| Isolating X from mainstream content is more likely to enhance conspiracy theories and polarisation than dampen it. Elon Musk and social media platform X are accused of being an epicentre of misinformation, with competitor Bluesky gaining millions of users after the US election. The Guardian left X, calling it a “toxic” media platform with disturbing content “including far-right conspiracy theories and racism.” Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia followed suit, saying X has become an "echo chamber" for disinformation and conspiracy theories. The reasoning is curious. Indeed, X does not become any less of an “echo chamber” if opposing viewpoints vanish, or X does not become any less “toxic” if moderate content is removed. To target X financially seems futile since it is not like Musk, the wealthiest man in the world, is short on funds. “We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives and that resources could be better used promoting our journalism elsewhere,” The Guardian wrote. It is unclear exactly which benefits, negatives, or resources The Guardian had in mind. | 
