- cross-posted to:
- enoughmuskspam@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- enoughmuskspam@lemmy.world
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.
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.
I share the same pet peeve, but I have to admit a few clever ones deserve to survive and you bring a good contender
Ya, it doesn’t annoy me as much as I let on in order to set up the joke and I love hearing new ones.
The only thing that annoys me a bit is using them as a nickname instead of a punchline.
It usually pisses me off immediately, it feels like I’m discussing with 12 years olds, but it’s mostly when they use them as nicknames, as you said.
And constantly.
Jokes and occasional puns, that’s fine, I still find most are not funny to begin with but that’s personal taste.
. like fElon. It has nice wordplay. Could be Fuck Elon or Felon Elon. Although, I believe it’s both.
phony stark mostly came from one of his old profiles when he was wearing the iron man armour to make him appear like he was a “genius” like tony stark. others like space karen, and temu stark.
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.