Performing two Nazi-like salutes may have won Elon Musk some fans in the dark corners of the internet, but the odds are slim that his supporters at BitChute and Rumble will be able to make up for the traffic X is about to lose. of Musk's “I give you my heart” gesture that looks like a massive tribute to Sieg Heil, many large subreddits on Reddit are banning links to X.
The ban basically covers every subreddit category and will cut links to X from a significant source of traffic, as some of the communities boast millions of subscribers. The subreddit r/TwoXChromosomes, which has more than 14 million members and is one of the largest participating in the protest, X links are banned (as well as Facebook, Instagram, and Threads) and encouraged users to report any link or screenshot from Musk's platform so it could be removed.
The movement spread to different sectors of Reddit. Gaming subreddits include r/Nintendo, r/magicTCG, r/Destiny2and r/KingdomHearts all moved to ban the X link. Other major subreddits including those for the Smash Bros., Halo, Counter-Strike, and Dungeons and Dragons communities actively poll their members to decide whether X gets the boot, per TheGamer.
Sports communities, too, are taking steps to prevent X links from being shared. The subreddit for Formula One racing fans, r/formula1 and its more than four million users are done with Musk's platform, as are Liverpool fans r/LiverpoolFC. Includes subreddits r/NFL and r/hockey Following suit is considered, which is a pretty big deal because so much of the sports content is driven by reports originating from Twitter.
The moderator of r/Military offered perhaps the most succinct and decisive decision on the X posts. While other communities debated whether they wanted to ix out the X link, u/DreamsAndSchemes called without requiring any consultation and offered the following explanation for the ban: “Fuck that guy.”
While the subreddit moderators and community members seem to have decided that if it looks like a duck, talks like a duck, and is keen for the goose to step twice in front of a large audience, then you can safely assume this is what you are thinking. is.
But others are less ready to condemn Musk. The Anti-Defamation League called Musk's Seig Hiel motion was “an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute,” with Musk thanked the group in response. Ben Shapiro came to Musk's defense via photo sharing with the two of them on a visit to Auschwitz, it's easy to leave the reason why Musk made the visit is because he is promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories and allowing blatant Nazis to return to X after previously being banned.
Anyway, the traffic hit X will take from losing major subreddits as an aggregator could be significant, but it's not clear that it matters to Musk. He seems content to drive the platform's functionality to the ground as long as it allows him to accumulate power—and given that he seems to have. office space in the West Winghe seems to be as close to the levers of power as he can get.
