They tried to get away with not having it, hoping people would be happy consuming curated (paid) content and making them advertising bucks. I bet they had it ready to go from the get-go and were hoping they wouldn’t have to turn it on.
Do you have any evidence that the placement in algorithmic timeline was monetized? They have said that they expect to eventually roll out advertising, but for now at least, there aren’t any (explicitly inserted) ads.
I’ve noticed that the Following tab for me is kinda empty since a lot of people I’m following aren’t posting much yet. I think the algorithmic view was mostly there to prevent the app from feeling like a ghost town as it was getting started.
They tried to get away with not having it, hoping people would be happy consuming curated (paid) content and making them advertising bucks. I bet they had it ready to go from the get-go and were hoping they wouldn’t have to turn it on.
Do you have any evidence that the placement in algorithmic timeline was monetized? They have said that they expect to eventually roll out advertising, but for now at least, there aren’t any (explicitly inserted) ads.
I’ve noticed that the Following tab for me is kinda empty since a lot of people I’m following aren’t posting much yet. I think the algorithmic view was mostly there to prevent the app from feeling like a ghost town as it was getting started.