News Publishers lost engagement in Canada after Facebook News Ban

Well, this is a great example of how tough it is for content creators to fight giant, centralized platforms, especially when they depend on them for their traffic. It’s almost like they need an alternative:

In the meantime, we’re developing a decentralized ecosystem with micropayments, that will actually help monetize digital content, including journalism:

Once upon a time, New York Times invested in Wordpress in order to power their website, and now 40% of all web sites use it. There needs to be an open system of protocols powering social networks and micropayments.

Even Jack Dorsey, who founded Twitter, understands that we need open social platforms that are not controlled by giant corporations: