Musk 'Pressured' Reddit CEO to Silence DOGE Critics, Leaving Moderators Outraged: Report
www.latintimes.com
Billionaire Tesla CEO and Trump ally Elon Musk allegedly pressured the CEO of social media platform Reddit to stifle users criticizing him or President Donald Trump, leaving platform moderators furious.

They exchanged messages just before the subreddit r/WhitePeopleofTwitter was given a temporary ban for 72 hours

  • AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zipEnglish
    171·
    9 days ago

    Musk bought Twitter because he fucked around trying to manipulate the stock price and accidentally made an agreement he couldn’t back out of. He tried. He failed. He was forced to buy it according to the terms he previously specified.

    • Singletona082@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      9 days ago

      I hate my conspiricy theory minded family but if someone told me they had proof Musk expressly bought Twitter to get right wing power in America and used the buyer’s remorse stock price manipulation attempt gone south as a cover story?

      I’d believe it.

      • azertyfun@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        9 days ago
        1. He’s dumber than you give him credit for
        2. What is the point of the supposed cover story? To cover from who, about what? He’s literally paying people to vote, again. Next to that, buying a social media to influence it almost sounds democratic.

        The reason that conspiracy theory is appealing is the same for all conspiracy theories; it’s more comforting to think the powerful have a clever masterful evil plan than the sad reality that we’re all making it up as we go, even the literal Nazis.

        Relevant ContraPoints from 4 days ago

      • seeigel@feddit.orgEnglish
        2·
        9 days ago

        Once you are there, start wondering if Trump is really that mad or if they are implementing an old Nixon plan.