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They're also blocking posts by users who aren't banned or even got a warning. It appears to the user as though it's been posted, but it hasn't.
shadowbanning is a totally different issue that's existed for a long time though.
Shadowbanning? Do you have more info on this?
They’ve done this for a long time. It’s supposedly only supposed to be used on bots but it definitely isn’t in practice
It definitely is in practice 100%
I didn't know there was a name for it, I don't have anymore info on it, but I can show examples of it happening.