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Emily Tan
Oct 30, 2012

Facebook responds to accusations of reducing reach to monetise "promoted posts"

HONG KONG - Facebook has never kept its tweaking of news feed posts a secret, but since the introduction of its promoted posts option, articles accusing the platform of reducing the reach of unpaid posts in order to enhance Facebook's revenues have gone viral.

Dangerous Minds' viral article accused Facebook of reducing reach for money

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