Help, I may be shadow-banned (written Oct 2023)

Wednesday, 10/25/23 (Edited)
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tl;dr

  • you paid and set up a Warpcast account, but suddenly it stopped working
  • friends can't find or follow you, and your posts (casts) don't appear
  • next steps are unclear

Summary

Since Farcaster went permissionless on 11 Oct 2023, there are messages on Farcaster+TG along the lines of: Pls help, my account stopped working, why?

Symptoms often include:

  • profile does not show up in search
  • new followers disappear after following
  • activity cannot be seen by others

  1. check if your account still exists, e.g., [my Warpcast profile]. If it's not there, your account has violated TOS. You know what you did.

  2. confirm that your activity is blocked in Warpcast:

  • browse to a channel in which you've casted, or

  • find another user's cast to which you've replied

    If your activity can be seen, then you are not blocked. People just don't want to follow you or respond to your casts. What works on other platforms may not work here. Don't blame technology, work on your personality.

  • N.B. your existing ...

Title：Help, I may be shadow-banned (written Oct 2023)

Author：artlu99

URL: https://artlu.xyz/posts/warpcast-shadowbanned-oct2023

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