RamsayBolton
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X Ban Spreads Across Reddit As Communities React To Musk’s Gesture
Reddit communities with millions of subscribers lead charge as social media landscape faces period of unprecedented turbulence
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A growing number of Reddit communities are proposing and implementing bans on links to X (formerly known as Twitter), following the recent controversy surrounding Elon Musk's salute at a Trump inaugural event on Monday.
The movement has gained significant momentum across major subreddits, with r/Formula1 — a community of 4.8 million subscribers — announcing a trial period banning all X content, with limited exceptions for screenshots of posts from teams, drivers and official F1 accounts that aren't available on other platforms. The moderators noted that while many F1 journalists have migrated to alternative platforms like Bluesky, teams and drivers have yet to make the transition.
"We think it's time to try and see how the subreddit works without content from Twitter," the r/Formula1 moderators stated, citing concerns about login requirements, bot activity and the platforming of paying users as factors in their decision.
a bunch of white people banning it before we ever could
but i dont think we have an someone with the ability to do it around so
i gave up when i saw black twitter saying they were gonna stay on it "as protest"
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