{"id":12374,"date":"2025-12-18T00:04:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T00:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/a-facebook-test-makes-link-sharing-a-paid-feature-for-creators\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T00:04:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T00:04:41","slug":"a-facebook-test-makes-link-sharing-a-paid-feature-for-creators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/a-facebook-test-makes-link-sharing-a-paid-feature-for-creators\/","title":{"rendered":"A Facebook test makes link-sharing a paid feature for creators"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Creators and publishers have long worried about Meta&rsquo;s ability to throttle links to outside content. Now, the company is testing out a new scheme that effectively puts link-sharing behind a paywall for creators on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Under the test, a Meta Verified subscription will determine how many links a creator can share another profile per month. According to a screenshot shared by social meda consultant Matt Navarra, creators in the test recently received a notification from Meta informing them that &ldquo;certain Facebook profiles without Meta Verified, including yours, will be limited to sharing links in 2 organic posts per month.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative col-body mb-4\" readability=\"26\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Meta is making link sharing pay to play with a new test.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1126\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"fig-image-round\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/y1DsqpmjeV493nbiJ5HhmA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTExMjY-\/https:\/\/d29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net\/images\/user-uploaded\/587306041_17932047504117490_7939502344875913795_n_(1).jpg\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-[4] size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"><\/dialog><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-[0.875rem]\/[1.25rem] figure-caption mt-1 line-clamp-2 pr-2.5\" readability=\"27\">\n<p>Meta is making link sharing pay to play with a new test.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">A spokesperson for Meta confirmed the test to Engadget. The test is currently affecting an unspecified number of creators and pages using &ldquo;professional mode&rdquo; on Facebook. Publishers aren&rsquo;t affected for now. &ldquo;This is a limited test to understand whether the ability to publish an increased volume of posts with links adds additional value for Meta Verified subscribers,&rdquo; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_3bipqtialuknpfmlbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body mb-4 hidden pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:block\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_5bipqtialuknpfmlbH1_\">\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">While Meta seems to be trying to downplay the significance of the test, it&rsquo;s a notable shift for the company. Many creators and businesses rely on Facebook and reducing their ability to send traffic to outside websites could be a significant hit. Many creators are already frustrated that the company puts its better customer service features behind the Meta Verified subscription, which starts at $14.99\/month. Making link-sharing a premium feature as well would be even more unpopular.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\"><strong><em>Have a tip for Karissa? You can reach her by <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>email<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>, on <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>X<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>, <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Bluesky<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>, <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Threads<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>, or send a message to @karissabe.51 to chat confidentially on Signal.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>A Facebook test makes link-sharing a paid feature for creators<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creators and publishers have long worried about Meta&rsquo;s ability to throttle links to outside content. Now, the company is testing out a new scheme that effectively puts link-sharing behind a paywall for creators on Facebook. Under the test, a Meta Verified subscription will determine how many links a creator can share another profile per month&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/a-facebook-test-makes-link-sharing-a-paid-feature-for-creators\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;A Facebook test makes link-sharing a paid feature for creators&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}