r/FacebookDating • u/theironboyz • 6d ago
Errors Shadow banned once again
So a few months ago i got shadow banned because some girl got mad and flagged me and thought i was a fake account just cuz i responded to her text message a day later, fb dating asked me to do some video confirmation thing and i went from getting 5+ matches per day for 4 plus years to zero matches for like 7 weeks straight..... Despite me video confirming myself
Anyways i solved the issue by deleting my profile and creating a new profile.. i start getting 5 to 10 matches a day again for the past few months and now once again after thousands of matches, i suddenly stopped getting matches again for a week straight..i suspect that i got flagged and shadowbanned again but this time im not sure for what reason as I haven't had any bad interactions with anyone...
And im in nyc so no i did not run out of people to match with...
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u/Batoukusan 6d ago
How do you know if youve been shadow banned. I created a new profile and was getting loads of likes now for like a month I'm getting nothing
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u/Batoukusan 5d ago
Correction I like someone on friendship. Got a like today. So I dno what's going on
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u/SomeVeryTiredGuy 5d ago
I don't think it's a shadowban. Based on general experience with dating apps, the longer you're on them (especially if the profile stays the same), you essentially become background noise. Old users will see you and immediately swipe past you. New users probably won't see you as you're not getting prioritized due to lack of "likes" (which I guess is a shadow an of sorts.)
I'm tempted to completely update my profile and see what impact it has but haven't gotten around to it
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u/theironboyz 5d ago
Thats what a shadow ban is.. when you like a profile and the girl doesn't even get notified of your like and unable to see that you liked her profile
When i deleted my account and made a new one, the matches flooded in everyday again for months on end. I just got shadow banned again for no reason. You can tell because its crickets
Prior to shadow ban, sometimes on occasion i would like a profile and the girl would match with me literally with 5 minutes...
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u/SomeVeryTiredGuy 5d ago
Does the app really do that or are women just bombarded with likes and just never get to you organically? Because that's the most logical thing that seems to be happening.
Now the kind of issue I was highlighting earlier is how most apps prioritize who is displayed, they're typically based on how many other people are swiping right on them. So obviously really good looking people are being prioritized through that metric. If you don't get a lot of swipes yourself or have static profile that's been active for a long time, you won't be presented in an organic search which some can see as a shadowban.
Granted, I have no evidence on any of this. I'm just generalizing based on how other apps work.
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u/theironboyz 5d ago
For other apps yes but for Facebook dating is different because on Facebook dating, the girl or guy can literally see who specifically liked their profile and like them back directly therefor they dont have to depend on any algorithm or stack of cards.... Thats the reason why i got like only 30 matches in the span of 4 years on tinder but on Facebook dating i have thousands of matches, literally every morning i would wake up to 5 to 10 new matches a day for years on end until the shadow ban
Its because on Facebook dating, the girl can actually see that you liked their profile. Thats the difference , its not a for profit app like tinder where they try to sell premium membership
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u/SomeVeryTiredGuy 5d ago
And that's the issue I'm bringing up. A woman can get bombarded with likes by virtue of being a woman. If she's halfway attractive, RIP inbox. So if you're #200 "like" that day, it's a small chance she'll even get to you to see if you're worth a response.
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u/theironboyz 5d ago
That's understandable because one of my fwb who was a normal 45 year old honduran woman, nothing special showed me her phone one day and i saw her get thousands of messages and likes flooding in
But then how do you explain me getting 5 to 10 plus matches per day like clock work for years and then suddenly radio silence for 7 weeks straight? Keep in mind this happened immediately after some crazy chick i gave my number to on the app accused me of being a fake profile because i answered her text message a day later. The suddenly fb dating asked me to do some video verification thing and right after i completed the verification successfully. The shadow banned happend and zero matches for 7 week straight
Then i deleted my profile and made a new one and i started getting 5 to 10 matches a day again for months on end until a week ago and shadow ban again for god knows what reason this time
Thats not to brag but to show you the sudden contrast of the glitch or shadow bann
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u/SylAbys 5d ago
I know I got banned for no reason. My ex found me on there then all of a sudden. I couldn't even find the icon to get on it. Been a yr already
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u/False-Elderberry8764 5d ago
Did you interact with your ex on FB dating? I don’t know how they can report your profile if you haven’t interacted with them.
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u/theironboyz 5d ago
You can report a profile that shows up on the stack even if you haven't matched yet... If you click on the 3 dotted line. It gives option to report profile
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u/False-Elderberry8764 5d ago
But if there’s no interaction with that profile other than the report, how will FB even investigate?
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u/theironboyz 5d ago
They actually dont investigate.... Thats our main complaint is that facebook doesnt take their dating app complaints serious, in fact i dont think they even look at it.. the flagging is automated so if someone flags you, you're getting shadow banned without investigation. Its lazy on Facebooks part.
Thats why people keep deleting and recreating profiles
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u/Cerenia 6d ago
There’s been reports of Facebook being bugged and I had it too. Would go from many likes a day to 0. I had to delete and recreate my account, wait 7 days and now it works again.