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Do links hurt news publishers on Twitter? Our analysis suggests yes

Nieman Lab 08 April 2026 2h ago
Do links hurt news publishers on Twitter? Our analysis suggests yes
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Relevance
3/25
Freshness
25/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
11/15
Depth
5/15
Relevance Freshness Authority Brand Depth
Elon Musk has said as much: Links in tweets are bad for engagement. Over the last few days, sparked by a post from Nate Silver, people have started arguing again about the relationships between links and engagement. But our new analysis of thousands of tweets from 18 publishers makes it pretty clear: Links do seem...
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