> Instead of pointlessly debating each other on this app, a platform designed to capture attention and manipulate emotions

Someone probably write this same thing about news papers when they were a recent invention. Television also.

> these people should take time to research and then carefully write an essay. Once they are satisfied with their opinions, they could share their thesis with the public and request contestation.

More people than ever before are now university educated, or presently attending university. That’s got to help counteract the misinformation trend.