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.

  • Sunflier@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    6 months ago

    Reddit is a publicaly traded company, and fElon has more money that countries. So, he could literally just buy Reddit and turn it into a propaganda machine. Glad I left. There are some UI stuff that I will miss (like having sub-reddits as a fast-access at the top of the page, or that replies to a posting on Reddit would be indented, or /r/place), but I’ll survive here.

    • sik0fewl@lemmy.ca
      9·
      6 months ago

      I have a bit of a pet peeve when people use petty terms like fElon or Elmo. It just seems a bit childish and communicates that you’re only interested ad hominem.

      But that was before I heard the moniker “Phony Stark”. I think we should always use this to refer to Elon because I think it’s hilarious.

      • Suite404@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 months ago

        . like fElon. It has nice wordplay. Could be Fuck Elon or Felon Elon. Although, I believe it’s both.

      • Sunflier@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        When he stops targeting an entire group of people with the ad hominem that they’re all child predators, I’ll stop calling him Elmo.

    • Omega@lemmy.world
      5·
      6 months ago

      What I hate about Lemmy is the lack of content in semi-specific communities.

      What I love about Lemmy is that there’s so much less content overall. I run out of content and I log off. Reddit was a bottomless pit.

        • Omega@lemmy.world
          1·
          6 months ago

          I think even 10 years ago Reddit was a lot bigger. The niche subs still had some traction. Like, Morrowind there 10 years ago had more stuff than the Elder Scrolls community here does. (I could be misremembering, but that feels right.)

          BUT you’re right that it wasn’t endless filler back then. There was an end, and then you were done.