Musk wasn’t happy about the speech on Reddit.

Summary

Elon Musk privately pressured Reddit CEO Steve Huffman to address content moderation after publicly criticizing Reddit on X for banning links and allegedly hosting violent content.

Shortly after Musk’s messages, Reddit imposed a 72-hour ban on the “WhitePeopleTwitter” subreddit, citing violent content, and deleted a thread Musk highlighted.

Reddit denies external influence but acknowledges evaluating reports seriously.

The controversy stirred discussions among Reddit moderators, some mocking Musk as a “giant baby.” Musk has not commented on the situation.

  • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 months ago

    its also around the same tme they began another purge into early february too.

  • Jaberw0cky@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Guys if you haven’t already, I suggest doing what I did a few weeks ago and actually delete your Reddit account, not just stop using it. They need to see their registered account number plummet.

  • KingPorkChop@lemmy.caEnglish
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    3 months ago

    One thing Musk knows how to do well is run and moderate a social media platform.

    Oh wait. Stop. Reverse that.

    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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      3 months ago

      Unfortunately for the rest of us he’s running it perfectly well. Problem is it’s not a social media platform, it’s a nazi social media platform.

    • Omega@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Banning 3rd party apps was the tipping point for me. Their official app is shit.

    • WaitThisIsntReddit@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I use to go around talking shit on reddit. Not trolling, just being completely blunt to stupid people. I found myself doing this more and more. It wasn’t until they banned me that I realized… it’s not me. The people on reddit are getting more and more dumb and annoying every day because reddit is going down. A lot of good people left with the API change and more are leaving now. Reddit is dead. Time for Lemmy.

      • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
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        3 months ago

        same thing here, i was reminding that thier info was outdated, and other stuff,and i started reporting more, then that also increased and i was getting banned around the same time.

      • Omega@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        Some of my favorite subs would have a total meltdown, like end of the world shit, because it closed for 24 hours. Then when the app bans happened, there were the blackouts and once again, people were angry at the audacity of the mods not being submissive.

        They want their content above literally anything else. Take it away for a moment and their entire world collapses. And when you see the all consuming, brain-dead, content they were viewing, AND THE IMPORTANCE THEY PUT ON IT, it’s no wonder why they have the reputation they do. That was very sobering.

        • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
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          3 months ago

          thier too addicted to certain subs, the main ones are politics, news(adjacent subs of these 2), entertainment, and sports. every other subs is neglible impact.

  • CalipherJones@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Last time I signed up for Reddit it asked me to pick some of my top interests. One of the options was Elon Musk.

    • pivot_root@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Not at all surprizing. Spez thinks he’s an upcoming Elon-like genius and wants to surround himself with like-minded techbros, but he’s actually a massive Musk bootlicker.

      • PaleRider@feddit.uk
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        3 months ago

        Not at all surprizing. Spez thinks he’s an upcoming Elon-like genius and wants to surround himself with like-minded techbros, but he’s actually a massive Musk bootlicker fucking knobhead.