• Vox, Friday, May 23, 2014 12:23 PM

Mike Hudack, director of product at Facebook, is not impressed with Vox.com -- Ezra Klein’s new home for news analysis. He thinks the site is relying too heavily on trivial stories, like denim care. In response, Matthew Yglesias of Vox.com blames Facebook, which, he argues, encourages people to share -- and publishers to produce -- silly stories. “For better or for worse, traffic on the Internet right now is all about Facebook sharing behavior,” he notes.“On Facebook, what is seen is driven by an algorithm that Facebook controls -- if they wanted to promote more hard news they could do it.”
 

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