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I think there's the problem though, so Alice posts it on her page.
Now there's 2 ways people will see it... Either the algorythm is looking. So that's a popularity contest, assuming the algorythm is going based on engagement etc... Which unfortunately I have to say, historically BS tends to gather larger crowds than popular ones.
More importantly if we are talking algorythms they tend to push people towards the type of content they regularly consume. IE the algorythm is going to push people who are suceptible to BS (Some of which may be the ones who are suceptible, but not so far gone as to be immune to truth) to Mallory's page. Meanwhile alice's page will be drawing the skeptics, the ones who would like to push back against it... but can't. I see the mallory page like the /r/conservative subreddit. A fucking cespool, and most importantly very very determined to push out any views that disturb the narrative... yet with about 10x the views as any specifically left subreddits I can find (though admitted only 1/8th of general politics, which is still leftish by US standards.