Facebook is quietly destroying publishing across the globe. Publishers’ relationship with Facebook have hit an all-time low and it’s time somebody did something about it.
First and foremost, everybody needs to understand that Facebook isn’t trying to be the biggest website on the internet, they are trying to be the internet. Mark Zuckerberg is seeking to create an oligopoly. Imagine Facebook as your new Walmart greeter. Facebook intends to control everything you read and buy inside. And they’re in the process of pulling off the greatest publishing heist the internet has ever seen. How is this encroachment even possible? It all started with the introduction of the NewsFeed: