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		threeseed on Dec 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Twitter Files Part 2: Twitter's Secret Blackli... > but fact that twtter officials explicitly denied its existence I haven't seen anything here that indicates that it ever did exist. Limiting reach is different from people not seeing your content at all.

sigsergv on Dec 9, 2022 [–]

Shadowban is not a total hiding content from everyone, it also implies selective hide[1].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_banning

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