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   william.maggos (wjmaggos@liberal.city)'s status on Friday, 13-Sep-2024 23:58:26 JST william.maggos

   My guess is #meta is thinking that being the Gmail of the #SocialWeb is better than having Elon and #Twitter dominate the public conversation. They'd rather be a big player but not own the space, than have an asshole increasingly lock them out. Their efforts to federate #threads (and thus grow the fedi) need not be motivated by any notion of the greater good.

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     BeAware :fediverse: (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Friday, 13-Sep-2024 23:58:24 JST BeAware :fediverse:

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     @wjmaggos facts. This is especially apparent because they aren't really doing anything to endorse turning Fediverse sharing on.

     Their employees discuss it sometimes and there's a button that works, but they do go through great lengths to seemingly convince you that doing it isn't a *good* thing.

     They're just doing it because it'll give them an edge in case it takes off like e-mail. If it does, they might promote it and discuss it more positively. However, until that happens, they probably won't. Adam Mosseri already confirmed that they don't ever plan to remove the "opt-in" part, which basically kills the idea of open communication.

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     BeAware :fediverse: (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Saturday, 14-Sep-2024 00:14:51 JST BeAware :fediverse:

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     @wjmaggos sure, those can all be true while at the same time limiting it's capabilities purposefully to stifle it's use widely.

     I think such is the case, was my point.

     They don't want people to find out how nice it is here for the most part. Some might leave if they did.

     Else they'd be telling everyone how awesome it is, to have more reach than just Threads. It'd be promoted and encouraged if they were completely on board.

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     william.maggos (wjmaggos@liberal.city)'s status on Saturday, 14-Sep-2024 00:14:52 JST william.maggos

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     • BeAware :fediverse:

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     maybe we kinda disagree here. I think they do want the fedi to grow to the extent it breaks the stranglehold Twitter has on official PR, news etc. they also don't want the toxicity people associate with political talk tho. and also if they replace Twitter with threads without being open, they would force a DOJ monopoly case. the fedi is kinda their weapon against X and lifeline against the govt. growing it is their least bad option. maybe.