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Shadowban Complaints
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diff --git a/wiki/bits/shadowban-complaints.md b/wiki/bits/shadowban-complaints.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..79d561db @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +--- +title: Shadowban Complaints +type: bit +status: confirmed +sources: + - raw/news/bitcoiners-posting-about-being-shadowbanned-for-engagement-stunned-to-find-out-in-twitter-.json +--- + +**Shadowban complaints** are [[orgs/bitcoin-twitter|Bitcoin Twitter]]'s recurring claim of algorithmic persecution — posts announcing that the poster is being suppressed, which reliably garner immense engagement, thereby disproving themselves. + +## Canon + +The bit was formally killed (in theory) in January 2023, when [[characters/matt-taibbi|Matt Taibbi]]'s Twitter Files review found "zero evidence" of any suppression of Bitcoin accounts and reclassified the complaints as "some sort of [[memes/engagement-farming|engagement farming]] technique." The Bugle's taxonomy divides complainants into two tiers: those whose tweets are simply bad, and those farming. Public view counts were judged the final nail in the coffin ([[news/bitcoiners-posting-about-being-shadowbanned-for-engagement-stunned-to-find-out-in-twitter-files-they-werent-targeted|Bitcoiners Stunned To Find Out They Weren't Targeted]]). + +Whether the bit stays dead is a separate question; no grievance on Bitcoin Twitter has ever been retired by evidence.