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RIVER PRA DAMI, ACCRA CHECKING PART 3214 volunteer feeds DARK SECTOR0 of 9 homes saw it KUMASI, LAGOSlit up, seen

For creators who suspect they're hidden

See who your posts actually reach.

Followers volunteer to check their own feeds, so you see exactly where your delivery goes dark, and get evidence for your appeal.

"I posted about illegal mining poisoning our river. Views fell from 40,000 to 3,000 overnight. The platform says nothing is wrong."

Dami Asante, creator, Accra
VolunteerFans opt in with a tiny extension
MeasureDid your post show up in their feed?
ProveA report with method and limits

Step 1 of 2: build a panel

Ask followers to help

I think my posts about the river are being hidden. Want to help me find out? Install Reach Check (2 minutes). It only checks whether MY posts appear in your feed. Nothing else, and you can stop any time. reachcheck.app/v/dami
214volunteers opted in
9countries
38similar creators to compare

Step 2 of 2: platforms

Platform names are fictional for this demo.

Your baseline61%

30 days of checks before 2 October set what "normal" looks like for you: 61% of volunteers saw a new Clipstream post within 24 hours (range 52 to 68%).

Volunteer side: Kwabena in Kumasi

The extension, as a volunteer sees it

clipstream.example/feed
Reach Check
helping @dami.asante
Clipstream feed: Part 3 river videonot seen
Clipstream search "Dami Asante river"not found
Picwall feed: river photo setseen, #6
Chirp timeline: threadseen, #3

Last check 09:12. Next in about 3 hours, at a random time.

What it checks

Only whether Dami's posts appear when you open your feed, and in search for her name. It scrolls 50 items, notes yes or no and the position, and stops.

What it never reads

Your messages, other people's posts, who you follow, your browsing, your account name.

Exactly what it sends

{ "post": "cs_8f21", "platform": "clipstream", "place": "feed", "seen": false, "position": null, "checked_at": "2026-10-09T09:12Z", "country": "GH" }
Helping DamiPause any time. Your past checks stay anonymous.
Delete my dataRemoves all 61 of your checks from future reports.

Checking Part 3

Asking 214 feeds

0%0 OF 214 CHECKED
    00:14
    Thursday 8 October
    REACH CHECKnow
    Clipstream delivery fell 44 points after Part 3.

    17% of volunteers saw it, against your usual 61%. Similar creators look normal tonight. Start an evidence report?

    Reach Check sent this on its own, after 6 hours of checks. It won't call it throttling until the pattern holds.

    While you were away

    Wed 18:00 to Fri 01:00

    31hours checking
    1,284checks kept
    212thrown out
    RESULT31 hours: Clipstream 17%, everywhere else normal.Search finds none of the 3 river posts. Your older posts and similar creators are unaffected. That pattern points at these posts, not at your audience.

    Delivery

    Who actually saw Dami's posts

    Share of volunteers who saw each day's post

    darklit

    Clipstream feed delivery

    Recovery after the appeal

    17%delivery now
    3kviews on Part 3
    -days to reply

    Evidence report

    Clipstream, 2 to 9 October

    REACH CHECK LAB REPORTSample RC-0412, subject @dami.asante
    IssuedFri 9 Oct, 01:00
    EVIDENCE
    NOT PROOF
    1. Finding
    17%feed delivery, 3 river posts
    61%Dami's 30-day baseline (52 to 68%)
    57%38 similar creators, same week
    Fig. 1. Share of volunteers who saw each post within 24 h. Whiskers show the likely range.

    Search: 0 of 180 searches for "Dami Asante river" found the posts. Her non-river post on 6 Oct reached 58%. Picwall and Chirp were normal (63% and 71%).

    2. Method
    1. 214 opted-in followers in 9 countries, logged in as themselves.
    2. Each checks at 3 random times within 24 hours of a post: opens the feed, scrolls 50 items, and searches 2 fixed phrases.
    3. Baseline: 30 days, 41 posts. Comparison: 38 creators of similar size and region using the same method.
    4. Checks from broken sessions or ad blockers are removed (212 removed, listed in the appendix).
    3. Limitations
    • Volunteers are fans who opted in, not a random sample of followers.
    • Feeds change for many reasons: timing, topic interest, platform-wide tests.
    • We can see that delivery dropped, not why.
    • Around 70 checks per post per day: the range is roughly plus or minus 9 points.
    This is evidence, not proof. It shows a large, specific drop tied to these posts that doesn't appear in your other posts or in similar creators. Only the platform can confirm a limit. Use it to ask a precise question.

    Appeal draft

    Needs your OK: use this appeal
    WhereClipstream creator support form
    AttachesReport link (aggregates only)
    Volunteer dataNever shared individually
    Sent byYou. Reach Check never submits for you
    Grand mission: 3 years

    Make reach visible.

    1. Year 1: 10,000 creators with consenting panels, starting with journalists and activists who post on sensitive topics.
    2. Year 2: an open, anonymised index of delivery by topic and country that researchers and press can cite.
    3. Year 3: platforms answer appeals with a specific reason because the evidence is standard, and quiet suppression stops being invisible.

    Panel

    214 people checking for Dami

    Where they are

    Panel health

    198
    Active this week
    16 paused, 3 left. No reasons asked.
    4
    Excluded from results
    Ad blockers hid video tiles. They were told, and can fix it.
    90d
    Check data kept for 90 days
    Then only report totals remain.

    Thank your volunteers

    A monthly note with what their checks achieved. No rewards, so nobody is paid to say "not seen".

    Your checks showed my river posts reached 17% of you instead of 61%. I used the report in my appeal. Thank you for helping me see what I couldn't. Dami

    Control

    Your evidence, your call

    Reach Check measures and drafts. It never posts, submits or contacts a platform on your behalf, and volunteers' data never leaves as individual rows.

    Never submit or post for meAppeals and summaries are drafts you copy.
    Alert me on a drop of 20+ pointsOnly after 6 hours of checks, so one bad hour doesn't wake you.
    Include me in the similar-creator indexYour totals (never volunteers) help others compare.
    Checks per post3 per volunteer

    About 640 checks per post. More checks narrow the range but use more of volunteers' battery and data.

    Activity log