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Re:70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked ... by saagarjha on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @01:25AM (#25758874)
I don’t think there is an actual “shadowbanned” on Hacker News, I’ve just seen various stages of banned/flagged/dead users. I mean, I guess I wouldn’t know if there was, but I’ve never heard anyone mention it so…
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Re:70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked ... by andreareina on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @09:30AM (#25762344)
That's what I thought too, that it was just regular banning. But 'dang says shadowban, and [1] implies he does mean the type where the user doesn't know.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24790627

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