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I think they made the bet that they will earn more from boosting the monthly active user numbers than they would lose from the bad image drawn by Lemmy trolls, and I'm not sure the outcome is obvious.
The outcome is obvious. Admins will remove anything they don't want people to see and they'll have accomplished their goal of pumping their engagement numbers.