Social media sites offer a simple way to share links with their circle which drives back more traffic than just one user consuming the content through RSS.
Driving more traffic means more money. It’s a self-made problem by the content creators.
thats a very good point, the ease of "propagating" the news of an RSS update surely plays a role in decisions publishers make
but its more a client-side issue, the degree to which the social graph of a person (e.g their list of email or phone contacts) is easily accessible / allows forwarding with comments etc. maybe the problem is that client app functionality has remained stagnant over decades?
also consider that a lot of that easy social media virality is actually part of the problem
streamofdigits|4 years ago
but its more a client-side issue, the degree to which the social graph of a person (e.g their list of email or phone contacts) is easily accessible / allows forwarding with comments etc. maybe the problem is that client app functionality has remained stagnant over decades?
also consider that a lot of that easy social media virality is actually part of the problem