It appears Facebook has quietly implemented a traffic threshold for getting access to Instant Articles. Sites that fall below it are losing access to the format.
Facebook has implemented a traffic threshold for Instant Articles
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Yes, Facebook is tracking you when you aren’t logged in
Not really a surprise, but it’s good to hear it confirmed.
There's a problem with "trending"
It’s Time to End ‘Trending’: The first problem with “trending” is that it selects and highlights content with no eye toward accuracy, or quality. Automated trending systems are not equipped to make judgments; they can determine if things are…
Twitter’s abuse problem is, at heart, a technology problem
This is a damning summation of Twitter’s structural problems: “It’s a technology company with crappy technologists, a revolving door of product heads and C.E.O.s, and no real core of technological innovation. You had Del saying,…
Instagram has birthed a clichéd "authentic" visual style all its own
The Guardian recently published an astonishingly predictable rant about Instagram from Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett. The young fogey “oh, social media is ruining the world” tone of this article is almost unbearable. Dig through it, though, and there’s some potentially…