Threads may just be the bridge to corporations, celebrities, media, customer support et al that Mastodon may never pick up on its own. Entire communities that just have no interest in moving here. As long as it /remains/ open/interoperable, that's a good thing. Meta is free to do whatever it likes over there that would never fly here, but may be *necessary* to build a well-rounded service of the like that can fully replace what came before. Real content, not just bots that repost from elsewhere