2022-07-22
FB has tanked news link performance, crushed the ability of news Pages to reach big audiences and sidelined news Groups. now, the feed is becoming a commerce and video hub. it would probably behoove all of us to figure out if this is a platform worth investing in anymore.
The Verge
Instagram says all new video posts under 15 minutes will now be shared as Reels and videos under 90 seconds from public accounts will be recommended to others
And it's combining the Reels / Video section of your profile under one tab — Welcome to the new era of Instagram …
time and time again we've adjusted our strategies, our content, even our revenue flow (remember getting paid to do Live videos?) to meet FB's whims, only to have the rug pulled out on us months or years later. this latest change seems like the death knell for news on the platform
The Verge
Instagram says all new video posts under 15 minutes will now be shared as Reels and videos under 90 seconds from public accounts will be recommended to others
And it's combining the Reels / Video section of your profile under one tab — Welcome to the new era of Instagram …
FB has tanked news link performance, crushed the ability of news Pages to reach big audiences and sidelined news Groups. now, the feed is becoming a commerce and video hub. it would probably behoove all of us to figure out if this is a platform worth investing in anymore.
The Verge
Facebook splits the Feed on iOS and Android into Home, a TikTok-style tab with recommended content, and Feeds, a chronological tab of followed pages and people
time and time again we've adjusted our strategies, our content, even our revenue flow (remember getting paid to do Live videos?) to meet FB's whims, only to have the rug pulled out on us months or years later. this latest change seems like the death knell for news on the platform
The Verge
Facebook splits the Feed on iOS and Android into Home, a TikTok-style tab with recommended content, and Feeds, a chronological tab of followed pages and people
2021-09-01
something tells me this won't extend to the meme pages sharing images about marxist microchip vaccines and fake “biden fell asleep during meetings” videos https://twitter.com/...
Axios
Facebook plans to downrank current events content and political posts in the News Feed, after users approved of tests that limited such content
2020-12-14
the idea that CEOs of massive corporations were involving themselves in content production decisions and issuing mandates not to say anything bad about China is...the exact reason why Gawker was good and necessary https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
Sources: Apple TV+ was making Scraper, a show about Gawker Media, with several episodes written, then Tim Cook sent an email about it and the project was killed
Big tech companies now exert huge influence over what stories get told. The message is clear: Be careful who you offend.