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An important article on comedy website Splitsider.com, analyses how Facebook is destroying comedy sites.\u00a0 The article charges Facebook with running a “payola scam” and that they have re-invented the web by designing a “centrally designed internet” that serves to make profit for FB but there is actually no money for developers of content and the creative folks who are actually making funny content.\u00a0 Below is a clip from this article, the link to read the entire article on Splitsider follows the clip:<\/span><\/p>\n Hours after CEO Mike Farah delivered the news via an internal memo, Matt Klinman\u00a0took to Twitter, writing, \u201cMark Zuckerberg just walked into Funny or Die and laid off all my friends.\u201d It was a strong sentiment for the longtime comedy creator, who started out at UCB and\u00a0The Onion\u00a0before\u00a0launching Pitch, the Funny or Die-incubated joke-writing app, in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n But Klinman\u00a0explained in a thread:\u00a0\u201cThere is simply no money in making comedy online anymore. Facebook has completely destroyed independent digital comedy and we need to fucking talk about it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n We\u2019re not sure about you, but that certainly piqued our interest. We sat down with Klinman to fucking talk about it (and just a note\u2013these opinions are his, and he\u2019s speaking for himself and not on behalf of Funny or Die).<\/span><\/p>\n So: What happened at Funny or Die?<\/span><\/p>\n Click Here<\/a> to read the rest of this important story on Splitsider.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Funny or Die Hit With Layoffs An important article on comedy website Splitsider.com, analyses how Facebook is destroying comedy sites.\u00a0 The article charges Facebook with running a “payola scam” and that they have re-invented the web by designing a “centrally … Continue reading \n Last month, in its second round of layoffs in as many years, comedy hub Funny or Die reportedly\u00a0eliminated its entire editorial team\u00a0following a trend of comedy websites scaling back, shutting down, or restructuring their business model away from original online content.\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n