Hundreds of Subreddits Are Considering Banning All Links to X
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Dozens of big subreddits have already banned all Twitter links, and posts about potential bans are some of the most popular on the site.

Summary

Hundreds of subreddits are debating banning links to X.com (formerly Twitter) following Elon Musk’s Nazi salute at a Trump rally.

Dozens of subreddit moderators have already implemented bans, while others are holding votes among their communities.

The bans span political, regional, and topical subreddits, including r/NewJersey, r/londonOntario, and r/christianity, with some highlighting Musk’s gesture alongside neo-Nazi imagery.

This move reflects growing backlash against Musk and his platform over perceived alignment with extremist symbolism.

    • Omega@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 months ago

      I have an account for a few specific subs (that shut down during the strike) that don’t have Lemmy equivalents. But I really don’t browse. The only time I get on there is to check reactions to big events (football games, new movies, etc). And even then it’s pretty rare.

        • slax@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          11 months ago

          Thanks for that. I have always been a lurker on reddit and Lemmy (and the other platforms). It’s really pushed me to join and have a voice here.

        • Omega@lemmy.world
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          11 months ago

          I appreciate the support. I actually do post in those situations. And when I say there isn’t a Lemmy equivalent, I mean those communities are dead.

          I just like to see what other people’s reactions are, and I like to see some of other people’s content from time to time. Also, I don’t mind supporting those subs that stood up to the 3rd party app purge.

        • Jeffool @lemmy.world
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          11 months ago

          To anyone else out there thinking about this? Do it. I took over /c/gamedev a couple of months back. Not because I dislike anytging about r/gamedev, but because I want more than one place for that kind of thing on the Internet, and am beginning less of a fan of reddit itself.

          (And yes, it’s slow going, especially with the holidays and job hunting. But I’m okay with that.)

            • Jeffool @lemmy.world
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              11 months ago

              Hey, I’m just a hobbyist. (I’ve tooled around with the programming and made a few things I never released, but I work in journalism, and not games journalism!) If there’s a community you want to help, the best thing you can do is comment, upvote, and when possible, make a post. And if you want to RUN one, trying is better than just letting things not exist. If people don’t like it, they can downvote your posts. That’s fine too.

              • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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                11 months ago

                I’m a professional embedded systems engineer, and I do have some hobby projects related to game dev, and I do intend to share when I have something shareable!

        • r.EndTimes@lemm.eeEnglish
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          11 months ago

          Deadass, its like old reddit, make a community or just post something you are interested in, people will likely respond, don’t trip about numbers, your posts are shown to a greater pool of people that are likely to interact in a meaningful way. Compare it to reddit where you might get pelted with downvotes or can’t even post in some communities without following the excessive rules (or enough karma, i joined before this was an issue). Reddit also has the problem where if you have tons of ppl commenting, ppl just say shit without thinking or act like they have credibility when they don’t. Tons of shills for brands, you’d think the options in the sidebar there for each niche were the only viable ones.

    • MimicJar@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      That won’t happen. As Twitter dies those users have to go somewhere. While Reddit isn’t a direct competitor as a service, it is in terms of time/eyeballs.

      Ideally folks would move to Mastodon/Lemmy/etc, but that’s a different problem.

      • r.EndTimes@lemm.eeEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Issue is bluesky is where they’re going but from what I’ve read a bridge could be made? Still very new to this, not sure how that would work.

    • ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml
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      11 months ago

      Or until 2 days, like most (or many) of the subreddits participating in the blackout lol

  • chetradley@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    We’re spending so much media attention on this Nazi salute that I’m wondering if it may have been the intent all along - tie up media coverage while the Trump administration pushes harmful legislation through under the radar.

    • chaogomu@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      The thing is, Trump’s harmful policies are in fact Nazi policies. We need to be spending more attention on the fact that there are now Nazis in the White House.

  • Vipsu@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Honestly the fact how bad user experience X is for unregistered users should be reason enough to ban links to X.

    • estranho@lemmy.caEnglish
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      11 months ago

      The experience for unregistered users on Reddit is almost as bad as twitter, I don’t think Reddit cares about that.

      • Vipsu@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Yeah, especially on mobile where they keep bugging people to install their app even if you’ve logged in. Sometimes they even block you from viewing certain communities on mobile if you’re not using their app but if you’ve desktop site enabled from browser settings.

        • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          11 months ago

          We’re currently conducting a vote on dbzer0 for it via a pinned post.

          Last I checked the count was overwhelmingly for banning links to X.

      • Psythik@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        LMAO well said. It sucks that we really don’t have a decent alternative to reddit. I miss my niche subs.

        Digg should have never released V4. It was reddit’s only competition, but now it’s a soulless, corporate curated media platform. You can’t even comment anymore.

  • pyre@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    eh, spez is probably going to step in and force them back to require Twitter or something. he wouldn’t want to be pushed out of the oligarchy.

    fuck spez in advance

  • Eggyhead@lemmings.world
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    11 months ago

    I don’t like the guy either way, but I still can’t believe this is actually real. Are there any videos that show unequivocally that this is a salute and not just a meme made out of a poorly timed photo? All I’ve seen so far are just still shots, which leads me to suspect there’s a spin on this.

    Edit: I should also add I avoid X as much as possible anyway.

  • blazeknave@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I’ve banned new Teslas from going before me at stop signs, passing me on the freeway, and not being cut off by me within inches in the left lane at any opportunity I can take.

  • Souroak@lemmy.sdf.org
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    11 months ago

    I can’t believe it’s taken this long. I get disappointed when microblogmeme jpegs don’t have 2 @ symbols in them.

  • berno@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    It’s actually scary how much of Reddit is full of astroturf and overly sensitive moderators these days. Good riddance to bad rubbish.