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Facebook's comment counting will put news stories out for the count

on Aug 26, 2014 | 0 comments

By Craig McGill

So Facebook has announced another revamp to fight linkbait tactics on the site and this one may have impact on genuine media in terms of hits and financially, while making Facebook more cash.

Let’s go through the article for those who didn’t click on the link:

One way is to look at how long people spend reading an article away from Facebook. If people click on an article and spend time reading it, it suggests they clicked through to something valuable. If they click through to a link and then come straight back to Facebook, it suggests that they didn’t Read full story ›

Source: The Drum