What is shadowbanning?

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Shadowbanning is the belief that a platform is quietly suppressing an account’s reach without telling it. Platforms deny doing it in the way creators describe, while confirming they limit distribution of content that breaks guidelines. Most suspected shadowbans turn out to be ordinary variance: one post underperforms and the next is fine. Genuine, sustained suppression is usually traceable to flagged content, banned hashtags or engagement that looks purchased.

Whatis shadowbanning?

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