More than 50 subreddits – ranging in size from a few dozen members to millions, totaling at least 40 million members across the communities – issued bans this week, the report said.

Scores of Reddit users called for bans on X links after Musk made two enthusiastic salutes that immediately drew criticism on Monday.

Some of Reddit’s largest subreddits have banned links to Twitter/X, following a hand gesture by Elon Musk on Inauguration Day that many say closely resembled a Nazi salute. Elon Musk’s controversial hand gesture is costing Twitter/X a good bit of traffic.