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Tell HN: Facebook just blocked seeing public company pages without login

• wcerfgba 6y ago
  I can still see some local businesses -- albeit with the full page modal popping up as I scroll. Can people post examples of pages which are no longer accessible? Maybe this is being A/B tested, or only applies under certain circumstances?
  • phendrenad2 6y ago
    Yeah same, just tried several fortune 500 companies in incognito.
  • willxinc 6y ago
    On mobile, I don't get a full screen modal. Just a small banner at the bottom that can be closed. This doesn't sound like something that would be A/B tested, since that requires some sort of audience to segment by (typically user id).
    • swirepe 6y ago
      > that requires some sort of audience to segment by (typically user id). You don't have to be logged in to be tracked. Facebook Pixel is one way, via a unique 1x1 transparent image on each page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_beacon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_beacon
      • willxinc 6y ago
        Yes, but segmentation by that would be prone to high error rates most likely, and result in error rates too high to gather meaningful data from A/B tests like this.