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Re:Facebook now charging to post more than 2 links a month by wavemode on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @12:46PM (#50169143)
Is it so wrong for those who create content to want people to visit their website to consume that content? The alternative being that Facebook and Google summarize everyone's content and keep all the engagement and profit for themselves.
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Re:Facebook now charging to post more than 2 links a month by xp84 on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @01:09PM (#50169490)
> Facebook and Google summarize everyone's content and keep all the engagement and profit for themselves.

Yes!! You’re getting it! This is what they’re optimizing for. Have been for a decade plus.

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Re:Facebook now charging to post more than 2 links a month by BobaFloutist on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @04:28PM (#50172194)
On the other hand, if we assume that Facebook and Google need to make some money, and people aren't willing to pay to use them, and people don't want ads to overshadow the algorithm, and people don't want to pay with their data, and...

What's the actual solution? What would an ethically run Google look like? I'm not even going to ask for Facebook, because I'm not convinced it's possible.

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Re:Facebook now charging to post more than 2 links a month by LargeWu on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @05:33PM (#50172998)
Google and Facebook make plenty of money off just ads. But that's not enough anymore, the line has to keep going up, forever.
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Re:Facebook now charging to post more than 2 links a month by wallst07 on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @06:44AM (#50178735)
They make plenty of money because of control over a product. This is just another in a long list of controls.

People don't like change, this will be a non-story in a year.

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