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1. Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 17:12:33 JST Eugen Rochko

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   • BeAware :fediverse:

   @BeAware No, this would not work.

   • BeAware :fediverse: (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 17:12:35 JST BeAware :fediverse:

     So....I have a theory about this whole #Threads federating thing....here goes.

     You know how on other social media sites like Reddit and Twitter, ads show up as regular posts with a little promoted tag on it?

     My theory is that #Meta plans to do the same with Threads and have those Ad "posts" federate.

     The reason they are doing a slow burn on the rollout is because they know if they do it right away, everyone will just immediately defederate.

     Therefore, do a slow burn and let people interact and follow each other first, and when everyone's all nice and comfy....BOOM. Federated ads.

     Users will be mad at admins for defederating if the users have thousands of followers from threads.....oh boy. This is gonna suck.

     #Fediverse #Mastodon #ActivityPub