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		thaumasiotes 9 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Americans overestimate how many social media users... > And of course, this is why for-profit platforms are loathe to properly moderate. A social network that bans the trolls would be like a casino banning the whales or a bar banning the alcoholics. How so? It's not like Facebook charges you to post there.

nemomarx 9 days ago [–]

Other users engaging with them drives views, I think is the idea. Without trolls to dunk on or general posts to get mad about, why go on Twitter?

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