The tactic used my social media conglomerates and/or corporations to artificially inflate their user numbers by enticing a user(s) to create multiple accounts due to being shadow-banned or censored without explanation or with vague explanation.
(Also known as 'Catting' or 'to cat')
(Also known as 'Catting' or 'to cat')
The social media company is being sued by their investors for Censorship Aversion Tunnelling.
I created a 2nd account because <social media company> catted me.
I created a 2nd account because <social media company> catted me.
by Jadeline H August 11, 2018

To kiss and hug someone (often times comicly) in an attempt to get them to squeel and or react in a manner as if they dislike the behavior. Often done as a parent to a small child as if to embarrass them.
The mother embarrassed her third grade son by averse canoodling him in front of his classmates, Johnny was not amused.
by Roflcopterss April 11, 2021

(business psychology) Psychological trick/practice used in video-games, where players obtain items, but are later threatened to lose those items if they do not pay. This practice gave birth to more subtle battlepasses.
Yep, that game just took that seasonal premium item from me...dirty loss aversion tactic, I'm uninstalling this crap.
by ONG3N April 19, 2022
