Musk’s gesture has received mixed reactions from politicians and academics, with some likening it to a Nazi salute and others saying it was an accidental action made in the heat of his victory speech.

The cascade of link bans on Reddit came after Musk made a hand gesture at a Monday rally that many compared to a Nazi salute.

Reddit communities with millions of subscribers lead charge as social media landscape faces period of unprecedented turbulence

Other popular subreddits with hundreds of thousands to millions of subscribers, including r/TwoXChromosomes, r/nintendo, and r/nursing have also banned links to the Musk-owned platform, likely affecting the reach X gets.

In reaction to hand gestures Elon Musk made at a post-inauguration rally that many said resembled a Nazi salute, Reddit moderators took swift action.

After Musk sparked a wave of ire with back-to-back Nazi salutes at an Inauguration Day event in Washington, D.C., on Monday, the bans quickly swept across Reddit. Such a move is not unheard of — moderators can ban links to specific sites, meaning that posts and comments including X links are easy to block.