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   Bret Carmichael (bretcarmichael@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 01:54:21 JST Bret Carmichael

   #Meta is willing to and unworried about federating #Threads both because it creates good will, and it’s good for business. This is not a “Meta is evil” argument.

   Threads’ advantage is; its algorithmic timeline only includes user content from other Threads users. As a result, Threads users largely only follow other Threads users, because Threads content is all they see (with exception to quotes posts). 1/🧵

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     Bret Carmichael (bretcarmichael@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 01:54:21 JST Bret Carmichael

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     It’s more lucrative for content creators and outlets to be on Threads for more access to more followers through its algorithmic timeline.

     This explains why some #Mastodon users have left for Threads to have their accounts followed by Mastodon users.

     For users seeking a large follower audience, Threads algorithmic timeline represents more opportunity while also benefiting form access to Mastodon users with little cost to Threads. 2/🔚

     #Meta #Threads

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     Bret Carmichael (bretcarmichael@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 02:21:11 JST Bret Carmichael

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     @BeAware I think that will change; that Thread will make good on its commitment to federation. Threads users will be able to follow Mastodon accounts. However, similar to how Mastodon works, the local timeline contains only posts from that instance. On Threads, the home feed is the local timeline, plus followed accounts. There are already >200M users, and notable figures have incentive to go there for audience. They're not incentivized to search off of Threads.