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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.

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[–] airportline@lemm.ee 43 points 3 days ago (10 children)

It's shameful. Reddit is a shell of its former self.

[–] WaitThisIsntReddit@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I use to go around talking shit on reddit. Not trolling, just being completely blunt to stupid people. I found myself doing this more and more. It wasn't until they banned me that I realized... it's not me. The people on reddit are getting more and more dumb and annoying every day because reddit is going down. A lot of good people left with the API change and more are leaving now. Reddit is dead. Time for Lemmy.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Some of my favorite subs would have a total meltdown, like end of the world shit, because it closed for 24 hours. Then when the app bans happened, there were the blackouts and once again, people were angry at the audacity of the mods not being submissive.

They want their content above literally anything else. Take it away for a moment and their entire world collapses. And when you see the all consuming, brain-dead, content they were viewing, AND THE IMPORTANCE THEY PUT ON IT, it's no wonder why they have the reputation they do. That was very sobering.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

thier too addicted to certain subs, the main ones are politics, news(adjacent subs of these 2), entertainment, and sports. every other subs is neglible impact.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

The two worst reactions that I saw were gaming and NFL. You're right that most of the subs were fine. It's the big ones that were addictive to a point I didn't realize until something happened.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

same thing here, i was reminding that thier info was outdated, and other stuff,and i started reporting more, then that also increased and i was getting banned around the same time.

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