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More info on this https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/15/twitter-hacker-admin-scam/ https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/15/twitter-hacker-admin-scam/
by johnnyfaehell 6y ago
More info on this https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/15/twitter-hacker-admin-scam/ https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/15/twitter-hacker-admin-scam/
- AustinDev 6y agoInteresting looks like a moderation tool form the screenshots. You can block a user from timelines and searches or a tweet.
- mschuster91 6y agoSo the infamous "shadow ban" actually does exist on Twitter, based on this screenshot. I remember them actively denying this two years ago when a wave of shadow ban incidents hit German news.
- jonathanstrange 6y agoWhere do you see a shadowban option on that screenshot?
- mschuster91 6y ago"Search blacklist" is one of the things that indicates a shadow ban (per https://shadowban.eu/ https://shadowban.eu/). Lower left corner in the screenshot.
- Already__Taken 6y agothat's nothing controversial surely, like your bank doesn't explain the anti fraud mechanisms even if you posted "this is exactly how it works"
- mschuster91 6y agoShadowbanning people is a form of psychological abuse. To be honest it should be banned by law.
- tripzilch 6y agoI just vouched for yet another HN user who had been posting insightful but [dead] comments for at least a month, and I couldn't even find the bad comment that triggered this. It just makes me sad that I see people spending their energy on good comments, unaware they're not being read by most people.
- mschuster91 6y agoMight want to email the mods if you come across such stuff...
- tripzilch 6y agoIsn't this literally what the "vouch" button is intended for, though?
- samstave 6y agoReddit mods are truly overly censor-friendly and ban-happy - and a bit bemused with the power that being a mod gives them over others.