Yes, and it also prides itself on journalistic values, unlike a lot of the Murdoch empire, for example.

Yes, they are completely different things.

I would not be surprised that after Twitter, Meta’s next target is Reddit, which is ripe for a serious commercial rival. Meta are probably working on a Reddit replacement, using activitypub and their experience with Threads. If you federate already with Threads, then it is a relatively small step to extend that to Meta’s Reddit killer. Maybe federation with Threads will automatically be extended by Meta to this new app. Give them an inch….

You said threadiverse a couple of times when I think you meant fediverse.