Ronnie Radke wants Elon Musk to lift his ban on X.
The Falling In Reverse vocalist is frustrated because he’s shadow-banned on X despite having half a million followers:
“Elon Musk, can you please un-shadow ban me? I get banned on tik tok cause I said I don’t think kids should get sex reassignment surgery banned on Instagram for responding to someone that threatened to kill me and shadow banned and unsearchable on X, I have half a million followers and get 9,000 views on a tweet and you can’t search me. Yet people that tell me to kill myself get 3,000 likes and 100k views. this is crazy.”
Shadowbanning on X is when the platform hides or limits a user’s posts without telling them. With a shadowban, the user’s tweets might not show up in searches, news feeds, or replies, even though the account can still post normally. This can happen for various reasons like breaking Twitter’s rules or being seen as spam. Sometimes it’s because of mistakes in Twitter’s systems.
What Does Radke Think About Social Media Backlash?
Radke had deleted his X account back in February. The band’s website had also shown an error message. Later, he became active again on X and continued posting about various topics. In a chat with Rock Feed last month, Ronnie Radke talked about dealing with criticism on social media:
“The Internet, it’s just… People take everything at face value. You know the difference? This is the perfect example. My Twitter compared to my TikTok. When somebody sees my face when I’m saying something, for some reason, they like me more. On Twitter, when I say the exact same thing, they go crazy over that. What I mean is it’s like, ‘Yeah, you have to see my face when I’m saying these things.’ And I think that’s the big difference in TikTok and Twitter.”
Radke also advised young bands about dealing with negativity on Twitter, saying everyone, even successful people, faces criticism online. He mentioned Taylor Swift as an example of someone who deals with it but doesn’t let it affect her. Radke’s advice is to not take criticism personally and go with the flow.
.@elonmusk can you please un shadow ban me? I get banned on tik tok cause I said I don’t think kids should get sex reassignment surgery banned on instagram for responding to someone that threatened to kill me and shadow banned and un searchable on X, I have half a million…
— Ronald (@RonnieRadke) June 11, 2024