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peterlada
Conspiracy theorist is such a cop out title for this guy. Convicted fraudster? Mass shooting enthusiast? Bankrupted liar?
notyofriend
Meh what’s another bad apple on the internet there are so many already
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epsteindidntki
It’s only a conspiracy theory until it’s proven right. Which is pretty often.
gitaarik
So does that mean that the majority of X's visitors believe in Alex Jones' theories? Or they think he should have a voice regardless of his false / misleading theories?
ChatGTP
I think it means his platform is dying and he hopes bringing people like that back to it will improve engagement.
z7
Nassim Nicholas Taleb posted:

>I reluctantly voted Yes, on account of the effective functioning of the Community Notes. I despise Alex Jones (& his audience even more), but one can't rationally cherrypick censorship targets.

https://nitter.net/nntaleb/status/1733542407172481045

guax
Those replies are very reassuring of my decision to nuke my account and not look back.