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Re: I'm shadow banned by DuckDuckGo and Bing

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Post by mtlynch »

>One “out there” reason I can think is that I use Amazon Affiliate links on my Bookshelf and my /Uses page and that triggers a shadow ban?

It's probably not the reason, but it's worth noting that the author is using Amazon affiliate links in violation of Amazon and FTC rules because they're not disclosing the fact that they profit from purchases through their links.

Per Amazon:

>Anytime you share an affiliate link, it's important to disclose that to your audience... you must (1) include a legally compliant disclosure with your links and (2) identify yourself on your Site as an Amazon Associate with the language required by the Operating Agreement.

https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/help/node/topic/GHQNZAU...

Per FTC:

>As for where to place a disclosure, the guiding principle is that it has to be clear and conspicuous... Consumers should be able to notice the disclosure easily. They shouldn’t have to hunt for it.

https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/ftcs-endorse...

Re: I'm shadow banned by DuckDuckGo and Bing

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Post by jbotdev »

Semaphor wrote: post #35
rzzzt wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

XSLT is a template language where you match snippets of XML using XPath expressions and output... anything else, in this case HTML using templates that can make use of the attributes, inner content, etc. of the captured XML portion. "An elegant weapon for a more... civilized age."

> "An elegant weapon for a more... civilized age." One of the ideas people had back then was having a product catalog in XML that your tool would give you, and that you could upload to your website and display as a nice website via XSLT. It was such a fascinating technology when I learned about it, but I’m not sure if it ever saw any serious use? Maybe in enterprise?

It’s still used by the SEC to render company filings on their EDGAR site. I can’t find the exact files/docs, but I’ve rendered filings like this using the XML and XSLT they provide: https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/320193/00003...

Re: I'm shadow banned by DuckDuckGo and Bing

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Post by jimmygrapes »

paulcole wrote: post #30
cactusplant7374 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Elon wants to redefine the term as well but for the purpose of a coordinated witch hunt. People like using shadow ban because it sounds more malicious vs. content that is no longer actively promoted by a company. It's hard to claim you're a victim if the reason is you're just not that interesting or popular.

He’s kinda Trump-esque in his willingness to just redefine words (and basically pretend the original use never existed) to his own benefit and have his followers jump on board. Another great Elon example of this is Tesla’s “Autopilot.”

I really don't think the willingness to refine words willy-nilly is a behavior I would associate first with Trump or Elon. Using the wrong word and insisting it means the same thing, maybe, but certainly not redefining words.

Re: I'm shadow banned by DuckDuckGo and Bing

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Post by cactusplant7374 »

ilyt wrote: post #45
cactusplant7374 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Elon wants to redefine the term as well but for the purpose of a coordinated witch hunt. People like using shadow ban because it sounds more malicious vs. content that is no longer actively promoted by a company. It's hard to claim you're a victim if the reason is you're just not that interesting or popular.

There is difference between "content that is no longer actively promoted by a company" and "the company explicitly put your content on a no-show list". Sure, it's not shadow banning but "just" stealth banning (as you're still not informed that you got banned, or reason for it), but banning nonetheless

Is it even a ban? Your followers can still see it. People that don't follow that go to your profile can still see it. Elon says no one has the right to "freedom of reach" but never describes this concept as a ban.

Re: I'm shadow banned by DuckDuckGo and Bing

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Post by spoiler »

Marazan wrote: post #38
rapnie wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there also a term for being algorithmically suppressed on a social media platform, I wonder? I.e. a much more subtle, harder to dectect mechanism whereby the algorithms ensure you get some exposure, but never the same as other unsuppressed people would get based on similar activity. Or only exposure to a certain limited subset of the graph based on some metrics (e.g. just your 'friends' so no one points out you ar…

Yes, its called Algorithmic Supression. That doesn't sound as cool and victimey though.

How about Algorithmic Oppression

Re: I'm shadow banned by DuckDuckGo and Bing

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Post by seanhunter »

supermatt wrote: post #4

This is not a shadow ban. A shadow ban is when it appears to you that you are not banned, but from others perspective you are.

Indeed. Some people seem to be trying to make it apply any time the top result of an algorithmic ranking isn't what they think it should be (eg if they have been deboosted rather than shadow banned).

Re: I'm shadow banned by DuckDuckGo and Bing

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Post by tambre »

vcg3rd wrote: post #50

Your site doesn't get a hit, but it's referenced enough to find it. One hit was https://www.seoaudit365.com/domain/daverupert.com It says your IP doesn't direct to your site. I wonder if that's the problem.

It would be quite surprising if reverse records were the reason. The vast majority of sites certainly don't have them pointing back. Impossible to do with many providers and probably basically all CDNs.

Re: I'm shadow banned by DuckDuckGo and Bing

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Post by Dylan16807 »

supermatt wrote: post #4

This is not a shadow ban. A shadow ban is when it appears to you that you are not banned, but from others perspective you are.

I think being banned from search could be part of a shadow ban, but when the entire service is search that's just a ban.

Re: I'm shadow banned by DuckDuckGo and Bing

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Post by Jakob »

fruit2020 wrote: post #2

Tangential question to the site index. How does one get the TLD and ccTLD zone data, apparently it’s not that open. There are some ccTLDs which give this info, for example .ch.

I asked myself the same thing last week and published a how to, like the sibling post says, the czds is the way: https://www.jakobstoeck.de/2023/download-and-query-all-domai...
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