Re:Facebook, I want my friends back
by tomasien on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @03:42PM
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Company A changes Company A's product to support Company A is not a conflict of interest. I know people feel very strongly about Facebook and how it should act, but they are a company and a good one at that imo. People begrudging them for the individuals promoted posts is one thing that I can understand, but begrudging them charging brands for whom they've provided a platform FULL of amazing, free services?
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Did you read my comment? I explicitly said I am not begrudging them the opportunity to make money however they want. If you want to quibble over the denotation of "conflict of interests" fine, let me put it this way:
It's not sustainable for Facebook to degrade the usefulness of their service in this way for a short-term cash gain. 15-20% throughput to fans is so low as to confound expectations, and I'm saying this will bite them ass.