Facebook “Hides” political posts in Italy from today. Towards the social network of “Kittens”
From various contacts who manage groups, pages and profiles of a political nature, we learn that from today the number of contacts and visits obtained through Facebook has plummeted.
All this is due to changes in Facebook's algorithms, announced in general by Zuckerberg last January 27 , in a general sense, but specifically in a statement of last February 10 . Practically Facebook hides the contents of a political nature by removing them from the newsfeed that is provided to subscribers. The posts are not deleted, but are "Hidden" to the individual user who therefore does not see them if he does not go looking for them specifically.
So all those who relied on Facebook for their communication are now in great difficulty. It is not clear how these algorithms work, but surely someone now decides what you can and cannot see, from a political point of view.
Facebook would like to become a "Good" social network, that is, dedicated to personal feelings, family photos, "Kittens". A similar operation, but softer, compared to the one carried out in its time by Twitter when it deleted many of the most divisive profiles. But politics, and we could also say life, is made up of divisions, comparisons and discussions. The important thing is that everything remains under a general framework of good taste, common sense and civility. You can't think of putting your head in the sand or, even worse, ignoring people's real problems.
Instead Facebook made this choice. It will become a kind of “Instagram” reserved for intimate, personal matters, or for VIPs or hobbies. Eventually it will close in on itself more and more. According to a friend, quite an expert who ran large groups on FB, the social network will not last more than another five years, then it will fail. A bet of which we will soon see the result.
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The Facebook article “Hides” political posts in Italy from today. Towards the social of the "Kittens" comes from ScenariEconomici.it .
This is a machine translation of a post published on Scenari Economici at the URL https://scenarieconomici.it/facebook-nsconde-da-oggi-i-gruppi-politici-in-italia-verso-il-social-dei-gattini/ on Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:14:38 +0000.