So far my micro.blog posts to Facebook are not being counted as Spam but this case seems to be effecting a few people… hmmm I wonder if third party posting in FB is being penalised in anyway.
Adam Tinworth There's long been a suspicion that Facebook gives API posts a lower rank in the algorithm, but experiments to prove it have been inconclusive.
Amit Gawande problem with Facebook is one can trust nothing they say on what it does or doesn’t do. Won’t be surprised if the algorithm penalizes posts from API — they would want people to be present on the platform.
Daniel Goldsmith @amit that sounds like yet another reason to not be on that platform. If they are restricting your ‘reach’ based on your consumption of their adverts, that’s even worse than most imagined.
Amit Gawande @dgold Yes, I realised long back that that platform’s priority of keeping me all-time involved and my intention of dipping in as when required just didn’t gel well. So deleted the account right then. Life’s been simpler - with one less distraction.
Amit Gawande Yep true. But at least hasn’t (yet) killed the third party clients where I can stay away from an algorithm. Chronological is fine, as there is no bias or business decisions at play. Day that’s out from the platform, am out too.
Pratik @amit 👏🏽 I deleted mine couple of months ago (been on it since 2005) and haven’t missed it at all.
Amit Gawande @pratik exactly. We tend to overestimate how much we depend on an app.
