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.

    • Omega@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      I think even 10 years ago Reddit was a lot bigger. The niche subs still had some traction. Like, Morrowind there 10 years ago had more stuff than the Elder Scrolls community here does. (I could be misremembering, but that feels right.)

      BUT you’re right that it wasn’t endless filler back then. There was an end, and then you were done.

      • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
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        4 days ago

        there were alot more subs too, mainly the ones they started banning in '16-17, the illegal subs, around the same time trump came to power, and the gop was complaining about REDDIT subs, i think it was because these subs were hurting gop image.