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Re:The Twitter Files Part 2: Twitter's Secret Blacklists by raydev on Friday December 09, 2022 @06:32PM (#33927925)
FYI, I think your tweet must be hidden if the user is logged out.

I'm logged in, and can see your tweet in the replies just fine. Still not shadowingbanning.

Re:The Twitter Files Part 2: Twitter's Secret Blacklists by rhaksw on Saturday December 10, 2022 @12:09AM (#33930072)
You're mistaken. I tweeted twice, once with the .win link, once without. The one with the .win link does not appear even when logged in as a different username. It does appear for me when I'm logged in as the same username.

So there is shadow moderation going on. I'm not so bothered about whether it's called a shadow ban or shadow moderation. Also, I can see why some former Twitter employees want this distinction to be understood given the post they previously put out. I just think that's a hard sell for the public who is just coming to understand this issue. Even I didn't know about Twitter's 2018 post.

Finally, there was already substantial dispute over whether or not Twitter's initial claims were accurate. See "Shadowbanning is not a thing": black box gaslighting and the power to independently know and credibly critique algorithms" by Kelley Cotter:

https://kelleycotter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Shadowba...