Thread: Facebook in Decline

With the upcoming British general election in June joining the French and German polls, concern continues to mount about the way fake news spreads and potentially influences voting. Facebook, a big focus of that concern, has stepped up its efforts by announcing it’s looking to hire someone to lead on tackling fake news.

Recode reported on Thursday that Facebook is looking for someone who combines both the news and technology credentials to fill the post, which it says will report to Fidji Simo, the company’s vice-president in charge of news and video.

The aim is to lead development of Facebook’s news products – like the now largely defunct Instant Articles product – and finding ways to combat the spread of fake news on the platform.

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Good for them!

Originally Posted by Ginger

Publishers are seeing another big decline in reach on Facebook

The Facebook anguish continues. A Medium post investigating declining Facebook reach has set off the most recent alarm bells among publishers. Kurt Gessler, deputy editor for digital news at the Chicago Tribune, posted that since January, the Tribune has seen a significant drop in the reach of its posts on Facebook, despite having grown its fan base.

The post sparked a sigh of validation across publishers as others chimed in on social media that they’re seeing similar declines.

(see link for more)
Publishers are seeing another big decline in reach on Facebook - Digiday

America may be losing its taste for Facebooks Trump-bashing and leftism.

Gee, I guess there's no righties on Facebook. They probably haven't figured out how it works

Facebook shows you more of whatever you like seeing. When I click on/share cat things I get more cat things. When I click on or share anti-Trump stuff I get more of that. So on and so forth.

Originally Posted by Ginger

Publishers are seeing another big decline in reach on Facebook

The Facebook anguish continues. A Medium post investigating declining Facebook reach has set off the most recent alarm bells among publishers. Kurt Gessler, deputy editor for digital news at the Chicago Tribune, posted that since January, the Tribune has seen a significant drop in the reach of its posts on Facebook, despite having grown its fan base.

The post sparked a sigh of validation across publishers as others chimed in on social media that they’re seeing similar declines.

(see link for more)
Publishers are seeing another big decline in reach on Facebook - Digiday

America may be losing its taste for Facebooks Trump-bashing and leftism.

Nah, Facebook just sucks. Personally, I am sick of their biased report system.

For example, I got temp banned from there for saying nasty things about Lithuanians, in response to a Lithuanian who was saying nasty things about Russians. And he didn't get banned. We were both writing in Russian to each other. Many Russian speakers on FB say the Russian-language portion of the site is moderated by a bunch of nasty Russophobic Ukrainians who ban Russians for any offense but protect their own and others who insult Russians lol

Who knows, could be true... I have stopped using it for awhile now...

Originally Posted by Isalexi

Gee, I guess there's no righties on Facebook. They probably haven't figured out how it works

What a mean spirited thing to say, I'm outraged! And I'm taking you off my wall.

Originally Posted by The Man

Nah, Facebook just sucks. Personally, I am sick of their biased report system.

LGBT+ folks routinely get kicked off Facebook when they say things cishet folks don't want to hear, while anti-LGBT+ sentiment and calls for violence against us go completely unchecked. It happens ~constantly~.

Originally Posted by Ginger

Publishers are seeing another big decline in reach on Facebook

The Facebook anguish continues. A Medium post investigating declining Facebook reach has set off the most recent alarm bells among publishers. Kurt Gessler, deputy editor for digital news at the Chicago Tribune, posted that since January, the Tribune has seen a significant drop in the reach of its posts on Facebook, despite having grown its fan base.

The post sparked a sigh of validation across publishers as others chimed in on social media that they’re seeing similar declines.

(see link for more)
Publishers are seeing another big decline in reach on Facebook - Digiday

America may be losing its taste for Facebooks Trump-bashing and leftism.

Looks like you failed to understand the article you read.

Originally Posted by sweettee

Ian?

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

Originally Posted by leekohler2

Good. Facebook sucks. I'm not on it, nor have I ever been.

Then how do you know it sucks?

Originally Posted by Engine-Ear

What a mean spirited thing to say, I'm outraged! And I'm taking you off my wall.

Your wall just got 10 feet shorter?