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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.

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[–] Darkmoon_UK@lemm.ee 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

US Tech need to start relocating. I emailed Warp Shell creators advising I'd reluctantly cancelled my subscription to their actually excellent product; because funding the US economy had become 'morally incompatible with my workflow'. Hope others can do similar.

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[–] Jaberw0cky@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Orisis@lemm.ee 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Plummet? Never gonna happen bro, every day there's thousands of bot accounts being registered on reddit.

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[–] SacredHeartAttack@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

these two losers deserve each other.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 9 points 5 days ago

Yeah, we know.

[–] Brotha_Jaufrey@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

I’m glad I escaped the cracking glass dildo that reddit has become

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago

I'm glad to be here on a platform free of Musk's direct influence.

[–] antisocialite@lemmy.today 8 points 4 days ago (3 children)

People are prefacing their comments on reddit with "I'm not advocating violence" just to avoid getting banned. The climate there has shifted dramatically recently.

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Another solid reason to abandon Reddit.

[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Someone (especially someone in a position of power) calling someone’s actions illegal (whether true and/or justified or not) is advocating state-sponsored violence against that person.

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago

Liquidate Musk

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago

Daddy issues bringing the billionaires together.

[–] vodkasolution@feddit.it 7 points 5 days ago

Trash knows trash

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