Popular subreddits are banning links to X after Elon Musk’s ‘Nazi salute’ at Trump rally
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Many subreddit moderators specifically mentioned Musk’s gesture as one of the reasons for X link ban. Dozens of subreddits have banned links to X after the social media platform’s owner Elon Musk made a gesture that many compared to a “Nazi salute” at US president Donald Trump’s inauguration rally.
On Monday, after thanking the president’s supporters at the rally, the Tesla titan and “first buddy” slapped his hand on his chest and extended his arm outward and upward with his palm facing downwards. The gesture was widely called out by historians and organisations supporting the Holocaust survivors as resembling a Nazi salute.
Mr Musk, responding to the criticism of the gesture, called it “dirty tricks” on a post on X. “Frankly, they need better dirty tricks. The ‘everyone is Hitler’ attack is sooo tired,” the world’s richest man said. Following Mr Musk’s actions, the moderators of over 50 subreddits have announced that links from X would no longer be allowed in the posts and comments of these online communities, according to NBC News.
The subreddits that have banned links to X include several prominent ones that discuss sports, including r/formula1, r/NBA, and r/NFL. Other popular subreddits with hundreds of thousands to millions of subscribers, including r/TwoXChromosomes, r/nintendo, and r/nursing have also banned links to the Musk-owned platform, likely affecting the reach X gets.
