Some smaller publishers say they are scaling back or giving up promoting content on Facebook because new rules for promoted posts are unwieldy and capricious
When Facebook announced in April that it would create a public database of political advertising, it seemed like a meaningful step … Tweets: @mathewi , @kylepope , @cjr , @dowdedward , and @peterjhasson See also Mediagazer Tweets: Mathew Ingram / @mathewi : I spoke with editors in small newsrooms around the country who say they are frustrated with Facebook's repeated flagging of non-political stories as political advertising, and several say they have stopped spending money on Facebook as a result http://www.cjr.org/... Kyle Pope / @kylepope : This is important—an unexpected boomerang effect of Facebook's efforts to reign in political advertising. http://twitter.com/... @cjr : “Thanks to them, we have to boost our stories or people just won't see them” http://www.cjr.org/... @dowdedward : $FB Ok this is huge...their censorship algos have jumped the shark and now they are losing revenue. http://twitter.com/... Peter J. Hasson / @peterjhasson : The law of unintended consequences remains undefeated http://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer