That guy who said my banned 'vaccine math' meme was too edgy was totally right

I made this meme showing a chart of adverse reactions next to a graph of booster uptake, got it banned on two platforms. Some dude in a chat said it was 'too edgy for the algorithm' and I laughed at him. Three days later my account got a warning and the meme was removed everywhere. He literally called it before it happened, kinda funny now.

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alice24220h ago

Wait, @abbyc33 actually got warned ahead of time by some random person too? That's wild. Honestly the fact that you both got essentially the same heads up from strangers makes me wonder if there's some kind of underground network of people who just know what's gonna get flagged. Ngl I feel like the algorithm has gotten way too good at predicting what's coming next, like it's not just reacting to reports anymore but actually sniffing out stuff before anyone even complains. Tbh I've had a few posts stay up just because I used softer wording like "some people think" instead of stating facts directly, which feels wrong but whatever works. The whole thing makes me paranoid about even sharing basic charts now.

abbyc3320h ago

... and honestly sometimes the algorithm just has a weird sixth sense about stuff like that. I posted a graph comparing flu vaccine side effects to covid ones, nothing too crazy I thought, but some guy warned me it would get flagged for "misleading context" and sure enough it did like two days later. Since then I just try to word things a little softer even if the data is the same, just use more plain language and let people draw their own conclusions instead of hitting them over the head with it. Worked on a few things since then where I'd normally have gotten banned but it stayed up, so maybe tone really does matter more than the actual facts.

kevin_carr18h ago

Agree with @abbyc33 on the tone thing. I got a post taken down once for saying "studies show" about a vaccine topic, then reposted it as "some people have pointed out" and it stayed up fine. Same info, just softer framing. The algorithm definitely watches how you say things more than what you're actually saying.