Dozens of subreddits ban X-links from their communities

Dozens of subreddits have chosen to ban links to X in their communities over the past 24 hours in a move that appears to be gaining momentum across Reddit. They appear to be actively discussing or considering a similar move with their members.

Engadget counted more than two dozen Reddit subreddits, which collectively have millions of members, that have already restricted their communities’ ability to post content from X in some way in recent days. These include large subforums, such as which has nearly 5 million members, and smaller communities such as which has 30,000.

The movement appears to have been spread, at least in part, by r/newjersey, whose mod announced a ban on X-links on Tuesday. “Fuck this guy. X links are now banned from r/newjersey,” they shared in a post that has now garnered over 65,000 upvotes. He was accompanying this post When Elon Musk extended his arm, Musk made two apparent Nazi salutes during a speech at Donald Trump’s inauguration, which took place By online fascists.

A number of other subreddits quickly followed suit, many of which shared a link to the r/newjersey post. X links are blocked from (489,000 members) (2.7 million), (184,000), (1 million), (3.8 million), (1 million), (345,000), (142,000) and many others. “We were not trying to start a trend, and we never expected it to go viral,” the creators of r/newjersey said in a statement to Engadget. “Not everyone will agree with our choice, but Reddit has always been a place where each community can decide these matters individually. If our announcement has inspired discussions about the role social media plays in our current era, then we think that’s a good thing.”

Many mods, when announcing their ban on X links, also pointed to the fact that X had made it increasingly difficult for users to view posts if they were not logged in. Source: Login Requirements, Bot Deluge, Prioritizing Content from Paying Users, Promoting Sexy Content,” r/formula1 edits . “But unlike the news sites in our source classification system, there was no real alternative to Twitter.”

Instead, the subreddit encourages members to share content from Bluesky, which does not require a login to view posts. The amendments said they would allow “screenshots of relevant posts by teams, drivers and Formula 1” when the same content is not available elsewhere.

Supervisors of which has 2.9 million members, noted that its rules prohibit links and screenshots to X and all other social media sites, including Facebook, Instagram and even LinkedIn. “We prefer the anti-work message to come from you organically, here, in OC form, but if it comes from a photo or post of something else that takes hold, we want that too,” . “Just not Twitter.”

Several other subreddits are considering similar measures. amendment (4 million members), (2.8 million), (80,000) and (270,000) are currently conducting opinion polls among their members. Supervisors in (2.7 million), (237000) and (2.8 million) also shared that they are discussing a potential ban.

Not all moderators were receptive when such a ban was introduced. Maud in That such a ban would “pose a bit of a logistical problem” for the community. “The unfortunate truth is that Twitter is the source of much of the content on the subreddit,” they wrote. “The ban therefore requires some changes in the rules. We are open to suggestions, but we cannot promise anything at the moment.” So does Musharraf. a sub-site dedicated to gossip, “We prefer to keep the link so we can make sure people aren’t sending fake or manipulated screenshots.”

While this isn’t the first time Redditors have come together on a It is noteworthy that many are calling for the removal of a popular source of Reddit posts.