Is this not a good idea? It makes average users more selective about what content they are sharing, and reduces scam/bot content that can currently spam post links for free.

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SwellJoe 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Facebook knows what you want to see, because you can follow pages and individuals. They choose to show those scam/bot posts to you anyway. This isn't to fight bots.

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NicuCalcea 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Facebook actively courted publishers so they'd post links to their content on their pages. Now they want to charge them for the privilege.

	▲	jimbokun 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		First hit’s free.

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afavour 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Very few spam/scam posts I see rely on external links. FB is an all in one scammers paradise. This just seems like a transparent attempt to keep people on platform.

	▲	rambambram 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		What do they rely on then?

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magicalist 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is for Facebook Pages, not for users. Average facebook daily user can keep posting 35 links a day to their favorite slop site.

	▲	bluGill 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Those 35 links to "you wouldn't believe which politician wants to kill our kids now" type posts are why I quit facebook. There is value in know what my friends are doing, but the negative value of that hate isn't worth it.
	▲	Ajedi32 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I wish there were a way to filter links and reshares out of my feed completely.

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cma 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If it is for that reason and not a money squeezing/enshittification thing, it seems like a big admission their feed algorithm doesn't work.