Platforms have long held that shadow banning is necessary to deal with spam, but shadow bans do not fool bots. Shockingly, it turns out that when platforms talk about "spam," they're referring to content written by you and me, genuine users. But they have not been upfront about this definition.
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Shadow Bans Only Fool Humans, Not Bots
Platforms claim shadow bans defeat bots, but that's wrong: only captchas fool bots.