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Any single site doesn’t have the power to change Facebook. Your suggestion is equivalent to “no child is forced to work in the mines. If they don’t need the mon

Any single site doesn’t have the power to change Facebook. Your suggestion is equivalent to “no child is forced to work in the mines. If they don’t need the money, they can choose to go to school instead”

djoldman 6y ago
It seems to me that Facebook putting an anchor link to a website on a facebook page is materially different from child labor. Should sites be allowed to link to other sites? Also, every website has the power to change Google: just put the noindex tag on your pages and you'll effectively prevent links from Google to your website. For facebook, it's trickier. One thing that might work is sharing something from your website on Facebook and then reporting it as against community standards. It seems like there are a zillion pages of people trying to get their sites UNblocked from Facebook- the cause of which frequently seems to be people flagging content.
- IfOnlyYouKnew 6y ago
  These links and snippets are mutually beneficial. The argument is if the “natural” allocation of benefits is fair and the best possible for society.
  - djoldman 6y ago
    Interesting take. Are you saying that laws should exist to disallow linking between two websites based on "allocation of benefits"? If so, how does one determine what the balance of benefits are?
    - IfOnlyYouKnew 6y ago
      No, of course I’m not saying whatever silly extrapolation you put into my mouth. I‘m saying there is a complex interaction between content creators and aggregators, and a power imbalance currently favoring the aggregator. I’m also saying that high-quality journalism is a necessary condition for a functioning democracy. Combining these thoughts leads to the conclusion that it may not actually be the worst idea to reverse some of the changes the market for news has seen in the last few years. I have no idea if Australia’s policy will end up working. But the collective pearl clutching and either pretend or real ignorance with regard to the motivation for this law in the comments here is just breathtaking.

djoldman 6y ago

It seems to me that Facebook putting an anchor link to a website on a facebook page is materially different from child labor. Should sites be allowed to link to other sites? Also, every website has the power to change Google: just put the noindex tag on your pages and you'll effectively prevent links from Google to your website. For facebook, it's trickier. One thing that might work is sharing something from your website on Facebook and then reporting it as against community standards. It seems like there are a zillion pages of people trying to get their sites UNblocked from Facebook- the cause of which frequently seems to be people flagging content.

IfOnlyYouKnew 6y ago
These links and snippets are mutually beneficial. The argument is if the “natural” allocation of benefits is fair and the best possible for society.
- djoldman 6y ago
  Interesting take. Are you saying that laws should exist to disallow linking between two websites based on "allocation of benefits"? If so, how does one determine what the balance of benefits are?
  - IfOnlyYouKnew 6y ago
    No, of course I’m not saying whatever silly extrapolation you put into my mouth. I‘m saying there is a complex interaction between content creators and aggregators, and a power imbalance currently favoring the aggregator. I’m also saying that high-quality journalism is a necessary condition for a functioning democracy. Combining these thoughts leads to the conclusion that it may not actually be the worst idea to reverse some of the changes the market for news has seen in the last few years. I have no idea if Australia’s policy will end up working. But the collective pearl clutching and either pretend or real ignorance with regard to the motivation for this law in the comments here is just breathtaking.