Major subreddits ban links to X after Musk’s Seig Heil-like greeting

Giving two Nazi-like salutes may have won Elon Musk some fans in the dark corners of the internet, but it’s unlikely that his supporters at BitChute and Rumble will be able to make up for the traffic that X is about to lose. A number of major subreddits on Reddit are banning links to X following Musk’s “I give you my heart” gesture, which sounds a lot like the Sieg Heil salute.

The ban covers basically every category of the subreddit, and will cut X links from a significant source of traffic, as some communities boast millions of subscribers. The subreddit r/TwoXChromosomes, which has more than 14 million members and is one of the largest to join the protest, Banned links to X (as well as Facebook, Instagram and Threads) and encouraged users to report any links or screenshots from Musk’s platform so they could be removed.

The move has spread across various sectors of Reddit. Including gaming subreddits r/Nintendo, r/magicTCG, r/Destiny2and r/KingdomHearts all moved to ban X links. Other major subreddits, including the Smash Bros., Halo, Counter-Strike, and Dungeons and Dragons communities, actively poll their members to decide whether X should get an opening. For TheGamer.

Sports communities are also taking steps to prevent the sharing of X links. A subreddit for Formula 1 racing fans, r/formula1 and its more than four million users, like Liverpool fans, use Musk’s platform r/LiverpoolFC. Including subreddits r/NFL and r/hockey that’s a pretty big deal considering most sports content is driven by reports on Twitter.

A moderator of r/Military offered perhaps the most succinct and definitive ruling on X posts. While other communities were debating whether they wanted to remove X links, u/DreamsAndSchemes chimed in without asking for advice and offered the following explanation for the ban: “Fuck that man.”

Subreddit moderators and community members have decided that if it looks like a duck, talks like a duck, and double-steps the gas with passion in front of a large audience, then you can safely assume it’s what you think it is. does.

But others were less ready to condemn Musk. Anti-Defamation League he called Musk’s Seig Hiel move is “not a Nazi salute, but an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm.” he thanked the group responds. Ben Shapiro came to Musk’s defense share a picture Two of them during his visit to Auschwitz were that Musk conveniently left out his reason for visiting. promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories and allowing full Nazis to return to X after being previously banned.

In any case, X’s traffic bump will save major subreddits from losing out, as the aggregator could be significant, but it’s not clear that it will matter all that much to Musk. He seems happy to put the functionality of the platform on the ground as long as it allows him to gain power – and he probably has. Office space in the West Wingit seems as close as he can get to power levers.