Unmasking the most viral page on Facebook
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Unmasking the most viral page on Facebook
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Re: Unmasking the most viral page on Facebook
#2I greatly enjoyed this sentence:
> The one mystery we weren’t able to figure out is why any sane person working at Facebook would feel comfortable publishing a content report that admitted that the most viral publisher on its platform this year was a barely active drop-shipping scam page full of stolen video content run by an LLC that doesn’t even exist anymore.
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#3>18M comments
That is just sad. I wonder how many times each one of those 18M comments was viewed on average.
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#4>18M comments That is just sad. I wonder how many times each one of those 18M comments was viewed on average.
It's been a few years since I've been on Facebook, but doesn't facebook show your comments to your friends by default? It's not like Reddit or Hacker News where everyone sees the same comments, is it?
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#5"Facebook flipped a switch, favoring comments and reactions over shares, and suddenly a food blogger from Utah became the largest publisher in the country, if not the world."
While the firehose volume is disproportionate, the direction wasn't random. Whoever is copywriting these messages is an artist, drawing an outstanding number of responses. I felt the urge to react when I read them and bravely restrained myself. There's a lot of power in asking someone the right personal question.
Re: Unmasking the most viral page on Facebook
#6I greatly enjoyed this sentence: > The one mystery we weren’t able to figure out is why any sane person working at Facebook would feel comfortable publishing a content report that admitted that the most viral publisher on its platform this year was a barely active drop-shipping scam page full of stolen video content run by an LLC that doesn’t even exist anymore.
They're not paid to care.
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#7>18M comments That is just sad. I wonder how many times each one of those 18M comments was viewed on average.
There are millions of fake social profiles on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc that use fake generated profile photos, friend networks among both themselves and gullible real users, and automated markov chain style comments on popular content. It's a self-perpetuating system and an effective way to see inside the walled gardens.
Re: Unmasking the most viral page on Facebook
#8>18M comments That is just sad. I wonder how many times each one of those 18M comments was viewed on average.
It's been a few years since I've been on Facebook, but doesn't facebook show your comments to your friends by default? It's not like Reddit or Hacker News where everyone sees the same comments, is it?
Yes, you will see comments from friends on posts like these. Even if they have a million comments it will come into your feed with a friends replies visible.
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#9We have built the paperclip factory only instead of paperclips it is making clicks.
Re: Unmasking the most viral page on Facebook
#10I greatly enjoyed this sentence: > The one mystery we weren’t able to figure out is why any sane person working at Facebook would feel comfortable publishing a content report that admitted that the most viral publisher on its platform this year was a barely active drop-shipping scam page full of stolen video content run by an LLC that doesn’t even exist anymore.
They're not paid to care.
Even worse: They’re paid to not care.