Author isn’t shadowbanned though. He shows up in search. Search is just kinda flaky.
> X lifted the shadowban on my account after being contacted for comment on this story.
Pricing everyone out of the API allows him a lot of control over proving shadow banning
The simple test for classic shadowban is just searching for "from:[username]" while logged in another account. And "search suggestion shadowban" test is kinda obvious - you search for "[username]" (while logged in another account), and account doesn't show up.
Worth. Every. Penny.
Elon Musk, the adult billionaire with the attitude of a 9 year old on Xbox live.
He really probably should go back to the imaginary car tunnels.