Facebook offering TikTok and YouTube creators $3,000 to post content
Meta wants creators to "rediscover" Facebook, but a social media expert says viewers will not follow.
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"You're always following audiences as a creator and so this doesn't fix it."
— Jordan Schwarzenberger , Influencer
"Facebook has not been a priority for the best part of a decade."
— Jordan Schwarzenberger , Influencer
"Most creators over a million [followers] are going to be making way more money from brand deals or from maybe direct revenue on YouTube or memberships."
— Jordan Schwarzenberger , Influencer
"That doesn't even cover production costs for some creators. So it makes no sense for me."
— Jordan Schwarzenberger , Influencer
"This will only attract smaller creators, which would have 'no real impact and won't really bring any audiences.'"
— Jordan Schwarzenberger , Influencer
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Meta wants creators to "rediscover" Facebook, but a social media expert says viewers will not follow.
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