And now Facebook has grown more flexible with how Instant Article publishers can push users to become loyal readers.
It began to let Instant Article publishers show more ads, for example; it restored subscription options; it rolled out Page Like and email sign-up buttons; and it will begin tests of a paid subscription paywall feature in the fall.
Today Facebook is launching an analytics comparison tool for Instant Articles publishers.
Reckhow explains that Facebook built a "bridge" that parses the HTML and RSS of articles publishers post, and converts them into Instant Articles.
According to a report from Facebook this morning, the company uncovered an issue that affected a "small group" of Instant Articles publishers, causing those numbers to be underreported.
Another feature will let Instant Articles publishers include a box where users can sign up for a free trial of their paid subscription.
Previously, after building up a team to create the visual articles, publishers didn't have anywhere to go, so they were largely stuck with Snapchat's revenue split terms unless they were willing to fire or reassign the staff.
Similarly, on the web page of the original article the publisher provides links to the corresponding substance records in PubChem.
The sad puppy photo, along with a promise that profits from the hoax will ostensibly be donated to charity, suggest feelings of genuine regret from the article's publisher (or possibly the author himself).
This has now been corrected in the published article and the publisher apologises for any inconvenience caused.
