A boycott of links to Mr. Musk’s social media platform spread on Reddit this week, after he made a gesture that some likened to a Nazi salute. Other

Reddit Users Boycott X Links After Elon Musk’s Gesture at Inaugural Event

submited by

Style Pass

2025-01-23 02:00:05

A boycott of links to Mr. Musk’s social media platform spread on Reddit this week, after he made a gesture that some likened to a Nazi salute. Others worried about censorship.

Many Reddit users are boycotting the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, after Elon Musk twice made a gesture during President Trump’s inaugural celebration that drew comparisons to the Nazi salute.

Mr. Musk, the billionaire owner of the social media platform, was speaking at a celebratory rally after Mr. Trump’s installment as the 47th president on Monday when he grunted, placed his hand over his heart and lifted his arm with the palm facing down in a hail to the audience.

Although Mr. Musk played down the criticism, speculation about the gesture’s meaning broke out online, including on Reddit, where people gather in thousands of forums known as subreddits to discuss niche interests, including hobbies, sports, celebrity gossip and geopolitics.

By Tuesday, a proposal had emerged in dozens of Reddit groups across a wide spectrum of interests: Many users wanted to place a ban on linking to X posts as a way of boycotting the platform and Mr. Musk.