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                    1. So, some big Facebook Instant Article changes this morning. No longer forcing image to top & now an Open in Browser button.
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                    It's hard to describe just how important these seemingly minor changes are in just 140 characters. But they are a *big* deal.
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                  Most significant: Facebook is now strongly associating real URLs w/ Instant Articles. Facebook is no longer trying to strongly dictate form
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                This makes Facebook, via Instant Articles, basically the world's most successful RSS reader literally overnight.
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              W/other changes rolled out over the last week, it makes Facebook Instant Articles not just more commercially viable then AMP, but ethically.
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            From both an editorial (doesn't dictate what you can do) and technical (it's weird RSS and HTML, but Web Tech not made up tags) perspective.
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          You gotta wonder if the defunct Google Reader team is sitting somewhere slamming their heads against their desks.
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        Facebook Instant Articles is still not the best thing for publishers, but it is better for both publishers and the web than AMP.
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      It's also the first sign in a long time that Facebook may be more interested in being a product than a platform, which would be interesting.
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    Just a glimmer, mind you, but still small small sign Facebook might b/c more gateway than gatekeeper of the web. Wouldn't that be something?


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