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[-] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 day ago

Data. User data. Always has been.

FB right now is probably 90% bots and AI. The Fediverse isn’t—for the moment being. I’m sure they found a way to tap into it by keeping a door open while pretending to help aerate the room.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago

They also want to control the headlines that make it to the front page like other major instances do.

[-] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

Oh yes you’re right—forgot about that

[-] kobra@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago

But what data would federating give them that they couldn’t just get on the public internet right now? They could already scrape all of this from mastodon already if data was all that they’re after.

It’s not just data they’re after.

[-] chortle_tortle@mander.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

They also learn how their users interact with it.

this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2025
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