Don't forget about the Wuhan Lab Leak Conspiracy™ (which was anathema until ~6 months ago, but now it's the "leading theory").

Sometimes when you try a thing, you'll get it wrong, and that sucks. But that doesn't mean it's not worth trying. I'm not aware of any significant damage done by Twitter getting that one wrong, and the decision took place in an environment of increasing anti-Asian violence in the US[1]. I have a hard time blaming them for trying to do something within their power while there were real consequences for inaction and the jury was still out.

[1] https://www.npr.org/2021/03/10/975722882/the-rise-of-anti-as...

No one reputable cares/cared about that story. The people pushing it are/were right wing conspiracy nutters, the kind of people who chug horse dewormer and refuse life saving vaccines. I'm pleased to see them booted out of the spaces I inhabit.

Lol, moron.