Facebook says it wants to do right by news organizations
02/05/2018
Back in January, Facebook announced that it would henceforth de-emphasize posts from brands and publishers in users’ news feeds in favor of ones from friends and family. Media organizations—which have long been dependent on Facebook for traffic, albeit more than a trifle embarassed by that...
Back in January, Facebook announced
that it would henceforth de-emphasize posts
from brands and publishers in users’
news feeds in favor of ones
from friends and family. Media organizations—which have long been dependent on Facebook for traffic, albeit more
than a trifle embarassed by
that fact—took the shift as the company abandoning its role in …
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Back in January, Facebook announced
that it would henceforth de-emphasize posts
from brands and publishers in users’
news feeds in favor of ones
from friends and family. Media organizations—which have long been dependent on Facebook for traffic, albeit more
than a trifle embarassed by
that fact—took the shift as the company abandoning its role in
news distribution rather
than confronting ugly realities such as the scourge of bottom-feeder clickbait content and people living in Facebook-powered echo chambers.Read Full Story