@amv In case others agree with this take, is there a way a "thread-unrolling" bot would look appropriate to folks? For example if the content was ephemeral and the site ran no ads?

Many people used the bot on the birdsite not because they wanted to exploit creators, but because they found it genuinely useful. I'd love to see discussion of how those useful features can be baked into the #fediverse in a consensual, friendly way.

@amv I see. Perhaps a more complex logic of "someone requested your post to be unrolled, click ✔️ to accept, or consider posting a long-text version in a more readable format".

Not nearly as effective, but at least, as you say, is consent-first while also nudging people to go back to good ol' blogging :)