised Reddit allowed anyone to ban X links since both sites are run by soulless corporate monsters
- I’m shocked that liar spez has any morale compass at this point. It is bizarre.
  
  It’s an easy way for him to act like they let the subs run independently without it hurting their core business model.
- I'm sure once the press coverage starts to take hold and their venture capitalist overlords realize what's going on, they will crack down on the mods hard. Just like they did back in June/July of 2023. Little piggy boy will punish any rebellious mods and then grovel in mortification to his corporate masters.
- Why would Reddit care if subs disallowed links that would take their users off platform?
  
  It might upset copresident Elon
Banned on r/NFL actually, which is shocking. That sub relies so heavily on Twitter news
Steve is an Elon wannabe, he will just replace those mods and it'll be business as usual.
Seen a bunch of them blocking links to any websites that require a login. Good for them.
- They should block themselves because reddit blocks non-logged users on some networks or VPNs.
  
  I agree. Trump should ban Twitter, Reddit, Discord, GitHub and Meta sites. 👍
Folks better stop sharing them here too
The fact that meta is also banned makes me think a huge part of this is just getting people onto Bluesky.
I get Zuckerberg is an asshole, but Instagram is the least toxic platform for me. That's because Instagram has keyword and subject filtering.
- instagram reels is wild man
  
  My Instagram reels are the most tame shit ever. You gotta redo your filters.

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