Actually, all of the likes, shares and comments were accounted for (the parts added up to the sum) for each of the articles I examined. But there were a few sites for which my button simply didn't work. I'm not sure how…
I agree that number is still a good number to track, but it just isn't what it appears to be. Sure, Facebook spells it out in their docs, but most people won't ever see that documentation. The fact that the number…
The difficulty with that is that some comments actually contest the information in the article. For example, if someone commented on my blog post and said "This is bogus, the like number is accurate" ... I would hardly…
You're right. I intentionally steered away from calling the number a "lie" because FB clearly states what the number includes.
Actually, all of the likes, shares and comments were accounted for (the parts added up to the sum) for each of the articles I examined. But there were a few sites for which my button simply didn't work. I'm not sure how…
I agree that number is still a good number to track, but it just isn't what it appears to be. Sure, Facebook spells it out in their docs, but most people won't ever see that documentation. The fact that the number…
The difficulty with that is that some comments actually contest the information in the article. For example, if someone commented on my blog post and said "This is bogus, the like number is accurate" ... I would hardly…
You're right. I intentionally steered away from calling the number a "lie" because FB clearly states what the number includes.