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Advertisers don't want to buy ads next to some content (death threats, racism, conspiracy theories). If it grows a userbase that is advertising compatible, that is likely better for their bottom-line rather than appealing to a demographic nobody wants anything to do with.


That demographics definitely has non-zero purchasing power, and thus is worth advertising products to. Marginalizing it will only further increase social tensions.




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