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FarPoint

(13,578 posts)
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 12:41 PM Jul 2021

On Facebook...if someone posts to an article or thread..who benefits?

Does a web thread post like for example a local News Channel or newspaper...they post an article i n Facebook and you are a follower...Do they get monies or something from multiple visits or likes?

I see these local news channel posts or newspapers focus on covid-19 posts...which has what I see way, way too many posts like anti-vaxers/ trumpsters verbiage laughing at covid-19, call them fear mongers etc...you know what I refer to....

The threat post, news organization does nothing about the trolls, misinformation...So I ask...Why would they ignore the massive misleading information? Do they earn something by post/likes volume?

I'm ignorant to these technology click things.

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On Facebook...if someone posts to an article or thread..who benefits? (Original Post) FarPoint Jul 2021 OP
The poster of the article benefits, as does Facebook. ManiacJoe Jul 2021 #1

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)
1. The poster of the article benefits, as does Facebook.
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 07:15 PM
Jul 2021

To get to the comment section, you have to "view" the article.
Included with the article are all the ads.
The view count and the number of comments are used to price the ads.

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