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$100,000 in One Week, a Viral Nova Follow-Up

Viper Chill

Pageviews wise, it was the most popular I’ve published this year but more surprising was how many emails and comments the topic received. This is essentially because Facebook have limited how much content from brands will show up in a users news feed. Visitor numbers are far, far more important to these websites than accuracy.

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Paywall for News.com and Online Community Social Media

Laurel Papworth

e.g. my partner Gary Hayes being published in Wired and The Guardian. Not that I have any say in it – Fair use laws and my Creative Commons licence ensure that my content is free to roam the ‘net as long as it is not sold. Enter iTunes. Their product is eyeballs. They produce eyeballs for advertisers.