Musk 'Pressured' Reddit CEO to Silence DOGE Critics, Leaving Moderators Outraged: Report
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Billionaire Tesla CEO and Trump ally Elon Musk allegedly pressured the CEO of social media platform Reddit to stifle users criticizing him or President Donald Trump, leaving platform moderators furious.

They exchanged messages just before the subreddit r/WhitePeopleofTwitter was given a temporary ban for 72 hours

  • SunshineJogger@feddit.orgEnglish
    115·
    5 days ago

    That’s more or less why I left reddit and came to lemmy.

    This is in fact my very first post here. :)

  • Phoenicianpirate@lemm.eeEnglish
    491·
    5 days ago

    I got banned from reddit for saying that netenyahu should be put on trial and hanged for war crimes.

    After their censorship of me for saying a reasonable thing (a war criminal made to face justice) I will say I have altered my opinion. He should be tied up, simply read his charges and then unceremoniously shot in the head.

  • Smerk@lemmy.studioEnglish
    262·
    5 days ago

    There has been unwarranted censorship at a scale I’ve never seen on Reddit I thought it was the last bastion of free speech

    While actual hate speech and seriously harmful content goes completely unchecked

    It is unfortunate

    Steve Bannon isnt welcome in Colorado. Phil Long Auditorium shouldn’t host nazis. I was banned for saying as much from Fucking Reddit of all places Pointing out that there have been fires at dealerships lately does not equate to harrasment Phil Long Auditorium should not host the Rally period. Their casual attitude towards white supremacy is unacceptable and while i dont believe they should necessarily be burnt to the ground, there are better places to buy automobiles They deserve to be boycotted And i will punch a nazi mod in the face 100% of the time

    Edit: UPDATE 2 PROTESTORS WERE RAN OVER BY TWO DIFFERENT HATE RALLY ATTENDEE"S CARS !!! NAZIS ARE VIOLENT PIECES OF SHIT

    Told you so r/Coloradosprings

    Fuck yall

  • philohmath@lemmy.todayEnglish
    30·
    5 days ago

    I’ve been seeing the steady increase in posts and complaints about Reddit banning folks for political speech for the last couple of months and I finally have had enough so here I am. Been on there for 14 years… Byeeeee.

    • kingthrillgore@lemmy.mlEnglish
      8·
      5 days ago

      Any time I hear someone say they are “free speech” I am going to pause because what it means is: “My speech > your speech”

      True free speech means you know when you’re wrong and when you need to change, or as I like to call it: EMPATHY

  • Jhex@lemmy.worldEnglish
    39·
    5 days ago

    Add “brown nosing spinless wimp” to the list of acceptable descriptors of Spez

  • WickedPissah@lemm.eeEnglish
    27·
    5 days ago

    I love Reddit so much, but the censorship is bullshit! I quit the entire META platform months ago, lost a lot of contacts but fuck Zuckerberg!

  • SmokeytheBeard1@lemm.eeEnglish
    18·
    5 days ago

    My permaban came from a post about DOGE. They deleted the comment, permabanned me, and wouldn’t let me see what I even commented. They said it was “encouraging violence” but hell no, I was making sure not to say anything like that. Wonder if I just insulted Elon and reddit decided to finally get rid of me.

      • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        Welcome!

        Let’s see, what useful welcomes advice can I share…?

        1. You’ll find lots of Linux users here, but we’re harmless.
        2. I’m not sure our interpretation of Star Trek’s Gowron has any remaining relationship with the original character, but I guess he’s one of our mascots, now.
        3. If one of us starts to go on about how federation works, it’s okay to nod and back away slowly. Federation works just fine without understanding it.
        • MDCCCLV@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          6 days ago

          It’s hard for the subreddits that barely have any traction as is. But it’s entirely feasible for most of them. Is there a way on lemmy to have small communities new post always come up on the top of your feed?

          • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zipEnglish
            1·
            5 days ago

            Is there a way on lemmy to have small communities new post always come up on the top of your feed?

            Choosing “all/new” gets the job done.

            And many Lemmy clients have more options with additional cleverness to get a feed with a mix of fresh and familiar.

            It’s worth pointing out (to communities thinking about moving) that there’s nothing algorithmically suppressing new content here.

            Getting (and staying) noticed is way easier, here.

          • Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            22·
            5 days ago

            First of all this isnt reddit so its not subreddits. We are communities here

            And second: feed sorters exist

            • Flickerby@lemm.eeEnglish
              3·
              5 days ago

              It’s hard enough getting acclimated here and then someone comes along and asks an innocent question or looks for more information and it’s all “fIrST oF AlL ThIs IsN’t ReDdIt” like no shit, shut the fuck up and stop being the problem with this site that makes people leave.

            • MDCCCLV@lemmy.caEnglish
              1·
              5 days ago

              How do feed sorters work? And before you say Google it, that brings up farm equipment.

    • frog_brawler@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      5 days ago

      I no longer have an account, but I lurk in /r/wallstreetbets to read the comments now that the market is so fucked.