Reddit was right, mostly.
Redditors sniffed out Elon Musk’s new gigafactory plans for Memphis days before the billionaire and local officials made the news public.
Five days ago, the r/ElonJetTracker subreddit showed his plane left Austin and landed in Memphis.
First the details:
Next the top comments:
And the speculation began:
But other Redditors noted that Musk’s bother, Kimball, once owned a restaurant in Memphis, Next Door American Eatery in Crosstown.
But Elon Musk confirmed he was in Memphis in a June 2nd post on X.
On Monday, speculation about … something happening at the old Electrolux building began in the Memphis subreddit.
This one was off the mark, though. Well, for now. Anything’s possible.
But u/badregs had the straight dope, somehow.
Another post had local Reddit users wondering if Elon was here.
But turned out, it wasn’t Elon.
It was the the Secret Order of the Boll Weevils with a huge police escort.
But other folks saw something other than the Boll Weevils’ signature school bus.
Once the news was announced Wednesday, the Memphis subreddit began to buzz.
Longtime sub celebrity u/B1gR1g weighed in:
Plenty had plenty to say on Musk and the project, too:
