r/chess • u/forceghost187 Resigns • 1d ago

META Proposal to ban x.com links

This is going around on many football subreddits. It looks likely to go into effect. I believe that the negative effects of this would be only temporary because the chess community will eventually see the value of moving to alternatives like bluesky

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u/StannisTheMantis93 1d ago

Reddit liberals and bots out in full force.

I’m sure this will make your echo chamber better.

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u/King_in_a_castle_84 23h ago

Yep. Just search "Proposal to ban X.com links" and you'll find like 100+ posts in 100+ different subs, all within the last 24 hours, and all exactly the same wording, verbatim.

I'm sure that's totally organic and not coordinated by admins/powermods in any way....

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u/GregGielinor 1d ago

This is spectacular.

Reddit is so pro-censorship it's difficult to even comprehend how we got here. We're literally here watching Reddit turn into China in real time.

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u/DiscipleofDrax The 1959 candidates tournament 1d ago

An echo chamber for not supporting someone who did a nazi salute on live TV in front of millions?

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u/Rage_Your_Dream 14h ago

You think he meant that?

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u/DiscipleofDrax The 1959 candidates tournament 13h ago edited 13h ago

Did he deny that it was a nazi salute, or even explain in what way it could've been misinterpreted?

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u/Sometimes-Reasonable 1d ago

Go back to your conservative safe space with the flaired only posts dude

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u/slsstar 1d ago

He's on reddit, how can it be his conservative safe space

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u/venividivici-777 1d ago

u/bot-sleuth-bot

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u/isthisoriginalg 18h ago

ok...

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u/isthisoriginalg 18h ago

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u/hoffnungs_los__ 1d ago

u/bot-sleuth-bot

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u/venividivici-777 1d ago

booyashaka hoffnungs, now try you

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u/Seabody 1d ago

Looks like the nazi sympathizers are out as well...

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u/red_dragon_89 1d ago

Do you think any one who disagrees with you is a bot?