Musk’s gesture has received mixed reactions from politicians and academics, with some likening it to a Nazi salute and others saying it was an accidental action made in the heat of his victory speech.
    • Jack@slrpnk.netEnglish
      7·
      1 month ago

      It happens for medias to misspeak, like not noticing a genocide and just reporting on “an explosion in Gaza”. /s

  • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36·
    1 month ago

    “Controversial salute” is interesting wording. They’re clearly identifying it as the Nazi salute, but aren’t outright saying it.

  • MrJameGumb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    1 month ago

    I’m surprised Reddit allowed anyone to ban X links since both sites are run by soulless corporate monsters

      • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
        23·
        1 month ago

        It’s an easy way for him to act like they let the subs run independently without it hurting their core business model.

        • MrJameGumb@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          1 month ago

          That sounds a lot like when they did the reddit mural wall right after all this Spez shit started. It gave everyone an opportunity to scribble “fuck Spez” while still using the app and engaging with the site and probably making him even more money… The whole thing is just depressing that’s why I try not to think about reddit anymore lol

    • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 month ago

      I’m sure once the press coverage starts to take hold and their venture capitalist overlords realize what’s going on, they will crack down on the mods hard. Just like they did back in June/July of 2023. Little piggy boy will punish any rebellious mods and then grovel in mortification to his corporate masters.

  • db2@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 month ago

    Steve is an Elon wannabe, he will just replace those mods and it’ll be business as usual.

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
    8·
    1 month ago

    Seen a bunch of them blocking links to any websites that require a login. Good for them.

  • hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 month ago

    The fact that meta is also banned makes me think a huge part of this is just getting people onto Bluesky.

    I get Zuckerberg is an asshole, but Instagram is the least toxic platform for me. That’s because Instagram has keyword and subject filtering.