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Social media sites offer a simple way to share links with their circle which drives back more traffic than just one user consuming the content through RSS. Dri
by hazelnut 5y ago
Social media sites offer a simple way to share links with their circle which drives back more traffic than just one user consuming the content through RSS.
Driving more traffic means more money. It’s a self-made problem by the content creators.
- streamofdigits 5y agothats a very good point, the ease of "propagating" the news of an RSS update surely plays a role in decisions publishers make but its more a client-side issue, the degree to which the social graph of a person (e.g their list of email or phone contacts) is easily accessible / allows forwarding with comments etc. maybe the problem is that client app functionality has remained stagnant over decades? also consider that a lot of that easy social media virality is actually part of the problem