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If it was a shadow ban he would see his site when he searched but we wouldn't. This is definitely not that.
by mkl 4y ago
If it was a shadow ban he would see his site when he searched but we wouldn't. This is definitely not that.
- Dylan16807 4y agoAre you talking about normal sites? Not search engines? If so I don't really agree. I don't think you have to go through that much effort as part of implementing a shadow ban. If posts show up to the user in most places, then good enough it's a shadow ban. Only because this is a search engine do I say this solidly isn't a shadow ban.
- mkl 4y agoWell, I don't understand the distinction you're making, as search doesn't seem special here to me. The key feature that makes something a shadow ban is that everything looks normal to the shadow-banned person, but the rest of us don't see their stuff or see it in some restricted way. That seems like it would apply equally to search, forum comments, etc.