If you were an avid fan of news on Facebook, well, you might not like what we’re about to reveal to you next.
Facebook is continuing its decision to move away from the world of news and the latest happening in this regard is the retirement of Instant Articles.
This decision will come into play by April of next year, the company recently confirmed. And the reason why is simple. The focus now is on all things entertainment, very similar to how the app TikTok functions.
We first heard about Instant Articles in the year 2015 as this was the time when publishers wished to add content that was not only appealing to the masses but also loaded faster on the Facebook app. The end result was more reading engagement on the application.
Since then, Meta has worked hard to make it better by adding great efforts to call it an even more popular feature than it already was. All the company wanted was for publishers to know that Meta had their back as they used Facebook as their platform to generate users to their actual web pages.
But with time, priorities change. We’re seeing the company show so much less interest in this respect. As mentioned in a recent article by Axios, Meta has made the decision to retire such articles so that it can align itself in a better manner with the preferences put out by its users. And today, it’s no surprise that short-form videos reign supreme in the world of social media.
That’s when he heard Meta’s CEO speak endlessly about how the company’s priority was video, despite many users expressing their dismay on Instagram and Facebook.
Let’s not forget how Reels is being deemed as the fast-growing form of content to strike both of Meta’s leading apps: Facebook and Instagram. See, Meta is not keen on using politics and violence to end up grabbing a hold of the in-app experience of users. There’s a lot at stake here and Meta is playing its cards very carefully.
Now, full reliance is being placed on AI recommendations that give a better idea of what users are watching and engaging with. It also shows who is following who and making connections on the platforms.
According to Meta’s research results, less than 3% of users of the apps are interested in news. Hence, as a business enterprise, it just does not seem to make sense over making investments that aren’t serving the firm any profits as users aren’t interested.
So as you can see, the change is happening, whether people are going to love it or not.
It’s all thanks to top apps in the world of social media like TikTok that are literally trendsetters in terms of deciding what it is that people are going to love and what they won’t. And many others simply follow in their footsteps.
Now, it’s all about public posts and sending out the best updates to anyone and every one so as to get the best engagement out there.
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Facebook is continuing its decision to move away from the world of news and the latest happening in this regard is the retirement of Instant Articles.
This decision will come into play by April of next year, the company recently confirmed. And the reason why is simple. The focus now is on all things entertainment, very similar to how the app TikTok functions.
We first heard about Instant Articles in the year 2015 as this was the time when publishers wished to add content that was not only appealing to the masses but also loaded faster on the Facebook app. The end result was more reading engagement on the application.
Since then, Meta has worked hard to make it better by adding great efforts to call it an even more popular feature than it already was. All the company wanted was for publishers to know that Meta had their back as they used Facebook as their platform to generate users to their actual web pages.
But with time, priorities change. We’re seeing the company show so much less interest in this respect. As mentioned in a recent article by Axios, Meta has made the decision to retire such articles so that it can align itself in a better manner with the preferences put out by its users. And today, it’s no surprise that short-form videos reign supreme in the world of social media.
That’s when he heard Meta’s CEO speak endlessly about how the company’s priority was video, despite many users expressing their dismay on Instagram and Facebook.
Let’s not forget how Reels is being deemed as the fast-growing form of content to strike both of Meta’s leading apps: Facebook and Instagram. See, Meta is not keen on using politics and violence to end up grabbing a hold of the in-app experience of users. There’s a lot at stake here and Meta is playing its cards very carefully.
Now, full reliance is being placed on AI recommendations that give a better idea of what users are watching and engaging with. It also shows who is following who and making connections on the platforms.
According to Meta’s research results, less than 3% of users of the apps are interested in news. Hence, as a business enterprise, it just does not seem to make sense over making investments that aren’t serving the firm any profits as users aren’t interested.
So as you can see, the change is happening, whether people are going to love it or not.
It’s all thanks to top apps in the world of social media like TikTok that are literally trendsetters in terms of deciding what it is that people are going to love and what they won’t. And many others simply follow in their footsteps.
Now, it’s all about public posts and sending out the best updates to anyone and every one so as to get the best engagement out there.
Read next: Meta Directs New Focus To Fashion For Its Avatars After Humiliation Over ‘Fake’ Legs
