We here at the Stuck Mic AvCast believe in a world where our message is freely distributed to our listeners around the world without impedance or fees. As of recently, Facebook is no longer that medium for us.
What Happened?
You’re probably aware that Facebook is now a NASDAQ publicly traded company. In an interest to their shareholders and to earn income they’ve implemented some changes to their software. One major change is the way Facebook’s algorithm determines the exposure of each posting made on their website.
For our Page with 194 “Likes” only a tiny percentage of those 194 dedicated fans actually get to see our postings because of this Facebook algorithm. And I mean a tiny amount. Whereas before all this money making, stock exchange nonsense all our fans would see every single post. But that’s simply not the way of the world anymore.
What A Racket
Now you may be thinking, “Why would Facebook limit the exposure of your posts?” and here’s why: MONEY.
The idea is that a Facebook Page owner can pay an advertising fee to “Promote” a post which allegedly generates more exposure over the limited percentage currently allowed by their system algorithm. And while we don’t take issue with a company trying to earn a profit (go for it) we refuse to let that affect what we share with you.
We’ve ran the tests, paid some promotion and advertising fees just for the heck of it, and have seen NO valuable increase to our podcast family.
So Here’s The Deal
The Stuck Mic AvCast is leaving Facebook. As of Thursday May 23rd, 2013 we will no longer be a brand that supports Facebook and will be shutting down our Page permanently.
The BEST way to keep in touch of all that’s happening at the podcast is through Twitter. You DO NOT have to sign up for an account to Follow Us but it’s highly recommended, and hey, it’s a great hangar flying community you won’t want to miss out on.
The address is: Twitter.com/StuckMicAvCast. You can visit the site from any internet device to see what we’re up to if you choose not to Follow Us. Or you could subscribe to our Tweets by using this link in your favorite RSS reader: https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?screen_name=stuckmicavcast.
The Big Break Up
Well there you have, we’ve said our peace, and now it’s time to part ways.
So goodbye Facebook – it’s been real and it’s been fun, but it ain’t been real fun.
PS – NO, you can’t have your favorite sweatshirt back either…