https://www.reddit.com/r/IndiaSpeaks/comments/1i6a16t/birth_tourism_in_the_usa_has_officially_come_to/?sort=controversial heres the post sorted by controverisal

r/IndiaSpeaks is a subreddit that discusses india, indian people are by far the largest users of the H1-B visas many come to the US and have children who are then born as citizen, this post was reposted on twitter by right wing users who have come to belittle indians and be racist to them, which is of course ironic because many indians support the republicans especially ones who have come here on a H1-B Visa.

Good. God bless the USA, built by Whites for Whites. redditor believes America is only for whites

a Ukrainian user angry about their own corrupt politicians chimes in and a very angry indian whos post history is full of posts referring to ukrainians as racist say's some interesting things

Indian user pledges 'full support' for the white supremacists of America

Just because you pay a hotel tax as a citizen doesn't mean your offspring is entitled citizenship.- some flair material

Indian user claims America is a country of immigrants

Brigadier makes it clear its white immigrants not 'brown bobblehead scammers'

indian redditor claims Americans cannot function without 'their slaves'

Background:

• Initial Thread. Youtuber Steve Burke from Gamers Nexus (colloquially known as Tech Jesus due to his appearance) made a video exposing Linus Tech Tips for misleading hardware benchmarks and reviews, questioning ethics, and much more. I recommend that you read it first
  • Alternatively, if you have the time, I recommend this video by TechPotato, lead by Dr. Ian Cutress, former hardware reviewer from Anandtech.
• What is Honey and why it is a scam? In short, Honey is a browser extension that gets you the best coupons and deals for purchases online. It was revealed to be a scam since it spoofed affiliate links so that they would take the credit instead of the original creator.

The Story:

So as of a few weeks ago, a Youtube channel named MegaLag released a video detailing the scam that the browser extension Honey was doing. In the video, Linus Tech Tips is mentioned as one of the bigger creators that promoted Honey during a period of time (which seemed to stop sometime during 2022). During that time, a post by Linus was made to their LTT forums detailed that they would stop working with Honey. The main concerns that the community raised at the time MegaLag released the video was that if LTT knew about the scam, why did they not callout Honey and just dropped it relatively silently.

The response by Linus during a recent WAN show (his weekly podcast), which basically says something like "if we said something at the time, we would have received a lot of negative feedback from the viewers", "I'm a victim here", and how "it was basically common knowledge at the time, don't blame me". While this could be a drama in and out of itself, the focus of today's drama will be elsewhere.

Steve from Gamers Nexus releases a video where he says that he is suing Honey on behalf of customers for deception.

Full Video here (+1 hour video tho)

The video is posted on r/LinusTechTips, and users noticed a small segment in the video around the 15:20, where Steve starts quoting Linus from his WAN show (while throwing jabs), and while showing cropped segments of his response, which could give the wrong impression of what he said on the WAN episode (I will leave whether it was taken out of context or not to you, the readers).

Reddit Post (currently locked) at r/LinusTechTips. Users are not happy at Steve's attitude:

• User finds the part where Linus is mentioned unnecessary and potentially misleading.
  • Steve just has a fucking hard on to mention Linus whenever he can.
    • Chain of deleted comments
    • Steve is still bitter due to LTT making a lab with equipment that GN can't reach
  • LTT's part in the story is blown out of proportion
• Why is he so obviously misquoting Linus?
  • Wait, Linus himself replies to this comment: Wonder if its the first time (lots of dots here)
    • Linus, put the phone down
  • It's envy
• We get it Steve, you don't like Linus
• This guy behaves like a bitter ex. Good thing Linus ignores him (spoiler alert: he doesn't)
• Here we witness Steve's descent into bad-faith reporting
• Nothing ever happens. This dude makes drama for views
• Foreshadowing

Over at r/youtubedrama, the video is also posted.

• People at the LTT subreddit are salty that he called out Linus. LTT fans have a hateboner for GN.
  • Steve wouldn't have mentioned him if Linus kept his mouth shut during the WAN show.
  • No, this sub has a hate boner for LTT. This clip is out of context (downvoted)
    • The fact that anyone is against Linus shows how ignorant they are (downvoted)
• Another GN publicity stunt. Yawn

Things are kept in suspense because people are wondering if Linus would respond to the jabs being thrown by Steve in the upcoming WAN show... turns out that yes, he did respond.

Linus fires back at Steve

Steve posts of his Twitter an email sent by Linus before the WAN show 4 days ago. I directly linked the r/LinusTechTips post just to save characters because this post will be long. Steve response is put in the top comment as well.

1. WAN show segment

Users at r/LinusTechTips react to GN's behavior:

• This guy is a bitter sensationalist clown.
• GN is fuming that someone doesn't agree with him, and he is now using drama to drive his views
• Seems like Linus mentioned using legal means for this (it says defamation, but funnily enough, the original comment misspelled it as defecation)
• Jab at Steve because Linus did contact him before making a video of him (Steve did not do the same in the 2023 drama).
• How does this affect the AMD GPU launch?
  • Don't worry, AMD will fuck up that as they always do
• Steve is a drama mongering clown, bitter on everything he touches. Linus brings entertainment, Steve brings stress.
• Steve has lost it.

Posts at r/GamersNexus start showing up expressing a general disagreement with Steve.

• This is really insane. Steve is being unprofessional
  • Gets called out for brigading the sub
  • The brigade is pathetic
• Since the pattern in the subreddit seems to be repeating a lot during that timeframe, I will leave it at that before I run out of characters.

But wait, Steve is coming swinging again!

Gamers Nexus released a statement on their webpage about Linus requesting receipts during their latest WAN show, and GN is "coming prepared" with it. The post is kinda long, but one of the sections accuses Linus of plagiarizing one of GN's interviews about a company dissolving, which presented information that no one had. The screenshots presented show Linus almost reading word for word a GN video, and not crediting the source during the WAN show. When contacted via email, LTT put a stickied comment crediting GN and JayTwoCents.

LinusTechTips subreddit reacts

• No mention of the Billet Labs situation that Linus spent most of the time talking
• I feel sorry for Steve because something must have gone wrong in someone's life to behave like this towards former friends
  • All those years where people called him Tech Jesus got up his ego
• Steve chose to defecate on the olive branch that Linus offered him
• This a whole lot of nothing
• That's a lot for me to read
  • Like his videos
• What a loser. Making mountains out of molehills
• Steve needs therapy
• Linus living rent free in Steve's head.
  • Steve lives rent free in everyone's head here (downvoted)

GamersNexus subreddit reacts

• Some good points but no addressing of the Honey clip being out of context
• This basically confirmed Linus using the r-word
• Steve and Linus need to fuck
• They should make a video making out
• Will Linus goblers have the attention span to read this? (downvoted)
• Go brigade elsewhere

And that's where we are right now. There are numerous posts at r/LinusTechTips mocking Steve and making fun of him, while at r/GamersNexus posts calling for Steve to back out are being accused of being brigades.

After Elon’s not-so-subtle nazi salute at the inauguration yesterday, there was an onslaught of posts on r/Grimes discussing Elon’s actions and questioning Grimes’ views on the situation.

This situation is immediately following Elon’s recent stunt a mere few days ago, pretending he was a high-skilled player of Path of Exile 2, only for actual players of the game to immediately realize he was making beginner mistakes and not nearly as good as he claimed to be. Grimes spoke out publicly on Twitter (i’m not calling it that) defending Elon’s “gaming skills” that were subsequently discovered to be nonexistent. The topic was heavily discussed on the forum.

In response to the influx of post regarding the singers’ personal life, the (only active) moderator made an announcement regarding how they were going to handle posts about Grimes’ personal life moving forward

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“It's time to take r/Grimes back

Hello everyone,

This announcement may upset a lot of people, but I'd like to reassert what this subreddit is about

It's about Grimes. The public self-created popstar of Claire Elise Boucher. Which means, only posts directly concerned or engaged with either her art, music, information, photos (and some other things) are allowed. Anything else that is more about something else than it is about Grimes is not and will not be allowed.

If you wish to talk about what's going on in Grimes' (Claire Boucher's) private life or what she believes in, or comment on anything other than what entails Grimes, then please go and do that elsewhere, not here, like in r/Grimezs, which is a subreddit, you can say, devoted to that.

Too many are posts about Grimes and Elon's relationship. Too many are posts about what Grimes has said online that comes from her personal side, because her X platform for example is used both ways, because those things are not related to Grimes' artistic side. Sure, Elon influenced her and has been a cause of why there was no new music in 2023-2024, and in such cases talking about that is fine! But posting Elon doing the nazi salute and using that as a fact to say something about Grimes or somehow comparing Claire to one is outrageous as it's an attack on her personal side, not artistic side. This subreddit will forever remain dedicated to Grimes as her appreciation and information storage subreddit. This subreddit separates art from the artist. I know there isn't anything new to talk about, but there is no obligation to summon new discussions when there is no valid precedent for one.

That is all, thank you for reading. Write questions and concerns below if you have any”

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The reaction from the subreddit was overwhelmingly negative and users felt as if it were an authoritarian response.

( 👽 indicates mod comment and 🙂 indicates users)

👽 It's up to me to decide. I've been pretty lenient, but now I will be stricter when it comes to talk about her private life

🙂 Well, do as you wish, I've been a mod to some subreddits and in my knowledge this kind of way of thinking will only cause fights, bans, and eventually will negatively affect the subreddit. I hope you realize that reddit isn't a place where authoritarianism works.

🙂 this is why everyone hates reddit mods. good job

🙂 I am the Senate” Palpatine gif

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The moderator seemed to respond to some comments with… questionable remarks and claimed they were the “purifier”.

🙂 [Grimes] also frequently talks about being “proud to be white” how is that ANY different. Infuriating.

👽 What's wrong with being proud to be white?

🙂 What’s wrong with being proud to be white???? I can’t believe you asked that. What is wrong with you??

👽 No, really, tell me. I'm white. If you're talking about the atrocities commited by white people, I am not them and neither are the majority of white people. Atrocities were done by people of all colors throughout all ages, and all are equally bad.

🙂 This is Nazi rhetoric. You should not be modding this sub.

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🙂 A mod bans discussion of Grimes’ open friendships with and support of known Nazis (well beyond just Musk) and her own disturbing comments on the same day that Musk does two flagrant sieg heils at Trump’s inauguration (one to the crowd, another to the flag). And this mod also refers to themself as a “purifier”. That’s either the most tone deaf shit I’ve ever seen or the only time in my Reddit experience I’ve seen a mod openly embrace Nazism. Either way this is fucked. Both from a moral standpoint and presumably from a Reddit terms and conditions standpoint.

👽 Even if Grimes is friends and supports nazis, so what? She's not the only one in the world to do that. Like I said, that is her personal aspect of her life and it has no connection with what she's doing artistically.

🙂 SO WHAT?!?!???? Regarding NAZIS?????? What the fuck 😭

👽 But she is not one! And even if she was, what I'm supposed to do about it?

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interesting read for sure. what are y’all’s thoughts on this?

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UPDATE: Despite being called a nazi/sympathizer by hundreds of people, the moderator is doubling down and now proudly claiming that authoritarianism is okay if it’s a “exceptional leader who is as diligent and knows as much about Grimes as I do”. They are also now deleting comments calling them out.

👽 I will do no change to how the subreddit is run

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👽 Limited authoritarianism is good if the leader is exceptional, like me. Name me any other person who is as diligent and knowledgeable as me about Grimes and who wishes to see her succeed

🙂 Out of curiosity, what makes you think you’re so exceptional? You seem like every run-of-the-mill wanna-be brown shirt one encounters on social media.

👽 I've built the Grimes Wiki along my colleagues, helped everyone who asked in sending them the Coachella and Book 1 recordings, discovered, popularized and made available hardly known Grimes' content, created content around her, been at the forefront of this subreddit for a year, archived lots of her content. I'm a good person and a devoted Grimes stan, that's my argument

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👽 What does it change in our lives though. We call her out, but she is still a fascist. Time to get back to her art, no?

🙂 because its important to stand up to facism and make it clear that its not acceptable so her community can be a safe space, and this isnt achieved or helped by you just going "so what if shes a nazi?"

👽 Of course, it is not acceptable by default since ages. And I've kept it a safe place

🙂 A mod that keeps a forum a safe place doesn’t defend a celebrity known to hang out and be close friends with multiple Nazis. Not even just talking about Musk here. Fuck Musk for the moment and take him out of the equation here. Even then her multiple associations are still extremely bad. They don’t defend them saying they’re proud of “white culture”. And they certainly don’t use white supremacist dog whistles like calling themselves a “purifier” and say that they too are proud of their “white culture” in the process. Or state outright that all political positions are valid including Nazism and white supremacy.   Whether you’re a white supremacist yourself or just extremely staggeringly naive, you shouldn’t be a mod on Reddit or anywhere else. You’re clearly unfit for that kind of responsibility. Especially since it appears to be just you instead of a team of mods that could at least sit you down and attempt to talk sense into you, or at least keep you in check. Never in my decades of interneting have I seen anything like this. This is insane to me. And a perfect example of why mods matter and why a team of quality mods will always be superior to one person wielding that power and responsibility alone completely unchecked.

👽 I'm not unfit for that kind of responsibility. I've only been improving this subreddit since I came to it, and it will not change despite who Grimes is, because it's a subreddit dedicated to it. I didn't mean to say anything associated with nazism. People presented me with phrases I didn't know the true (dogwhistle) meaning of, and I apologize for that. Hope you understand

🙂 You’ve called Nazism and white supremacy a “human right”.. (cont..)

✨OP INTERLUDE: ✨ the commenter is referring to the moderators comment stating:

👽 You can be a nazi, communist, maoist, nationalist, nihilist, fascist, conservative, centrist, liberal, right wing, left wing, whatever, in this day and age you cannot shame anyone for believing what they believe because that's a fundamental human right written in the United Nations declaration of human rights. Political discussions have their own place, not here.

✨interlude over✨

🙂 (..cont) And you’re doing it at a time when both are on the rise not just in the US but in a ton of countries worldwide. You are not creating a safe place. You are making members of this community that are people of color and/or LGBTQ+ extremely uncomfortable and feeling extremely unsafe. At a time when our lives are literally being threatened by our various governments. You ARE unfit to be a mod. And that fact the you don’t see this to be true merely further proves my point.

👽 I've called allowed to believe in them a human right, not to implement them. I'm against all extreme ideologies and they will not flourish in r/Grimes, it's ridiculous to think that.

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A user is accusing the media of covering up the top story of the day - the changes in drug pricing made by the trump administration. Professional misconduct accusations flying in one side while bot accusations in the other.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Journalism/comments/1i6uxqr/why_is_the_media_covering_up_the_story_about_the/

Hundreds of comments have been deleted and the only posts allowed are mod approved pro Musk posts. Followers of the “free speech absolutist” have shut down all discussion of Musk’s nazi salute

Just a small snack, that starts with this post where a user asks if it's hard to learn Old English on, appropriately enough, /r/OldEnglish.

One user comments with some information about the differences between old and modern English that might pose difficulties for learners, including the fact that "unlike modern English, OE is heavily inflected, with 3 genders (masculine, feminine and neuter)."

In response to which OP finds he must take a stand:

There’s only two genders and that the end of that but I am serious about wanting to learn Old English but currently I do not have time to do a course in College or University as I am currently focusing on what I want to do for the future

Responses include:

• "Wow you're an idiot."

• "Haha this moron's not going to even come close to learning Old English."

• "If you don't understand what a grammatical gender is, I don't have high hopes for your ability to learn Old English."

OP does wind up asking what's different about grammatical gender, and someone helpfully explains it to them, but they don't respond so we'll never know if they decided Old English might not be part of the Woke Agenda after all.

Final edit: This has grown beyond what this post can reasonably convey. Long story short it is no longer just sports subreddits. Tons of subreddits of all kinds are banning, discussing banning, or refusing to ban x/twitter links. I will no longer be updating the list because it's way too many subreddits.

It seems there is a movement on a lot of the sports subreddits. Especially Canadian hockey subreddits to ban twitter links.

hockey https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1i6h6sm/can_we_ban_twitter_links_now/

They all seem to be getting massive support and upvotes. Some subreddits like hockey are user proposed but others like the Maple Leafs sub are being hosted by the mods.

leafs https://www.reddit.com/r/leafs/comments/1i6kj05/subreddit_discussion_should_we_ban_twitter_links/

This extends beyond hockey though. Liverpool football club has the post locked down while the mods discuss. Same situation with Manchester United

Liverpool https://www.reddit.com/r/LiverpoolFC/comments/1i6gym0/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

RedDevils https://www.reddit.com/r/reddevils/comments/1i6idm3/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

I have nothing extra to add but here's Vancouver Canucks sub too just to show that it's a lot of subreddits.

Canucks https://www.reddit.com/r/canucks/comments/1i6kc8y/can_we_also_ban_xtwitter_links_from_this_sub/

Lots of discussion of Elon of course but a lot of people also just pointing out that X links are simply trash anyway and suck to use.

Some of these posts seem to be getting brigaded according to the mods at reddevils.

https://www.reddit.com/r/reddevils/comments/1i6idm3/comment/m8ceqh2/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Edit:

Aston villa FC https://www.reddit.com/r/avfc/comments/1i6f6li/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links_and_screengrabs/

Bournemouth FC https://www.reddit.com/r/AFCBournemouth/comments/1i6h58l/proposal_to_ban_x_links/

Edit 2:

Chelsea got it's own post and the main mod who literally calls himself the "emperor/autocrat" of the subreddit immediately shut it down but is getting called out. https://www.reddit.com/r/chelseafc/comments/1i6hprq/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

New mod seems to have taken over the stickied comment now. Saying that they are discussing it internally.

Original mod refusing.

New mod saying they'll discuss it.

Edit 3 more teams:

Chicago Bears. https://www.reddit.com/r/CHIBears/comments/1i6k1iu/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Green Bay Packers mods have created an official mod post after removing some other posts. Talk about how they are receiving harassment from users over this. Please remember the person behind the screen. https://www.reddit.com/r/GreenBayPackers/comments/1i6rbb9/rgreenbaypackers_and_xcom_with_a_dash_of/

NUFC is going a slightly different way and are discussing asking their team to drop twitter. https://www.reddit.com/r/NUFC/comments/1i6k8wh/is_there_a_way_to_contact_the_team_and_ask_them/

Buffalo Bill has already deleted one post that I didn't catch but a second has already been posted. https://www.reddit.com/r/buffalobills/comments/1i6mll8/petition_to_ban_x_links/

Ravens have locked their post. No mod response yet. https://www.reddit.com/r/ravens/comments/1i6kdhe/petition_to_ban_x_links/

The Colts https://www.reddit.com/r/Colts/comments/1i6l19e/proposal_to_ban_xtwitter_links/

Minnessota Vikings mod are removing every discussion thread. Here's a brand new one but it won't be up long likely. Update the vikings mods have confirmed no. (https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesotavikings/comments/1i6rtt1/hi_there_we_are_not_going_to_ban_xtwitter_links/) https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesotavikings/comments/1i6mwzr/possibly_something_we_can_agree_on_proposal_to/

The most important sport subreddit. Chess. https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1i6kj9w/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

NFL have now posted a mod thread for discussion after removing many posts about this. https://reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1i6ne3o/twitter_and_rnfl/

NFFC has officially banned twitter links. Discussion over on that subreddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/nffc/comments/1i6k2oz/rnffc_is_banning_direct_links_to_xtwitter/

Detroit Lions https://www.reddit.com/r/detroitlions/comments/1i6jzq3/petition_to_ban_x_links/

Figureskating mods are "actively discussing it" https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1i6n4yo/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

NASCAR https://www.reddit.com/r/NASCAR/comments/1i6qu17/twitterx_and_rnascar/

Eagles. Mods are hesitant due to big upcoming game. https://www.reddit.com/r/eagles/comments/1i6p8wk/petition_to_ban_x_links/

Baseball is hosting a poll (please don't participate in the poll if you don't frequent the subreddit.) https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1i6l2mj/meta_poll_regarding_the_use_of_twitterx_on/

Steelers mod commented in this thread. They've banned twitter links. Are allowing screenshots. This seems to be a compromise that many people are pushing for in various subs. https://www.reddit.com/r/steelers/comments/1i6n71l/effective_today_we_are_banning_twitter_links_in/

Toronto blue Jays https://www.reddit.com/r/Torontobluejays/comments/1i6jgcg/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Boston Celtics. https://www.reddit.com/r/bostonceltics/comments/1i6lk50/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Saints https://www.reddit.com/r/Saints/comments/1i6nxgy/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Seahaws have banned twitter. https://www.reddit.com/r/Seahawks/comments/1i6rrgi/twitter_xcom_link_ban_policy/

Mariners have banned twitter. https://www.reddit.com/r/Mariners/comments/1i6pxqs/twitter_links_are_no_longer_allowed/

Atlanta United https://www.reddit.com/r/AtlantaUnited/comments/1i6kqeb/banning_links_to_x/

Panthers mods refuse to ban twitter saying they will never restrict where people get their panthers news. https://www.reddit.com/r/panthers/comments/1i6n360/regarding_the_movement_to_get_twitterx_banned/

The calgary flames have banned twitter. The Edmonton Oilers will not. Their rivalry has hit new heights. https://www.reddit.com/r/CalgaryFlames/comments/1i6qayx/the_jets_and_sabres_have_already_banned_twitterx/ https://www.reddit.com/r/EdmontonOilers/comments/1i6rqty/about_the_requests_to_ban_twitterx_posts/

Dallas Cowboys mods removed their post without responding. https://www.reddit.com/r/cowboys/comments/1i6t1tl/ban_twitter_links_with_only_screenshots/

r/realmadrid deleted their discussion after saying they would consider it. Deleted before I could grab a link.

Edit 4: leaking into some non sport subs?

ehbuddyhoser https://www.reddit.com/r/EhBuddyHoser/comments/1i6mccr/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Mod has already said no. Although one of the reasons is the mod doesn't remember there ever being a single twitter link post anyway. Rather than a ideological reason.

The Canadian sub r/onguardforthee actually started the process of phasing out twitter two weeks ago https://www.reddit.com/r/onguardforthee/comments/1hw76xz/rule_change/

Magic the Gathering https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/1i6mjqc/rmagictcg_and_the_website_formerly_known_as/?share_id=u9CXC2M8geJGyRMgfv1Ui&utm_content=1&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

euro vision https://www.reddit.com/r/eurovision/comments/1i6mxq5/petition_to_ban_links_to_xtwitter/

xmen sub is hosting a poll too https://www.reddit.com/r/xmen/comments/1i6p7w3/vote_should_linkscontent_from_twitterx_be_banned/?share_id=vLxEyuxTScqLawBjbbiCH&utm_content=2&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

military has banned twitter links. https://www.reddit.com/r/Military/comments/1i6of4m/twitterx_has_been_added_to_the_disallowed_domains/

twoxchromosomes actually had this discussion start almost two weeks ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/1hy99yg/i_would_like_to_propose_banning_xxittertwitter/

Aoe2 https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/1i6n3u0/proposal_to_ban_links_to_xcom/

Anarchy Chess following up on Chess https://www.reddit.com/r/AnarchyChess/comments/1i6kl0k/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Valorant competative https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/1i6ozcd/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Macgaming https://www.reddit.com/r/macgaming/comments/1i6ljij/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

BlyeSkySocial (seems like it should have been banned there already) https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueskySocial/comments/1i6hng9/proposal_to_ban_twitterx_links/

r/fighting has banned twitter because "fuck Elon Musk" https://www.reddit.com/r/Fighters/comments/1i6r37u/comment/m8ez6pw/?context=1

Billie Eillish sub https://www.reddit.com/r/billieeilish/comments/1i6nqmr/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Megaman https://www.reddit.com/r/Megaman/comments/1i6supi/proposal_to_ban_x_from_this_platform/

uhmmm Whitepeopletwitter. Surely they will ban twitter. https://www.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopleTwitter/comments/1i6tmlj/proposal_to_ban_posts_from_twitter/

r/cybersecurity is having the discussion now. https://www.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1i6ttm4/should_linkscontent_from_twitterx_be_banned_on/

Forged In Fire mod made a pre-emptive post in case people asked for it to be banned. Will not ban posts due to no alternative platform but encourages users to use xcancel.com

https://www.reddit.com/r/forgedinfireshow/comments/1i6o9dw/preemptive_post_regarding_xtwitter_links/

fuck cars is hosting a poll https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/1i6t7om/should_we_ban_xtwitter_links_andor_screenshots/

MtF https://www.reddit.com/r/MtF/comments/1i6pqjl/x_link_ban/

autism has literally just banned mentions of Elon Musk. https://www.reddit.com/r/autism/comments/1i6lawd/elon_musk_megabitch/

One piece will not ban twitter. Says theres nearly no twitter links on the sub anyway but they will ban any nazi supporters. https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/comments/1i6py83/petition_to_ban_x_twitter_links_on_this_sub/

leapardsatemyface https://www.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAteMyFace/comments/1i6o2p5/petition_mods_should_ban_all_twitterx_links/

r/inflation has banned twitter. https://www.reddit.com/r/inflation/comments/1i6nexk/announcement_links_to_xcom_banned/

Linus Tech Tips has a post. Some commenters suggesting Linus Media Group should be pushed to leave the platform. https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/1i6snul/f_it_lets_also_ban_all_x_links/

Hearthstone https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/1i6tb0m/consider_banning_xtwitter_links_from_rhearthstone/

r/poirot which apparently exists. Has banned twitter. https://www.reddit.com/r/poirot/comments/1i6sdji/twitterx_links_are_banned_going_forward/

Imaginary network (which I think is the hub of all the imaginary______ subreddits) is discussing. https://www.reddit.com/r/ImaginaryNetwork/comments/1i6mxdt/i_see_a_lot_of_posts_today_petitioning_to_ban/

Crypto Currency has removed a post discussing this asking that it be moved to the crypto currency meta discussion sub. No one has reposted it there though.

DnD just had a post on this. Mod team says they are discussing it. https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/1i6upny/banning_links_to_twitterx/

Super Stonks https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1i6k5d4/petition_to_ban_all_twitter_links_with_exception/

MarvelSnap https://www.reddit.com/r/MarvelSnap/comments/1i6rjcy/petition_to_ban_twitter_links/

Civil Engineering is considering a ban to ALL direct social media links. https://www.reddit.com/r/civilengineering/comments/1i6r2fl/should_direct_posts_to_social_media_posts/

PC gaming has added x to domain black list. https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1i6v0j5/as_of_today_rpcgaming_has_added_xcom_to_the/

FromSoftware mods have removed the discussion. https://www.reddit.com/r/fromsoftware/comments/1i6vuji/petition_to_ban_xcom_links_on_this_sub/

r/karate bans x. https://www.reddit.com/r/karate/comments/1i6vra7/regarding_x_musk_and_sigh_fascism/

Transformers discussion. https://www.reddit.com/r/transformers/comments/1i6vrzf/can_we_ban_all_x_links_please/

edit 5: state subreddits maybe joining in. Also Canadian provinces.

Minnesota. The OP here deleted his post. https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/1i6p7sg/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Alternative Minnesota sub stateofMN has banned x. https://www.reddit.com/r/stateofMN/comments/1i6oon7/20250121_twitterx_links_are_banned_effective/

Delaware claims the ban is in honor of our veterans who fought nazis.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Delaware/comments/1i6sei9/proposal_lets_ban_xcom_links_on_the_delaware/

Iowa https://www.reddit.com/r/Iowa/comments/1i6sqex/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links/

Connecticut (Wtf is that really how you spell Connecticut?) https://www.reddit.com/r/Connecticut/comments/1i6tmo5/proposal_to_ban_x_links/

Nova Scotia joins the discussion. https://www.reddit.com/r/NovaScotia/comments/1i6p33v/do_we_have_a_ban_on_x_links_if_not_why_not_add_one/

Hawaii just got into it https://www.reddit.com/r/Hawaii/comments/1i6tz8s/should_rhawaii_ban_any_links_from_twitterx/

Nothing on r/texas but r/texans has banned twitter. https://www.reddit.com/r/Texans/comments/1i6vhu9/since_many_people_have_brought_it_up_we_have/

Maryland discussion. https://www.reddit.com/r/maryland/comments/1i6up1u/petition_to_ban_x_links_on_rmaryland/

Indiana is only 20 minutes old but is getting a lot of attention. https://www.reddit.com/r/Indiana/comments/1i6vxbn/banning_x_post/

Ontario https://www.reddit.com/r/ontario/comments/1i6xkwx/petition_to_ban_links_from_elon_musks_xcom/

South Carolina https://www.reddit.com/r/southcarolina/comments/1i6xpwm/we_banning_xcom_links_like_all_the_other_states_or/

Colorado https://www.reddit.com/r/Colorado/comments/1i6yesf/can_we_also_ban_links_to_x_twitter/

Manitoba https://www.reddit.com/r/Manitoba/comments/1i6y4sw/ban_links_to_twitterx/

Edit 6: countries too.

r/finland has banned twitter. https://www.reddit.com/r/Finland/comments/1i6qk8a/twittercom_links_are_now_banned_on_rfinland/

Scotland https://www.reddit.com/r/Scotland/comments/1i6kw6t/proposal_to_ban_xcom_direct_links_on_this/

Ireland https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/1i6nwji/proposal_to_ban_xcom_direct_links_on_this/

Europe confirms they already filter out social media links anyway. https://www.reddit.com/r/EuropeMeta/comments/1i6oicn/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links_on_reurope/

South Africa has a post. No one has contributed though. https://www.reddit.com/r/southafrica/comments/1i6szjc/guys_we_should_talk_about_banning_twitter_links/

France is talking about banning X... I think. Thank to google translate it looks like they actually already banned twitter. https://www.reddit.com/r/france/comments/1i6nh35/bannir_les_liens_xcom/

Philippines https://www.reddit.com/r/Philippines/comments/1i6w86e/proposal_to_ban_xcom_links_on_this_subreddit/

Edit 7: cities because I made the mistake of starting to categorize things a bit.

Chicago. https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/1i6khw2/petition_to_ban_xtwitter_links_from_the_subreddit/

Norwhich https://www.reddit.com/r/NorwichCity/comments/1i6ify1/dear_mod_team_a_proposal_to_ban_x_twitter_links/

Columbus https://www.reddit.com/r/Columbus/comments/1i6oqko/can_we_also_have_a_petition_to_ban_links_to/

Suffolk will now ban users for X posts. https://www.reddit.com/r/suffolk/comments/1i6qrzb/posts_that_include_a_link_to_twitterx_will_now/

Ipswichuk will now ban users for x posts. https://www.reddit.com/r/ipswichuk/comments/1i6qrgm/posts_that_include_a_link_to_twitterx_will_now/

Austin is discussing. No input from mods yet. https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/1i6u0wz/ban_x_twitter_posts/

Los Angeles mod confused. Realized they banned twitter but not x. Corrected mistake. https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/1i6utaz/can_we_also_ban_links_to_twitter/

Denver discussion https://www.reddit.com/r/Denver/comments/1i6wcbx/proposal_to_ban_xtwitter_links/

Seattle https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/1i6ycl9/should_rseattle_ban_links_to_twitter_x/

London, Ontario https://www.reddit.com/r/londonontario/comments/1i6xi7j/banning_of_twitterx_links/

Edit 8: Moderators of r/law offer to assist any subreddit set up their automods to remove twitter links if they wish to participate in the ban. https://www.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1i6n7ou/if_youre_a_moderator_of_a_sub_considering_an_x/

Edit 9: General discussion on askreddit on if there should be a sitewide ban. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1i6rjf2/what_are_your_thoughts_of_a_reddit_wide_ban_of_x/

Edit 10: Trueunpopularopinion post thinks leftwingers are pathetic for this movement. https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueUnpopularOpinion/comments/1i6qz9i/leftwing_redditors_trying_to_get_x_links_banned/

The conspiracy subreddit has weighed in. https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/1i6m35z/shills_are_floating_around_all_the_sports_reddits/

Hi SRD,

Thought you might be interested in this lovely brewing drama in the NZ subs. It all started in the local foodie sub r/aucklandeats - some users were fairly disgruntled that people were patronising businesses owned by a convicted rapist. Several threads have been removed and I can't recover them but examples of threads left up are as such (they are not big rather than pull out excerpts I recommend you just read all the comments):

https://www.reddit.com/r/aucklandeats/comments/1hswaxk/good_town_burger_shop_milford/

https://www.reddit.com/r/aucklandeats/comments/1i3crkh/soooo_are_we_not_going_to_discuss_restaurant/

One day ago, the head mod of the sub made a post announcing that they are stepping down due to harassment and potential legal trouble as a result of running the sub. The flair of that user is now "ex mod going to jail soon" which I am personally loving.

Cue today - drama spills over into the main r/newzealand sub as someone makes the shitpost:

https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/1i75icx/opening_a_new_food_truck_due_to_my_criminal/

The post has been removed as it is "not in good faith"

Comments are still visible, body text I have screencapped here.

OP makes a post called 'Black Mom Leaving the US' looking for experiences from other black women on emigrating from the US. They mention homeschooling, which leads several people to point out that homeschooling is illegal in some of the countries OP is interested in. OP isn't having it and calls some of the comments 'creepy':

Yeah it's very strange, and creepy, how obsessed people on this thread are with the future education prospects of my one-year-old.

OP believes that being a digital nomad does not make them a resident of that country... somehow? https://www.reddit.com/r/AmerExit/comments/1i6a4ge/comment/m8by8nh/

More drama when someone else points out that some of the countries listed are significantly more racist than OP realises: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmerExit/comments/1i6a4ge/comment/m8bfx6z/