Facebook Struggles to Promote ‘Meaningful Interactions’ For Local Publishers, Data Shows

Posted Thursday, April 19, 2018 7:49 am

Pete Brown | CJR

Interactions on some local publishers’ Facebook posts are down by as much as 56 percent compared to the two years prior, despite an algorithm change that Mark Zuckerberg says was deliberately designed to promote news from local sources on the platform.

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Facebook Struggles to Promote ‘Meaningful Interactions’ For Local Publishers, Data Shows

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