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How's USA based Facebook related to wildfires in Canada? Check cbc.ca for the updates related to wildfires.
by betaby 3y ago
How's USA based Facebook related to wildfires in Canada?
Check cbc.ca for the updates related to wildfires.
- HWR_14 3y agoDue to some revenue sharing rules that just went into effect in Canada, designed to prevent news from being absorbed by Facebook and never leading to the ads being seen on the original website, FB is closing link. Sharing to cbc.ca. People can go there directly, but eventually safety information being everywhere is a good thing.
- betaby 3y agoPerhaps it's only me, but Facebook is the last place I would think of to search information about wildfires.
- jhugo 3y agoMany people I know seem to basically rely on stuff they need to know showing up in their Facebook (or sometimes, even more bizarrely, Instagram) feed.
- tourmalinetaco 3y agoA large chunk of old people in my life unfortunately still rely on FB for some news
- NooneAtAll3 3y agoone doesn't search for it one stumbles onto it and the only place to stumble onto information is where one spends the time - facebook, reddit, heck - even hackernews
- HWR_14 3y agoA lot of people spend time on Facebook. Therefore, it's a good way to push urgent information. It's not where I would look for information. But that assumes I know I should be looking.
- fallingknife 3y agoThe "revenue sharing rules" you speak of were a shakedown. Imagine if YC had to pay Tech Crunch for linking this post. They would shut down HN immediately. That's what they are requiring of FB.
- ummonk 3y agoOr rather would shutdown linking to TechCrunch.
- cratermoon 3y agoYeah except they aren't just providing a link, they are wrapping up the headline, a picture, and the first graph or two from the story onto timelines surrounded by their ads, which sends no revenue to the source. People don't click through. It just looks like "Facebook News". It's not that much different from a content farm.
- cscurmudgeon 3y ago> Yeah except they aren't just providing a link, they are wrapping up the headline, a picture, and the first graph or two from the story onto timelines surrounded by their ads, which sends no revenue to the source Only to the extent allowed by news websites headers. Maybe this whole thing could have been solved by politicians understanding tech a little better?
- cratermoon 3y ago> Maybe this whole thing could have been solved by politicians understanding tech a little better? How often do we hear, on HN and elsewhere, people complain about laws they don't like wish politicians better understood what they are legislating? This implies the existence of a technological solution, set by technocrats who "understand" better. Whoever asks the question suggests politicians don't know better, offering that explanation without proof. Also, for the Free Market enthusiasts out there, why hasn't the market solved this problem? What forces are preventing all parties from working out a technical and economic solution?