<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[toldyall if Xitter was hiding and shadow-banning me, they were doing it to other lefties.]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p class="quote-inline">RE: <a href="https://mstdn.social/@stux/116376432608782786" rel="nofollow noopener"><span>https://</span><span>mstdn.social/@stux/11637643260</span><span>8782786</span></a></p><p>toldyall if Xitter was hiding and shadow-banning me, they were doing it to other lefties. </p><p>Xitter even went as far as automatically reducing my number of followers. they just wouldn’t allow my numbers to go beyond 30K. and it’s bullshit they were fighting bots. the majority of the followers of their “partner” celebrities are bots. </p><p>this, btw, is yet another reason marketers hate the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" rel="tag">#<span>fediverse</span></a>: tis much harder to fake followers. they need some activity to be visible here; not so there.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/77f3e4e9-020a-4c30-a9c5-4f33778c86e3/toldyall-if-xitter-was-hiding-and-shadow-banning-me-they-were-doing-it-to-other-lefties.</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:22:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/77f3e4e9-020a-4c30-a9c5-4f33778c86e3.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:49:03 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to toldyall if Xitter was hiding and shadow-banning me, they were doing it to other lefties. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:43:37 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>❝the whole reason for 'follow back' was because you're not supposed to have a much higher ratio of people you follow than people who follow you❞</p><p>if you weren't their celebrity. they hated i had way more people following me than i could follow. am a good writer! am funny too! </p><p>but nooooooo, Ms. Liza couldn’t have more followers because then that meant they couldn’t manipulate the flow of information. that’s why Jack Dorsey will forever be a fascist, manipulative, piece of shit.</p><p><span><a href="/user/oli%40olifant.social">@<span>oli</span></a></span></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116378109063941029</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/blogdiva/statuses/116378109063941029</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[blogdiva@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:43:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to toldyall if Xitter was hiding and shadow-banning me, they were doing it to other lefties. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:53:03 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/blogdiva%40mastodon.social" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">@<span>blogdiva</span></a></span> I think not having the 'follow quota' also helps us defeat a lot of that that artificial limiting behavior.</p><p>I'm sure you ran into it there all the time, but I didn't even realize until after I left Twitter that the whole reason for 'follow back' was because you're not supposed to have a much higher ratio of people you follow than people who follow you, something asinine like that?</p><p>One time here someone got mad because they followed me and I didn't follow them back and I was like, "Wrong platform."</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://olifant.social/users/oli/statuses/01KNT75WXM3BPP1NNN1AK17A58</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://olifant.social/users/oli/statuses/01KNT75WXM3BPP1NNN1AK17A58</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[oli@olifant.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:53:03 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>