Your posts used to get 2,000 views. This week they get 80. Here is how to find out what actually happened.
Most people asking the question are deboosted on a few posts, or posting into a naturally low-reach pattern. Both are faster to fix.
The platform rarely deletes. It downranks, quietly, using the filtering library documented in its own open-sourced algorithm.
Open an incognito window, stay logged out, and search from:@yourhandle. If nothing appears, your posts are filtered out of search.
Find a reply you left on a big account, logged out. If it sits behind Show more replies, your replies are effectively invisible.
Compare this week to two months ago. If old and new posts are equally low, nothing is suppressed. Your posting habits are the problem.
X downranks posts that send people off-platform. If reach fell the week you started dropping links, that is your answer.
Mass following to farm follow-backs gets flagged within 24 to 48 hours, even done by hand if the volume is high enough.
Stop the triggers, keep posting normally instead of going dark, then re-run the three tests on day three.
The three tests, the four types of suppression, the copy-paste checklist and the 72-hour recovery plan.