Another Reddit Protest

In this case, Reddit management is not disciplining the moderators of the SubReddits, they are just litting it slide.

What are these mods have done is to ban links from Ecch (Twitter) on their discussions.

This is big deal, because it has the effect of shutting down a lot of the distribution of links on Ecch (Twitter). 

Scores of Reddit’s online communities have banned the posting of links from the social media platform X in protest of owner Elon Musk’s inauguration hand gesture that critics contend was a Nazi salute.

Among the most notable subreddits to ban X links are the sports discussion hubs r/NFL and r/NBA, which have 12 million and 15 million subscribers respectively, along with the women’s issues and news subreddit r/TwoXChromosomes, which has 14 million members.

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Reddit is a social media platform that has more than 97 million daily active users. It’s made up of individual communities, called subreddits, which are typically centered on specific interests. Users can subscribe to their preferred subreddits, which have their own volunteer moderators that establish and enforce their own rules beyond Reddit’s sitewide regulations. Subreddits related to properties (such as sports teams or TV shows) are nearly always run by fans and not affiliated with the property itself.

A Reddit spokeswoman confirmed Thursday that the website itself has no ban on links from X and restated the company’s commitment to freedom of speech.

Among the first subreddits to ban X links after Musk’s Monday speech was r/NewJersey. Its users have been taking a victory lap, sharing posts crediting the community with starting the trend.

Other state subreddits, including r/Georgia and r/Massachusetts, have followed suit. Topic subreddits including r/antiwork, which has nearly 3 million members, and r/Christianity and r/Military, which each have around a half-million members, also banned X links. 

I believe that this is a, "Fuck Around and Find Out," (FAFO) moment.