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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The only way they would do that is if they could monetize it somehow.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

It'd be another method to drive traffic to their websites and gain more ad revenue. Same as maintaining a presence on twitter or facebook, or providing an RSS feed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah totally.

I had the thought that since Threads “doesn’t want politics” on their platform, and Twitter is trash, maaaaybe activity pub could be a thing.

But you are right: they won’t do anything if it won’t make money.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Isn't their entire strategy to fish people onto their site, make money that way? Twitter doesn't pay them either.