The income opportunity through instant article service from Facebook is closing
The income opportunity through instant article service from Facebook is closing
Popular social media Facebook is shutting down Instant Articles service. Facebook authorities launched Instant Articles service in 2015 keeping users in mind. This creates an income opportunity for Facebook. Usually, clicking on a news link in the feed of the Facebook app loads that website. Which is time consuming. But if there is an instant article, the news inside the app is very easy and quick to read. Which is essential for many readers.
According to a report by Ingazette, Facebook's Instant Articles service will be closed in April 2023. Facebook used to share advertising revenue with publishers through its Instant Articles service. This created revenue opportunities for publishers.
Erin Miller, spokeswoman for Facebook's parent company Meta, said the service will be shut down in the next six months or in April next year. Users are less interested in news links in the news feed. Besides, only 3 percent of total users access these links. Experts say digital media that rely on Facebook could suffer financially if the service shuts down. Which can directly affect social media.
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For the past few days, it is seen that the number of Facebook followers is decreasing dramatically. The number of followers of personal accounts, media outlets and various organizations' Facebook pages is suddenly decreasing. In addition to individual accounts, popular media outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, The Hill, USA Today and Newsweek saw a drop in followers, data analytics platform CrowdTangle reported. Facebook founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's follower count has dropped, even among ordinary users.
It has been seen that his followers are only 9 thousand 994 people. Zuckerberg's wife Priscilla Chang has only 9,895 followers. The phenomenon of decrease in followers can also be seen among Bangladeshi users outside different countries of the world. If you keep an eye on the social media, it can be seen that many users have posted about the decrease in followers.
In addition, it has been seen that the number of Facebook followers of various media including many star Facebook users of Bangladesh has decreased. It can be seen that users whose number of followers is more than 14 thousand, their number of followers decreases to 9 thousand. Social media including Facebook and Twitter are flooded with comments about this.Although the experts informed the matter as a technical problem of Facebook, no one related to Facebook could say about the cause of this problem. However, on the afternoon of October 12, Facebook solved this problem.
