I got shadow banned on X, 3 mistakes that led me to it
indiehackers.comI got shadow banned on Duolingo after asking why a billion dollar company used unpaid labour to make some of its language courses such as Welsh and Esperanto.
Damn, I didn't know you could get shadowbanned on Duolingo too.
They have a forum. Yes, definitely happened to me. I used a different device to check out why I was getting no responses on there and right enough, I was not visible.
There was a thread boasting about how they were paying some of the developers years after they had volunteered to do so (Since some would have died or become uncontactable it was a bit much.) I asked why a billion dollar company couldn't afford to pay course developers. Then suddenly no responses!
Sucks when orgs start putting people behind profit and metrics. Now I think my shadow ban might also not be going away for a similar reason. I added couple of posts highlighting, when you have a small account, how strange and frustating their shadowbanning algorithm is.