Twitter's shadowban filter weighs blocks in the algorithm. This likely means that putting someone on a major shared list puts them at risk.
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but maybe ascribing intentionality to the twitter star chamber is giving them too much credit
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Assume that 99% of the use of the system is silencing spam accounts, though.
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I'm saying if that is the case disrupting usability for followers of that account doesn't serve the end
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Zuckerberg apparently described Twitter as a clown car that crashed into a gold mine.
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the wasted potential of twitter is staggering and depressing
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I don't think it's about the one account, it's about disrupting communities and shaping what can and can't be "viral."
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If we don't get notifications from each other, we are less likely to have extended discussions and be widely heard.
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Problem: "Outgroup memes regularly go viral on Twitter!" Solution: reduce the multiplication factor, can't go viral.
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This is plausible for a very smart actor with a lot of deep background in mathematical epidemiology.
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I don't think that describes Twitter, but I could be wrong.
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Rev, I just got notifications on your last couple tweets, and anonymized search shows them. Have you been unbanned?
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Yes, somewhere around 11:10 EST. 90 minutes ago, 24 hour ban.
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