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> deliberately promotes misinformation

I think it deliberately avoids censorship of any kind, which makes it both more open to truth (if anyone posts it there) and more susceptible to manipulation.

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No. First, it will censor you for any number of reasons, but it's a shadow censor so they can point you to your own post and say it's not censored since you and anyone you share the link to can see it. Second, it's known to be manipulated. A few years back they accidentally leaked that one of the key factors influencing a post's ranking was - I kid you not - whether Elon posted it. I'm sure they've only gotten better at manipulation since then.

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