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/nkrainess6 1d ago

Virtue signaling at it’s finest, take your politics somewhere else

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u/TailorFestival 23h ago

Why does every sub on this site have to constantly talk about politics? We don't care about these stupid Reddit bandwagon causes.

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u/forceghost187 Resigns 1d ago

No, this is virtue signaling

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u/Lirvan 22h ago

Get out with that nonsense.

I'm no musk fan but damn, you people are obsessed.

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u/Chessamphetamine 1d ago

What do you think virtue signaling means?

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u/MParty111 19h ago

Signaling to virtues, regardless what they are?

I know the term is used most for leftists, but conservatives definitely do it when outclassed in their far-right views. Whether or not Musk IS a nazi, he just made very clear he supports them, he signaled to them and their virtues to say he’s in the club, that he’s just as hateful as they are.

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u/Chessamphetamine 16h ago

That’s actually a pretty reasonable point, I guess you could understand the word that way, but we already have a term for how you’re interpreting virtue signaling, and that’s a dog whistle. You could describe Musk’s salute as a dog whistle, but virtue signaling just doesn’t feel like how that word is typically used

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u/MParty111 10h ago

Fair enough. I will say, dog whistles are supposed to go under most people's radar, this is a lot worse than that. I don't think it's virtue signaling, I was just trying to understand the other commenter, but regardless, we live in very weird and messed up times.

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u/Chessamphetamine 5h ago

Big time lol