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How “shadowban” trended on Hacker News

“Shadowban” was mentioned 3,472 times on Hacker News between 2010 and 2026, peaking in Nov 2022 with 163 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “shadowban” appears in Hacker News stories and comments. Each point is a live date-histogram over ~45M items, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

Top Hacker News stories about “shadowban”

1. 1.YouTube shadowbans video titled “The CIA is a Terrorist Organization” 372 points · 275 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Twitter Appears to Shadowban Videos of Italy’s First Female Incoming PM Meloni 134 points · 121 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Miguel de Icaza shadowbanned from X for posting about Gaza 103 points · 39 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Twitter and Periscope Shadowbans Dilbert creator 44 points · 48 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Tell HN: Reddit shadowban account upon creation 43 points · 39 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Shadowbanning: The secret censoring by social media 42 points · 14 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Shadowbanning is big tech’s big problem 36 points · 23 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Tell HN: The "I Will Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again" Post Is Shadowbanned 28 points · 17 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Scott Adams Shadowbanned from Twitter for Supporting Trump 27 points · 41 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Dang is a terrible moderator who engages in ideological censorship 26 points · 24 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Twitter Shadowbans Briefing and FAQ 20 points · 3 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Ask HN: To what extent does “shadow suppression” occur on social media? 20 points · 18 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN

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