shadowban
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃædoʊbæn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃædəʊbæn/
Verb
[edit]shadowban (third-person singular simple present shadowbans, present participle shadowbanning, simple past and past participle shadowbanned)
- (transitive, Internet) To ban a user from a community without their knowledge, allowing them to continue reading and commenting, but rendering their contributions invisible or less visible to other users.
- 2018 July 27, Jason Wilson, “What is 'shadow banning', and why did Trump tweet about it?”, in The Guardian[1]:
- On Wednesday a Vice News story reported that some senior Republican officials were not visible in automatic search results. Vice framed this as “shadow banning” without providing any evidence that it was deliberate.
- 2022 December 14, Maya Yang, “Twitter suspends account that monitors flight paths of Elon Musk’s private jet”, in The Guardian[2]:
- Over the weekend, Sweeney tweeted that his account had been shadowbanned, meaning that its visibility had been deliberately reduced.
- 2023 August 24, Steve Kuhn, “How To Get Unshadowbanned on Twitter”, in ITGeared[3]:
- You can also use external software designed to check for shadowbanning.
- 2023 September 5, Joe Coscarelli, “Ghostwriter Returns With an A.I. Travis Scott Song, and Industry Allies”, in The New York Times[4]:
- On Tuesday, Ghostwriter returned with a new track, titled “Whiplash,” this time using A.I. vocal filters to sound like the rappers Travis Scott and 21 Savage and deliver a message to the industry: “Me and Writer raise a toast,” the A.I. version of 21 Savage raps. “Trying to shadowban my boy/but you can’t kill a ghost.”
- (transitive, Internet, of a search engine) To filter out results without the publisher's knowledge.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to ban a user without their knowledge
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Noun
[edit]shadowban (plural shadowbans)
- (Internet) An instance of shadowbanning.
- Synonym: hellban
- 2018 July 27, Jason Wilson, “What is 'shadow banning', and why did Trump tweet about it?”, in The Guardian[5]:
- Is there any basis for the idea that conservatives are being targeted for shadow bans? No – at least not based on what Vice purported to show.
- 2024 June 28, “How to get "unshadowbanned" on Twitter!”, in Circleboom Blog[6]:
- By following the platform's guidelines and treating others with kindness, you'll not only avoid shadowbans but also build a strong and engaged community.
Translations
[edit]an instance of shadowbanning
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