shadowban
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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.
- (transitive, Internet, of a search engine) To filter out results without the publisher's knowledge.
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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[3]:
- 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.
Translations[edit]
an instance of shadowbanning
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