In an email to Cybernews, Reddit stressed that the trend was user-driven and that the platform “has no ban on X links.” It hosts over 100,000 active communities covering a wide range of topics and they are free to enforce their own rules, according to the company.

Subreddits devoted to sports, videogaming and even geographic areas have opted to block links to Musk's X social network.

Social media users are speculating that Meta has bought TikTok, following Donald Trump's announcement that he planned to delay a ban on the app.