Serious question, has anyone else had their video posts get zero reach for no clear reason?

I mean, I spent like 3 hours last Tuesday making a short video for my page, used trending audio and everything. It got 7 views in 48 hours, all from my friends list. I checked everything, the captions were fine, the hashtags were normal. It just got totally buried. I finally figured out the problem yesterday, my account was stuck in some weird 'limited state' because I'd deleted and reposted a video the week before. It took me 4 days of searching forums and trying different things to fix it. Has anyone else run into this shadowban type thing before?

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the_cameron1mo ago

It's the same with everything now, from social media to customer service lines. You just hit a hidden rule and the system quietly shuts you out until you find the fix.

paige861mo ago

Read a piece about this calling it a "digital ghosting" problem.

dakotawood26d ago

Wait, isn't ghosting when a person just stops talking to you? This feels different... it's more like the app itself decides you're done, with no person involved at all. That's not really ghosting, it's more like a silent ban. The system just decides you broke a rule you didn't know about and locks you out.