Most posts never get a score. They die in the filters. Safety can still remove more after.

Before anyone counts

The first “no” wins. A dropped post is not scored. You will never see a number for it.

• Older than 48 hours — gone
• Your own posts — gone
• A reply or repost from someone you don’t follow — gone. Quotes can stay.
• Already shown — gone, including the related repost or quote
• Muted, blocked, muted words — gone
• Another copy of the same original — gone
• A Super Follow or circle post they cannot see — gone

After the number

Safety still reads the labels. Followers see more. For You recommendations to strangers drop spam, NSFW, and several other labels that followers would still get.

A high-reputation account (cred 54+, or 25,000+ followers as a fallback) skips some spam-adjacent rules. It does not skip hate, violent speech, abuse, or civic integrity. Those drop even for followers.

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What helps

• An original, still under 48 hours
• The viewer already follows you — you skip the stranger-reply filter and a pile of extra safety rules
• Staying off spam and NSFW labels, so safety has nothing to grab </aside>

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What hurts

• Age. 48 hours is a hard cut on For You.
• Reply-only or repost-only to non-followers. Removed before the model runs.
• Copy-paste, reply spam, bad links, NSFW, gore. Labels first, then a hide.
• Already shown. The next refresh will not bring it back. </aside>

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Next: The score

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