How can I possibly muster any sympathy for the plight of a company who has been part of the problem? The paernt company name is GoViral Inc... tells me everything I need to know. Bye bye. Try doing something that isn't so blatantly parasitic next time.

Regardless of the "value" the company adds to the world...

Investing so much in a single platform and not having a contingency or moving to diversify, while also growing to 150+ employees, is a fundamental strategy failure of leadership. I am kind of awed that people that show such a complete lack of foresight are capable of "running" companies.

Paywall bypass of this story => https://outline.com/DPvG8W

I'm on facebook's side on this one.

The site experiencing traffic drop and doing layoffs, Diply, is a click-bait content farm[1].

> Not surprisingly, the traffic was built largely on the usual melange of stories that are meant to be viral, shareable and not so taxing on brain cells — listicles, clickbait, household tips and user-generated content that allows Diply to go light on editorial staffing

[1] Source [2015]: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/11/26/diply-invest...

Ironically this story's title is also clickbait-ish. The Algorithm changes are allegedly leading to traffic drop (and in turn layoffs) at Diply, a facebook advertizer / "sharer", not at Facebook itself.

The HN title is misleading, but the actual article title is much more clear: >Diply feels viral chill: Facebook’s algorithm change leads to plummeting traffic and layoffs

As if the paywall wasn't irritating enough, the website apparently does copy/paste hijacking as well.

1) Misleading title: The layoffs and plummeting traffic are at Diply, not Facebook.

2) The article is behind a paywall.