This roughly matches my experience. Day after a nonsense suspension got rescinded, non-follower likes dropped from high to almost nothing; most followers weren't seeing my stuff and many thought I'd quit; also net follower growth went from ~1500/ month to zero or negative. I expected this to last a month but it lasted at least 15 months. (I made the mistake of complaining about suppressions in public twice and got dogpiled both times. People are emotionally attached to the algorithm and assume it must only reward merit and punish demerit.) I tried the going private trick for a week and didn't notice a difference. I'll be interested to hear about the month experiment.
It seems like everything went back to normal-ish for me right around that one month mark. It's hard to tell because the algorithms are just so different since Elon's come in and started playing around with everything, but there was a sudden uptick right around that 30 day mark and the numbers seem like they're back to normal.
I did buy the checkmark in that time period though and maybe that helped? Realistically I don't see any way Elon doesn't eventually start hiding content from everyone without a check.
I always preemptively flinch whenever I discuss shadowbanning because I know I'm about to get whacked by like 400 people telling me it's not real and my posts are just bad now and I'm sensitive enough that it will hurt my feelings if I read them.
This roughly matches my experience. Day after a nonsense suspension got rescinded, non-follower likes dropped from high to almost nothing; most followers weren't seeing my stuff and many thought I'd quit; also net follower growth went from ~1500/ month to zero or negative. I expected this to last a month but it lasted at least 15 months. (I made the mistake of complaining about suppressions in public twice and got dogpiled both times. People are emotionally attached to the algorithm and assume it must only reward merit and punish demerit.) I tried the going private trick for a week and didn't notice a difference. I'll be interested to hear about the month experiment.
It seems like everything went back to normal-ish for me right around that one month mark. It's hard to tell because the algorithms are just so different since Elon's come in and started playing around with everything, but there was a sudden uptick right around that 30 day mark and the numbers seem like they're back to normal.
I did buy the checkmark in that time period though and maybe that helped? Realistically I don't see any way Elon doesn't eventually start hiding content from everyone without a check.
I always preemptively flinch whenever I discuss shadowbanning because I know I'm about to get whacked by like 400 people telling me it's not real and my posts are just bad now and I'm sensitive enough that it will hurt my feelings if I read them.
I ALMOST understand all of this…😵💫
🤔 Maybe I should upgrade to “paid.”
As soon as I fully understand how to operate twitter…I will. I can’t even figure out why my pfp is a blob of color, atm, here.
That’s what I get for being a boomer. 🤤🥴 I do enjoy your content, tho.
I’m inspired to learn more. Thank you, Schizo! 😃👍
Btw bro you're hilarious, top quality satire.
Are you telling me that? I don’t even know where I’m at, rn. This just popped up on my phone so, I answered. If this is for me...Ty. I guess.
You must be msging Lukas, right?
😵💫
Yeah I was talking to Lukas
Okay. Thx.
(Where am I?)
No worries my Boomer friend. You are receiving notifications from the Substack comments section.
Ty for explaining that. It’s good to know I’m not stroking out or something. Whew 😅😆
I still don’t know how I got here but, at least I know where I am now. Thx again. Also, yes! Lukas is hilarious!
❤️👌
If you are getting spammed unwanted notifications onto your phone, my Boomer friend, you can solve this problem.
Go into the "Settings" part of your phone, then scroll down to "Notifications" and turn off the "Notifications" section.
Hope this helps!
He's hilarious.