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Because news media represents one of their largest channels of legitimate traffic and engagement. It’s why Google put so many resources into AMP, Facebook on th

Because news media represents one of their largest channels of legitimate traffic and engagement. It’s why Google put so many resources into AMP, Facebook on their curated news feeds, etc. Removing news links would probably eventually kill social media platforms in the long run, or at least accept a new path with much less growth.

AbrahamParangi 7y ago
I think you overestimate the market pull for the product legacy media companies produce. Removing legacy news from Facebook and Google would certainly hasten the death of legacy news and have no effect on tech companies, who's users would just replace legacy news with reddit posts, blog spam, etc.
- Spivak 7y ago
  But Reddit and blog spam sites just repackage the content from legacy media companies so the well would likely dry up for everyone. Honestly it might be nice for information to move a little slower.
myrandomcomment 7y ago
Spain tried this and Google just dropped all the Spanish news sites from Google News in Spain. "We regret that due to the Spanish law, Spanish publishers aren't featured in Google News and Google News is closed in Spain."
- myrandomcomment 7y ago
  Here is the link to the google site saying why no Google News in Spain. https://support.google.com/news/publisher-center/answer/9609687?hl=en https://support.google.com/news/publisher-center/answer/9609...
- asdfasgasdgasdg 7y ago
  I suspect there's a decent chance the same thing will happen in France, if the appeals process doesn't reach some kind of more reasonable solution.
0xy 7y ago
Where would Snapchat be without their trending (garbage) screen that nobody looks at? All emerging social media totally ignores news. Instagram? Almost zero news. Tik Tok? No news. Snapchat? Garbage clickbait nobody looks at. Facebook is the antiquated ugly stepchild of social media. What's their engagement like for people <18?

AbrahamParangi 7y ago

I think you overestimate the market pull for the product legacy media companies produce. Removing legacy news from Facebook and Google would certainly hasten the death of legacy news and have no effect on tech companies, who's users would just replace legacy news with reddit posts, blog spam, etc.

Spivak 7y ago
But Reddit and blog spam sites just repackage the content from legacy media companies so the well would likely dry up for everyone. Honestly it might be nice for information to move a little slower.

myrandomcomment 7y ago

Spain tried this and Google just dropped all the Spanish news sites from Google News in Spain. "We regret that due to the Spanish law, Spanish publishers aren't featured in Google News and Google News is closed in Spain."

myrandomcomment 7y ago
Here is the link to the google site saying why no Google News in Spain. https://support.google.com/news/publisher-center/answer/9609687?hl=en https://support.google.com/news/publisher-center/answer/9609...
asdfasgasdgasdg 7y ago
I suspect there's a decent chance the same thing will happen in France, if the appeals process doesn't reach some kind of more reasonable solution.

0xy 7y ago

Where would Snapchat be without their trending (garbage) screen that nobody looks at? All emerging social media totally ignores news. Instagram? Almost zero news. Tik Tok? No news. Snapchat? Garbage clickbait nobody looks at. Facebook is the antiquated ugly stepchild of social media. What's their engagement like for people <18?