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Its newsworthy because Twitter has been publicly denying that shadowbanning has been in place, and they've denied that preferential treatment based on preferenc
by andrew_ 4y ago
Its newsworthy because Twitter has been publicly denying that shadowbanning has been in place, and they've denied that preferential treatment based on preferences of internal teams has been in place. Both of those are now being shown to be false statements. Glossing over that fact is a great disservice to the conversation.
- rhaksw 4y agoThat's not the only newsworthy element. Saying that would gloss over the pervasive use of this secretive feature. The use of this stuff is probably in the companies' terms of use, patents etc. The public is still largely unaware that it happens, as evidenced with Twitter.
- winternett 4y agoAlso newsworthy because it's used to hold certain accounts down and to hijack ideas and talking points from less popular accounts on a regular basis as well. These features regularly can be used to keep certain accounts popular and profitable while others get blacklisted unfairly and with no awareness. There is nothing to stop large platforms from using shadowban features to fuel corrupt activity for profit and influence if they continue to operate in non-transparent ways like this.