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.