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mekosoff There are publishers for whom large double digit percents of their traffic flow from Facebook. In a very real way their business models have become addicted to Facebook.
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mekosoff (That said, recent Facebook changes are dropping traffic to some of these publishers at such significant percents they will collapse. Unless the direction at Facebook changes, we will hit a point where leaving Facebook as a PR signal has higher value than the traffic)
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mekosoff (Like this is framed as a moral stance, but it wouldn't have happened if traffic didn't drop through the floor. theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/08/facebook-brazil-newspaper-folha-de-s-paulo-fake-news?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard )