Reddit has totally axed one of its communities and temporarily banned another after a run-in with Elon Musk.
The X chief moaned on his platform that some Reddit users on the subreddit r/WhitePeopleTwitter had broken the law after they allegedly revealed the identities of his so-called DOGE goon squad, the young engineers hired at his new agency to sniff out government corruption.
Some of the comments on the forum were of the mundane variety, with one mocking their haircuts: “Shaving their heads is the least that should happen.”
But other comments called for violence against the members of the Musk-led government agency after it was reported that DOGE personnel had accessed classified material.
Musk reshared a post on X, from a page called “Reddit Lies,” that showed some of the alleged comments in r/WhitePeopleTwitter, including one calling for the “public execution of the DOGE software developers.”
“Muskrat’s DOGE Henchmen have been identified,” another said.
“Time to hunt,” one more said menacingly. “I’ll say it. This nazi stooge needs to be shot,” another message read.
Shortly after the tech mogul complained that the Redditors “have broken the law,” the subreddit was banned for 72 hours.
“This subreddit has been temporarily banned due to a prevalence of violent content. Inciting and glorifying violence or doxing are against Reddit’s platform-wide Rules,” a Reddit note states when trying to access r/WhitePeopleTwitter.
“It will reopen in 72 hours, during which Reddit will support moderators and provide resources to keep Reddit a healthy place for discussion and debate.”
Another community, r/IsElonDeadYet, was axed all together for obvious reasons. “This subreddit was banned due to a violation of Reddit’s rules against posting violent content," a note said.
The forum was dedicated to noting that the billionaire “first buddy” of President Donald Trump was not dead yet, on a near daily basis.
