In July of last year, I drafted an article announcing the end of The Daily Banter. In January of 2018, we saw a severe decline in referral traffic from Facebook. Having dealt with Facebook algorithm changes for many years, we didn’t think too much of it and continued as if it ...read more

The number of digital media outlets completely destroyed in the wake of Facebook's newsfeed purge earlier this year is unknown. We've experienced the devastating effects of their war on journalism at the Banter, and have been brought to our knees after they took roughly 70% of ...read more

In the wake of Facebook's news feed purge and the loss of a huge amount of our traffic here the Banter, we decided to leave SAY Media's Tempest platform for a custom Wordpress site. The idea was to combine our main site, The Daily Banter, with Banter M, our digital magazine for ...read more