// Q03 / 14
Why do different shadowban checkers give different results?
They usually measure different things, at different times, against different data sources.
One tool may only test from:handle search; another only tests autocomplete; a third looks at reply ranking and may never expand Show more replies. A cached result, a failed upstream request, or a logged-in versus logged-out session changes the answer too.
X Shadow Ban reports untestable instead of guessing when public data is insufficient, for example an account with no recent replies. Reply ranking is explicitly untestable unless a provider exposes it. A score of passed / measured x 100 is not comparable to a tool that counts untestable as a pass.
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These answers describe public observations, not X enforcement decisions. X does not publish an official shadowban status.