Labels & Visibility • 4 min read • August 2026

What's the difference between SpamHighRecall and SPAM_HIGH_RECALL?

Sourced: visibility-filtering/rules/tweet_label_drops.rs
Direct Answer

SpamHighRecall is an account-level label, while SPAM_HIGH_RECALL is a post-level tag applied to a single tweet. The account label drops all your new posts from non-follower recommendation feeds (For You). The post label only drops that single tweet from discovery while leaving your next clean post free to compete normally in the ranking pool.

What People Get Wrong

Myth: "If one tweet gets labeled SPAM_HIGH_RECALL, your entire account is frozen forever."
Reality: Post-level tags only isolate that single candidate in tweet_label_drops.rs. If your next tweet has zero spam signals, it enters candidate ranking without inherited post penalties.
Myth: "You can unflag a spam post by editing the text or adding an image."
Reality: Once a classifier assigns a drop label to a post ID, the candidate is discarded from discovery feeds. Deleting the post stops ongoing negative feedback.

What the Code & Rules Actually Say

visibility-filtering/rules/tweet_label_drops.rs & user_label_drops.rs
Referenced Rules & Signals:
• SPAM_HIGH_RECALL_DROP (Post-level drop)
• SPAM_HIGH_RECALL_USER_DROP (Account-level drop)

Notice the architectural separation: tweet-level rules drop the discrete candidate post, while user-level rules evaluate author-level flags across every candidate retrieved for out-of-network feeds.

Surgical Action Plan

1 Isolate the specific tweets carrying spam flags using an archive scanner.
2 Delete the offending tweets to stop ongoing negative engagement signals (reports, mutes).
3 Verify that your account has not accumulated consecutive flags that trigger rolling safety aggregators.
4 Post original media and text without outbound links for at least 7–14 days.
Where this shows up in XPurge

XPurge categorizes your tweets into specific risk buckets (Engagement Bait, Excessive Links, Dropped) so you know exactly which rows to delete without touching healthy posts.

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