Effective immediately, r/nba will be banning links to Twitter/X, as well as other social media platforms that require logins for their content to be browsed, including Facebook, Instagram and Threads. In the end, there were three key elements in making this decision:
Shortly after Trump was sworn as president, Facebook users reported their accounts were forced to automatically follow him. Not exactly.
Since Tuesday, hundreds of subreddits have discussed and/or implemented bans against the site formerly called Twitter, as reported by 404 Media. Dozens of subreddits have already agreed to disallow the sharing of any links to X, with moderators (volunteer Reddit users) agreeing to enforce the bans.
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The largest global online community of F1 fans has moved to ban the use of X (formerly Twitter) links across its reach.
A ban on links to X content began on Reddit sports forums and has spread to numerous other sub-Reddits with more discussing the move.
In reaction to hand gestures Elon Musk made at a post-inauguration rally that many said resembled a Nazi salute, Reddit moderators took swift action.
After Facebook posts about Linux were removed with warnings about 'malicious software,' Meta blames an enforcement error and says 'discussions of Linux are allowed.'
Reddit communities from r/NBA to r/Christianity say they won’t allow links to the platform after Elon Musk’s gesture, which some interpreted as a Nazi-style salute.
The r/SouthAfrica sub-Reddit has joined hundreds of other communities banning members from posting links to X, formerly Twitter. The community is also gathering feedback on whether Facebook and Instagram links should be banned as well.
Following the inauguration, many people went on social media to find that they were following the new president.
Rather, the rumor about people supposedly reporting Musk to ICE originated with The Halfway Post — a social media account that describes its output as being humorous