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.

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.

One thing that's easy enough to see about Elon Musk 's infamous hand gesture from Donald Trump 's inauguration celebration is that he acted with deliberation. As the video from the event shows, he threw his back into it, taxing himself enough that he grunted from the exertion.