Gawker and TMZ were, or are not aimed at everyone. Yes - they want to maximise page views and did all they could to do so. But that was amongst their target audience.
For starters both were aimed squarely at Americans, and Americans interested in gossip of one sort or another. I'm not saying non-Americans don't or didn't read them, but their target was in the US. Facebook is GLOBAL. It's aimed at everyone from 13 (and in reality younger) to grandparents wanting to see family photos. We're literally talking about billions of users. So no, Facebook actually wants to be read by all, and crap in the trending box really doesn't help. And they know it, and will probably fix it. Let's also not forget about internet.org - Zuckerberg's piece for the third world. The disconnected. He actually wants to make Facebook *the internet* for billions more. He's been trying to deals with mobile operators in India (without success so far) and just this last week in Nigeria, amongst many other places. Free internet.org services on any cellphone - but to his services. It's a walled garden approach. Like when AOL wasn't the internet. And if he's controlling the news on what to many people *is* the internet, that makes what Facebook does or doesn't allow enormously important. Scary frankly. On 9 Sep 2016 22:54, "Kevin M." <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: On Friday, September 9, 2016, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I understand that is what you are claiming; what I am having trouble > believing is that it is actually true that the kinds of stories they are > posting will actually get them more page clicks. > > > Gawker was seen by millions. Time posts Kardashian/Jenner stories multiple times a day. TMZ doesn't exist to share happy, friendly gossip. There is a market for media that appeals to the worst aspects of human nature. In skilled hands, that can be a profitable market. > > On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 1:45 PM, Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> I'm making the claim that Facebook doesn't differentiate between sleaze >> and non-sleaze (or news and non-news). All that matters to them is getting >> page clicks. >> > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
