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submitted 6 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] Vipsu@lemmy.world 67 points 6 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.ca 10 points 6 months ago

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

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 62 points 6 months ago

What a coincidence, I've been banning all links to reddit. This is working out great.

[-] StayDoomed@lemmy.world 35 points 6 months ago

Maybe they will leave oligarch owned social media next.

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 months ago

I mean I doubt it. After all, the next-best thing is Lemmy.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 months ago

Are any Lemmy instances banning x links? I haven't heard of it, but would be in favor of it.

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 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 5 points 6 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.

[-] chetradley@lemm.ee 29 points 6 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 13 points 6 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.

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

What are we going to do. Ignore the Nazi in the room?

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[-] VerifiedSource@sh.itjust.works 26 points 6 months ago

Boycotting Twitter is a good idea for many reasons. However this kind of blanket link ban will lead to more informational segregation quickly. This has already happened in many ways since the beginning of the war on Ukraine. Linking to Telegram or any Russian website is no longer allowed in many forums, e. g. Reddit. That has made finding original sources and verifying information much more difficult.

Take links to videos for example. Reddit is full of videos copied from YouTube, Telegram, TikTok, etc. without attributing the original source. The World Wide Web was supposed to link information together into a network, where you can follow up on origins snd details. Nowadays it has turned into a series of copy & paste silos, enabling the most extreme echo chambers.

[-] HolidayGreed@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I think segregation is the long term plan.

Divide and conquer.

Knowledge is power; Wikipedia is next on the hit list.

[-] VerifiedSource@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago

I doubt there’s a plan behind this.

Social media wasn’t the primary driver behind the Arab spring. The economic issues were the trigger. People couldn’t afford to buy food. Lack of food will topple any government. Media control only gets one so far.

On the Internet the dominant websites can change quickly. Being banned from Twitter enabled Trump‘s Truth Social. Buying Twitter gave Elon Musk a giant soap box. However new soapboxes are constructed all the time and some succeed.

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[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago

And they'll eventually not do it considering they are still debating about it. Just do it.

[-] hasnt_seen_goonies@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Some have already banned, some are in the process of voting.

[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 16 points 6 months ago

So that's what it takes before people think of leaving twitter.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago

They have concepts of leaving, but addiction is a bitch. Most will stay.

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[-] gencha@lemm.ee 15 points 6 months ago

Garbage blocking garbage. Fuck Reddit

[-] rabber@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 months ago

11 year old account banned for saying that if there was a revolution the rich wouldn't have the resources to protect themselves

No previous infractions

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[-] Nyx0r@discuss.online 4 points 6 months ago
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[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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.

Edit: was really expecting greater than zero downvotes for the last sentence. Thanks for letting me talk shit and knowing I'm not trying to endanger any safety for real

[-] falcunculus@jlai.lu 4 points 6 months ago

I choose to believe this is brilliant trolling

[-] Souroak@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 6 months ago

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

[-] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

I wish I could stop using WhatsApp but that's where all the people without phone plans are. I wish I could stop using Telegram but that's where all the drug dealers are. I wish Reddit would ban X links, but that's where all the sassy hot takes are.

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[-] bokherif@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Lemmy should do the same.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 5 points 6 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 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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.

[-] Veedem@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago

That’s just laziness on your part. It’s VERY easy to find video clips of the two times he did it.

[-] Redditsux@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Just ban it!

[-] regdog@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Paywalled link

[-] dx1@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Ban links to reddit please. Fucking cesspool. Ban the self-righteous know-it-all users too.

[-] Dragon@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

Are there other sites to which links are banned? I don't really like that policy for anything no matter how nefarious. Unless it's malware or a liability and going to land the visitor in prison.

[-] VerifiedSource@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Links to Russian websites and telegram are banned on most of not all subreddits.

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[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Porn sites without strict CSAM, malicious injection or spam protection, many individual subs ban extreme right-wing sites, Fox News or opposite left-etc

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[-] ef9357@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 months ago
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