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.

    • __Goblin@lemmy.caEnglish
      9·
      5 days ago

      Thanks, I’ve really been enjoying it. I was on redd it for about 12 years and it won’t be missed.

      • Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world
        7·
        5 days ago

        14 years invested at Reddit and the latest bans and bs moderation was the last straw for me. Spent a whole day hand deleting all of my comments and posts and subsequently my account. Fuck Spez. Asskisser and right wing sympathetic.

        • __Goblin@lemmy.caEnglish
          4·
          5 days ago

          That’s a long time, but we can’t stop someone else from being a spineless fuck so best to move on. With enough of us leaving hopefully they’ll start to feel it.

        • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          5 days ago

          im glad at least the 10years ive been using ublock origin denying them ads at least.