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I think Twitter is perfectly capable of doing the math, but likely decided not to, on a theory that X% of the users who drive engagement on Twitter really, really, really like playing status games. The conflict, the mobs, the heat-over-light is, for many people, the product.
Very likely. But this strategy only works in the absence of competitors. If a competitor attracts all the thoughtful people away, Twitter might be in trouble. And even if it wasn't, the thoughtful people would be better off at least.
If thoughtful people wanted a quiet place to be thoughtful in, they'd start a forum. Sad reality is that people go where the audience is, thoughtful or not.
Like Newsmax to Fox News? 
I'm not agreeing that everything posted is useful. Some even distasteful. But doesn't the diversity of thoughts and occasionally frustrating banter keep a platform like this working? I believe it's partially what drives users. Removing it could reduce engagement.
Weaker engagement and filtered users could prevent a strong enough foundation to establish the platform. It lacks rooting.
the thoughtful people like to have an audience too, tho. don't see how that's going to get solved with this. (twitter is sticky despite the bad product because its asymmetric connections led to a not easily replicable graph)
By taking sides, Twitter is counter-intuitively making it harder for their competition. Any competing product is going to be heavily slanted on the right and even right leaning (thoughtful) people don't want that.
Isn't Parler just that (competing product slanted on the right?)
I'm wondering how well Quora plays(competes) considering this line of thought 
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