After 2 years of users complaining about Twitter Shadow Banning, and Twitter denying that it's happening the company finally admits that it was happening and blames it on a bug. This so-called bug was quickly fixed after Trump tweeted about it. And then Twitter stock fell 20% for their shenognigans
Twitter appears to have relaxed the effects of its “quality” search filter function associated with so-called “shadow banning,” after evidence indicated that the content of some accounts on the social media platform was obscured to followers, while many others appeared to be unaffected.
The Epoch Times discovered the change in the filter functionality while researching the shadow banning phenomenon. Some search results changed overnight on July 28 after The Epoch Times alerted Twitter to some of its findings.
On July 26, President Donald Trump addressed shadow banning, which appeared to affect certain Republicans, and promised to “look into this discriminatory and illegal practice at once.” On July 27, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), whose Twitter account was affected, said he filed a complaint against the company with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
For several years, Twitter users have accused the company of shadow banning—hiding a user’s content from other users without informing them.
While the full extent and history of the practice remain unclear, one identified method was to remove the tweets of targeted accounts from search results, unless a user turned off the “quality” filter function, found in the “search filters” box. The filter is on by default and snaps back on after just one search.
So on a scale of 1/10 how kiked is twitter still after this totally legitimate update?
Austin Brooks
6,000,000/10
Isaiah Parker
Sounds like Zig Forums shadow banning pro Whites and promoting Nazi fags for the Jews.
Jeremiah Ramirez
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Sebastian Morales
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Parker Kelly
you just coined a new word for niggers
CONGRATS!
Adrian Morales
White Nationalism is the cause of White Genocide They have ruined every single attempt by Whites to defend themselves in real life for the last 50 years Larping for the Jews about Nazis is more important then helping Whites
Nolan Reyes
White nationalists are kike puppets, dancing on strings they don't even see so the elite can have an easy target to point to and say "Look! It's THEIR fault!"
Ethan Mitchell
I do agree that the source and reason listed are dodgy, even with the benefit of the doubt. Twitter's stocks plummeting is easily explained by Jack admitting to his bot-inflated user statistics. However, his use of shadowbanning right-of-center political views is widespread, algorithmically verified and any weakening of this censorship is a good thing not just for right wing spewers, but for political dissemination in general.