Judd Legum

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Facebook and other social sites tout how much they help news outlets because they direct so much traffic to publishers. But this data suggests they are mostly just diverting traffic that would otherwise go to the sites directly or through other means — PolitiTweet.org

When Facebook goes down, traffic to news sites goes up. (Data from @Chartbeat.) https://t.co/QQDukZ0pl2 https://t.co/ck8uKEeKOa

Posted Oct. 8, 2021 Hibernated

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Some positive news: 7-day average of COVID cases below 100K for the first time since August 5. COVID hospitalizations below 70K for the first time since August 6. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 8, 2021 Hibernated

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The aggregate data, however, likely obscures the experience of individual sites. Some sites are highly reliant on Facebook and have little mindshare outside of the network. These sites likely experienced significant declines. Other sites probably benefited. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 8, 2021 Hibernated