@sandwich yeah...my issue is similar, but these days I haven't been doing much outside of watching pro wrestling and attending events. There's virtually no pro wrestling discussion here.
In the 3 months that I've been on Threads, I've already gotten 700+ followers that all mostly talk pro wrestling. Also, since they're not as hostile to AI, I've managed to get about 500k views on my posts over those 3 months.
I've gotten a few hate replies, but it's nothing like if I post AI stuff here.
Also, people were complaining about Meta's lack of moderation but from my experience, every time I see hate or vitriol from someone, even if its not moderated, it's severely called out and shat on by the wider community.
It really feels like a corporate Fedi over there, but more diverse and less close minded people.
Sorry, slight rant.