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Recommendations and search
The algorithm is the platform.
A channel that stops being shown does not get a notice, it just stops earning. Search results that ignore the query, recommendations that push what nobody asked for, and reach changes that arrive without announcement and are denied when asked about.
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Filed under other categories, by people it happened to.
Appeals that never reach a human2026-08-07
How to tell whether your appeal ever reached a human — and what to do when it didn't
A rejection that arrives in under a minute, or at the same time of day every time, or in wording identical to someone else's, was decided by a system. There are tells, and knowing them changes what you do next.
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