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> Facebook is selling access to an audience. I remember their promo videos promising access to "millions of people" and "your imagination is the limit". Turns
by rootlocus 8y ago
> Facebook is selling access to an audience.
I remember their promo videos promising access to "millions of people" and "your imagination is the limit". Turns out it isn't feasible to spam all the people in your friends list with all your updates, so Facebook decides who sees which. Want more people to see your posts? Your wallet is the limit.
- ddalex 8y ago> access to "millions of people" and "your imagination is the limit". > Want more people to see your posts? Your wallet is the limit. I'm not seeing anything inconsistent in that position. They didn't promise free access to their audience. The imagination of how much you can spend is indeed the limit.
- spinchange 8y ago>They didn't promise free access to their audience It was literally the default setting until they started making people and orgs pay to reach all _of their own, organically grown_ audience. People were advertising their FB pages in advertising, on billboards and signage all over the country for a couple of years. I'm talking like Realtors and run-of-the-mill small businesses, etc. It all just turned out to be free advertising for Facebook because they changed their mind after reaching scale and needed to turn on some more profit.
- waylandsmithers 8y agoIn my mind at least the 30% fee was the price for access to the audience.