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Re:Introducing Ads in Threads by m-p-3 on Friday January 24, 2025 @03:26PM (#42816598)
Technically, Threads uses ActivityPub and is federated with other Mastodon instances (and technically the rest of the fediverse that haven't federated from Meta).

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/what-to-know-about-thr...

I suppose the ads are mostly displayed through the Threads app and web server? Otherwise I don't see the Fediverse taking it kindly with being polluted with ads from Meta.

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Re:Introducing Ads in Threads by snarkyturtle on Friday January 24, 2025 @03:31PM (#42816636)
It looks like ads generally are posts from business accounts that then get a sponsored badge and some promotion among feeds. From a fediverse perspective, you won't see them unless you follow the pizza hut threads feed (to use a random example.)
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