Re:Opinion: Is FB guilty of news paywalls?
by giantg2 on Thursday December 10, 2020 @06:46PM
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"We all talk about free college education and how we should strive for that ..."
We don't all talk about or strive for that. But that's a bit off topic.
"It's crazy seeing good news sources not available to the general public freely."
Why is this crazy? This has been the norm. Want a newspaper? Have to buy one. Radio and TV emerged as a news source and are still "free" today. Quality papers on the internet have typically been paywalled all the time (think Elsevier etc).
I don't think Facebook is a major news source for everyone. I see local stuff come up often, but it's not the stuff that would typically make the papers. I don't see very much national stuff come up on Facebook. When it does, it's usually low quality, one sided, stuff that someone is using to support a political opinion.
We don't all talk about or strive for that. But that's a bit off topic.
"It's crazy seeing good news sources not available to the general public freely."
Why is this crazy? This has been the norm. Want a newspaper? Have to buy one. Radio and TV emerged as a news source and are still "free" today. Quality papers on the internet have typically been paywalled all the time (think Elsevier etc).
I don't think Facebook is a major news source for everyone. I see local stuff come up often, but it's not the stuff that would typically make the papers. I don't see very much national stuff come up on Facebook. When it does, it's usually low quality, one sided, stuff that someone is using to support a political opinion.