由 shadow 和 ban 构成，前者暗示不易察觉，后者表示禁止。Merriam-Webster 记载其已知最早用例出现在2007年。
暗中限制网络可见度
verb
social media
informal
在不明确告知用户的情况下，让其他人更难看到该用户或其内容，而账户往往看起来仍可正常使用。
示例
- The platform denied that it shadowbans political posts.该平台否认会对政治帖文暗中限流。
- Why was my account shadowbanned without a warning?为什么我的账户在没有警告的情况下被暗中限流了？
- Her videos were still online, but the app had shadowbanned them.她的视频仍然在线，但该应用已经对它们暗中限流。
- Moderators may shadowban spam so its sender does not notice immediately.管理员可能会暗中隐藏垃圾信息，让发送者无法立刻察觉。
- Do not assume you have been shadowbanned just because one post performed badly.不要仅仅因为一篇帖文表现不佳，就认定自己被暗中限流了。
- Creators accused the site of shadowbanning discussion of the protest.创作者指责该网站对有关抗议的讨论进行暗中限流。
相似词
ghostban
stealth-ban
suppress
downrank
hide
隐蔽的网络限制
noun
social media
informal
一种暗中隐藏或降低用户及其内容传播范围的限制，通常不会明确通知用户。
示例
- A sudden drop in views is not proof of a shadowban.浏览量突然下降并不能证明存在隐性封禁。
- The creator believed a shadowban had kept her videos out of search results.这位创作者认为，隐性封禁使她的视频无法出现在搜索结果中。
- How long does a shadowban usually last?隐性封禁通常会持续多久？
- The forum used a shadowban against accounts posting repeated spam.该论坛对反复发布垃圾信息的账户实施了隐性封禁。
- After the shadowban was lifted, his posts appeared in other users' feeds again.隐性封禁解除后，他的帖文重新出现在其他用户的信息流中。
- The company said the reduced reach was an algorithm change, not a shadowban.该公司称，传播范围下降是算法变更所致，而不是隐性封禁。
相似词
ghost ban
stealth ban
hidden restriction
visibility filter