@elana I believe there is opportunity for that in the absence of AF.
Obv it'll still depend to some extent on your reach/search/privacy settings, the privacy of the post, and whether your followers who are followed by threads users boost or reply, etc, but..
Although we've been discussing AF and things related in the zeroes' moderation and policy matrix rooms for months, I still wouldn't consider myself an expert -- it's a complex, technical topic.