Technology

They won't. Blue skies federation is partial at best from everything I've heard. And apparently federation is mostly about client-side interface. With things on the server side, being much more centralized and heavy on the server itself. Specifically for algorithm tuning and commercialization. Two goals that are dimetically opposed with what mastodon wants to achieve. I'm not saying that no one will try. I'm just saying that it won't work well then blue sky has no interest in it.

The only way such a thing happens is if Mastodon just flat out takes over and it is a last ditch attempt to stay relevant in some way for blue sky. Because outside of a situation like that. It would make being subject to an algorithm and advertising major negatives. When you could just go to anywhere else on the network and get the same content without either of those.

I think in many instances threads federating makes a lot more sense. They ultimately want a lot of the same things. But it isn't their only product and only chance at a payday. Meta gets a lot of money from other sources. And I suspect they're playing this as part of a long game since they can tie it back into other established services of theirs. Like Instagram. Where Even if someone on Mastodon shares or links to stuff on Instagram, they still get to harvest data and possibly sell advertisement.