

There’s always a lot of discussion about fighters’ pay in the UFC. Often it’s implied that it depends upon how many eyeballs one can bring in. Social media plays a big part in engaging with fans, but what would happen if the platforms restrict or limit one’s audience? Joe Rogan shared his thoughts about the matter.
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The JRE podcast host had exciting UFC prospect, Khalil Rountree Jr., on the JRE MMA Show #124. In the episode, the TUF alumni unveiled a shocking fact that is typically overlooked.
Rountree said, “Likes & replays and all that stuff is also a currency… A lot of these companies that want to do business with me – it’s like, ‘how many followers do you have? What’s your Twitter engagement? What’s your Instagram engagement? Oh, this video only got 70,000 plays.'”
Thereafter, Rountree suggested that all these play a role in – if a company would stick with an athlete. Upon hearing Rountree’s concern, Rogan reflected on another identical issue.
The UFC color commentator said, “Oh, that’s why shadow-banning is so sneaky. Shadow-banning is so insidious because you’re limiting a person’s ability to grow. And they do that all the time with people.”
As Rogan mentioned, the phenomenon is very common; Even Elon Musk, who took over Twitter courtesy of a massive $44 billion deal, had recently addressed the process.
shadow ban council reviewing tweet … pic.twitter.com/cawjtwc7CW
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 23, 2022
The richest man in the world posted a meme about the former holder of the record, Bill Gates; The Tesla CEO, in continuation to the tweet to Gates, posted another meme & captioned it, “shadow ban council reviewing tweet …”
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However, as Musk now has authority over the company, he could change this scenario. Thus, it would be interesting to see if he takes any steps to ban the shadow-banning.
Joe Rogan discusses – Are shadow-bans real?
On Joe Rogan Experience #1238, Brian Redban speculated whether shadow-bans were a real thing. To that, the JRE host pointed out the bigger question and expressed, “Shadow-banning for what?”
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The former Fear Factor host showed curiosity about the reason behind not banning someone entirely from the platform and enforcing a restriction instead.
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What do you think of the revelations about shadow-banning on the JRE podcast?
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