shadow banning

or shadowbanning [ shad-oh ban-ing ]

Published March 22, 2022

Shadow banning is a practice used in online moderation that consists of preventing a user’s content from being seen by others—either partially or totally—without the user being notified or aware of it. This is typically done as a consequence of violating a platform’s rules.

The term shadow ban can be used as a verb meaning to ban a user in such a way and as a noun referring to such a ban. The adjective form is shadow banned. Similar terms such as ghost ban, stealth ban, and comment ban are sometimes used synonymously with shadow ban.

In contrast, traditional bans typically result in the banned user not being able to access their account at all.

Shadow banning instead allows the user to continue to use the site seemingly as normal. The user may not initially realize that they have been shadow banned until they notice a lack of interactions with the content that they post (because it is being hidden completely or displayed to fewer users).

The term shadow banning has been applied to moderation practices used by many popular online platforms, such as Reddit, Twitter, and Facebook. Some websites explicitly use the term shadow banning in their public rules.

The practice is often criticized due to its lack of transparency or for other reasons. Some critics accuse websites of using shadow banning to censor particular opinions or viewpoints.

Example: The site is known for shadow banning users that violate its rules, which it claims is easier and more effective than outright banning them.

Believe it or not… there’s a small company that might end up getting sued just for helping men have great s.e.x.

 

Believe it or not… there’s a small company that might end up getting sued just for helping men have great s.e.x. Why is that? Well, it’s because this company recently introduced a simple, non-drug alternative to V_agra… and pharmaceutical companies are furious about it. They’re so mad… they could soon file a major lawsuit just to keep this product off the market! Crazily enough, men outside the US have been using this amazing solution for years -- with all the same results and none of the side effects of drugs like V_agra or C_alis. Why haven’t you heard of it? The makers of V_agra have spent millions of dollars to keep this out of American men’s hands… despite the fact it’s widely available in other countries… And until recently, they’ve been successful. But now, this remarkable formula is finally approved in select areas of the United States. I say “select areas” because V_agra’s powerful lobbying groups are sadly still making this very hard to get in certain states. You can see if it’s approved in your state by clicking here.   Family Survival   You opted in to receive these emails when you requested information or entered one of our contests. You can Manage Subscription here if you do not want to receive these emails any longer. To help make sure we make it into your inbox, add support@survivalsociety.com to your address book.

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Remember the Puns & Brashbrandy by Matt Gonzalez

 

Remember the Puns & Brashbrandy

Matt Gonzalez

for Jack Hirschman (1933-2021) The words always came running out of your mouth Tumbling, galloping Pushing against one another as they took the final turn The last hundred meters Where form is lost  & everyone becomes a futurist Sacred words split into syllables & break apart Yours never had wings affixed to them Only the hammer & sickle  Harnessed with gumshoe & printing press Long gray hair alighting from your form & that gait you had As if you’d been riding motorcycles all night long Bowlegged, rickety even  Probably from kicking fascists in your sleep  & the other death-headed sorts You had the sparkle, loud & lavish laughter Bellowing even A clamor to stoke awake the fires inside & push against the fulcrum of the dreadful state In time, overtaken by the glow & tether of your arcanes Where life mingled with apparitions  It’s how you made memory & the present inseparable Obsecrating all those pages turned  Dog-eared & brittle after a stretch To lay words before us, like crumbs Four thousand pages later Leaving a richer trail I remember the raddled years When you lived like a pauper Grinning wide & showing off your crooked teeth More beautiful than any others The final words I whispered to you That was wonderful  Are still ringing in your ears Though vibrating waves of compression & rarefactions are dust now Just in case, let me say it again That was wonderful