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Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

Website Owners Say Traffic Is Plunging After Facebook Algorithm Change

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Website Owners Say Traffic Is Plunging After Facebook Algorithm Change

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Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

With no communication from the company, publishers relying on Facebook traffic are at the mercy of the inscrutable algorithm. Data shows an apparent change at Facebook in May caused website traffic to tank at some news sites.

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It’s almost as if giving a giant corporation unilateral control over what news our society consumes was a bad idea?
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  I think you’re onto something, hmmm.

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