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"The tech giant drew a wide backlash from Australian users." This is patently false, the only evidence of backlash has been from reports in mass media, we were

"The tech giant drew a wide backlash from Australian users." This is patently false, the only evidence of backlash has been from reports in mass media, we were all loving the new newsless Facebook. On this particular issue Facebook is clearly in the right, it is straight up insane to expect them to pay for links to news that users choose to share.

King-Aaron 6y ago
Not quite. You look at any of the posts by politicians and you'd see vast numbers of people lapping up the anti-facebook rhetoric. The sad part is that it's not entirely unjustified. It's just in this instance Facebook was objectively not being the bad guy, yet there's enough mistrust in the population that it's easy to be told that they (facebook) were in the wrong.
- steve_taylor 6y ago
  You look at any of the posts by politicians and you'd see vast numbers of people lapping up the anti-facebook rhetoric. There was already a lot of anti-facebook rhetoric here in Australia as a result of perceived left-wing bias and censorship on Facebook’s part during and after the US election. Anecdotally, I’ve noticed it’s basically the same type of people in both cases – uneducated right-wing anti-vax flat-earthers.
loktarogar 6y ago
> This is patently false, the only evidence of backlash has been from reports in mass media, we were all loving the new newsless Facebook. I only use facebook for extended family and friends of the family and noted a lot of people pissed off about not being able to share links.
- anothernewdude 6y ago
  Well that's on Murdoch and his shitty empire
Reventlov 6y ago
[[ citation needed ]] It works in both ways. Anectdotal evidence is not quite evidence.
ImaCake 6y ago
I personally found it really annoying. Facebook is a good means of delivering useful links to people who otherwise not see them. During this stupid fight my ability to connect friends and family with useful resources was ruined. I think this is a bad vs bad fight, but I think facebook deserves more of my ire for this one.
efwfwef 6y ago
The only thing that annoys me is that some of the articles in Facebook news are behind a paywall

King-Aaron 6y ago

Not quite. You look at any of the posts by politicians and you'd see vast numbers of people lapping up the anti-facebook rhetoric. The sad part is that it's not entirely unjustified. It's just in this instance Facebook was objectively not being the bad guy, yet there's enough mistrust in the population that it's easy to be told that they (facebook) were in the wrong.

steve_taylor 6y ago
You look at any of the posts by politicians and you'd see vast numbers of people lapping up the anti-facebook rhetoric. There was already a lot of anti-facebook rhetoric here in Australia as a result of perceived left-wing bias and censorship on Facebook’s part during and after the US election. Anecdotally, I’ve noticed it’s basically the same type of people in both cases – uneducated right-wing anti-vax flat-earthers.

loktarogar 6y ago

> This is patently false, the only evidence of backlash has been from reports in mass media, we were all loving the new newsless Facebook. I only use facebook for extended family and friends of the family and noted a lot of people pissed off about not being able to share links.

anothernewdude 6y ago
Well that's on Murdoch and his shitty empire

Reventlov 6y ago

[[ citation needed ]] It works in both ways. Anectdotal evidence is not quite evidence.

ImaCake 6y ago

I personally found it really annoying. Facebook is a good means of delivering useful links to people who otherwise not see them. During this stupid fight my ability to connect friends and family with useful resources was ruined. I think this is a bad vs bad fight, but I think facebook deserves more of my ire for this one.

efwfwef 6y ago

The only thing that annoys me is that some of the articles in Facebook news are behind a paywall