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Re:ElonJet Is Now Suspended by AdamN on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @11:47AM (#33986135)
Shadow Banning is alot more narrow than general VF. VF could be used for reasons like maximizing time in the app, encouraging high value activities, etc...
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Re:ElonJet Is Now Suspended by Consultant32452 on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @02:16PM (#33988577)
If my reach is being artificially limited without my knowledge it's still shadow banning. It doesn't change anything if the purpose is selling more ads instead of personally disliking me .
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Re:ElonJet Is Now Suspended by nickthegreek on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @03:19PM (#33989809)
The thing is, shadowbanning had a definition. Twitter at one point even defined the term in front of Congress I believe. Shadowbanning is Visibility Filitering, but not all Visibility Filtering is shadowbanning.

Unless everyone can use the same terminology to mean the same thing, these conversations are pointless.

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Re:ElonJet Is Now Suspended by AdamN on Thursday December 15, 2022 @10:29AM (#34001012)
No, if your reach is being artificially limited, that's not shadow banning. Shadow banning has a precise definition and that was my point above.
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