Elon Musk Takes Aim at Reddit

[belter]

https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-reddit-x-links-nazi-salute-2024281

[tayo42]

> Reddit continues to be anti-free speec

This trend of trying to apply "free speach" to everything drives me crazy.

The amendment is only for government laws. And it doesn't protect you from your own actions! If people want to stop using your product because you made a nazi salute at a rally that's your own problem. If you want people to like you, don't act like a teenage incel edge lord. It's kind of easy.

[verdverm → tayo42]

Part of calling it all "censorship" or "an assault on free speech" is to water down the meaning of the words so they can employ the same techniques with plausible deniability or more often with whataboutism

[johnneville]

no reference to the Reddit CEO's X accounts being suspended after the boycott https://x.com/redditspez https://x.com/stevephuffman

[aurareturn → johnneville]

That's hilarious if true.

First, Elon's free speech stance is basically whatever he likes/dislikes. Second, Reddit CEO gets a taste of his own medicine.

[verdverm → aurareturn]

Reddit is not blocking Xchan links, specific subreddits and mods are removing them if they are posted

[verdverm]

> The impact of the ban on X is currently unclear, but it could reduce the amount of traffic directed to Musk's platform.

> If the embargo continues, it could escalate tensions between the government and tech companies.

This last sentence bugs me, where does the government (legally) come into the tensions aspect of this?

[jmye → verdverm]

In reality? They don’t.

In the current despotic US? Musk has been empowered by the President and the courts to do anything he wants, however he wants. He is, effectively, one of the two most powerful people in the US government.

[kbf → verdverm]

>(legally)

You’re operating on presumption that there’s still rule of law in the US. Elon Musk also has de facto control of the government.

[xvector]

Reddit needs to be taken down. The aggressive censorship on default subs of any opinion that isn't far-left should be prohibited by law.

By allowing bots to astroturf at this scale, Reddit is certainly abusing its position of power to influence elections.

If Meta did this, everyone would be outraged and Zuck would be in front of Congress tomorrow. But Reddit gets a free pass? Nonsense.

Edit: I say this as someone with 5 figures invested in Reddit.