The original article is interesting, but even more interesting are the articles it links to from The Outline. They do a fair bit to actually undercut the point made by the FreedomOutpost.
For example, FB data confirmed by both the left- and right-wing publications surveyed, indicates that:
"Both liberal and conservative publishers [including GatewatPundit, Breitbart, ThinkBlue, and Buzzfeed] of clickbait and highly polarizing content also experienced a significant drop in engagement following Facebook’s News Feed de-prioritization announcement."
Both liberal and conservative publishers of clickbait and highly polarizing content also experienced a significant drop in engagement following Facebook’s News Feed de-prioritization announcement.
The publishers who are "suffering" from FB's change are those that rely on passive reading -- the ones that are doing better are the ones that rely on readers actively sharing and liking their articles.
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The original article also promotes this article:
https://theoutline.com/post/2936/facebook-news-feed-changes-are-actually-good-for-news?zd=3&zi=fyl3lufy