Shadow banning, also called stealth banning, ghost banning or comment ghosting, is the practice of blocking or partially blocking a user or their content from an online community so that it will not be readily apparent to the user that they have been banned.

What happens when you are shadowbanned?

An Instagram shadowban refers to the act of hiding or restricting a user's content without informing the user that it's happening. ... If you're shadowbanned, your content won't appear on anyone's feed, Explore, or hashtag pages unless they already follow you.

Why did I get shadowbanned on TikTok?

Why am I shadowbanned on TikTok? TikTok may limit your content's visibility for a few reasons: your TikTok account is acting like spam, or your TikTok account is posting inappropriate content. If your content is getting positive attention, TikTok will want you on their “For You” stage.