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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•2 years agoDo you think Facebook wants to get involved because they’re excited about making the fediverse a better place?
minus-square@btmoolinkEnglish-4•2 years agoNo, they want to train AI models. They don’t give a shit about taking over ActivityPub.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoWhy would they need threads to train AI models?
minus-squareBleeping LobsterlinkEnglish2•2 years agoThey don’t need to take it over if they have enough unwitting users / communities / instances associating with their content & users, perhaps. Maybe they don’t care about a smaller competitor if they can just scrape all the data anyway.
Do you think Facebook wants to get involved because they’re excited about making the fediverse a better place?
No, they want to train AI models. They don’t give a shit about taking over ActivityPub.
Why would they need threads to train AI models?
They don’t need to take it over if they have enough unwitting users / communities / instances associating with their content & users, perhaps. Maybe they don’t care about a smaller competitor if they can just scrape all the data anyway.