I think they.test these topics but only certain narratives are accepted. Anything against and bam hammer
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If the traffic on X is less than 50% bots and astroturfers I would be shocked.
An open up unmoderated discussion about serious topics is not on the list of accepted things to the algo.
It seems very bot and scam there and finding signal is hard. The algo encourages fake engagement and cannot distinguish easily between the 2.