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		swayvil on June 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tell HN: My wife was banned from WhatsApp without ... HN censors unpopular opinions too. Some of us express our disagreement with a reply by downvoting and flagging. HN responds to that by rendering your reply progressively invisible. Throttling your speech. Shadow removal. And shadow ban. (While avoiding responsibility for the censorship, if you see what I mean)

charcircuit on June 11, 2022 [–]

Throttling comes with your comments also being deranked.

I wish the throttling error would at least tell you when you are able to post again.

swayvil on June 12, 2022 | [–]

Zero explanation appears to be the popular policy with all of our social media overlords.

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