Facebook just BANNED you from mentioning this website - and this is why

Facebook is blocking any URLs from the rival social network

FACEBOOK has stopped users mentioning the name of another social network in conversations and posts across its website and mobile apps.

 

Facebook has stopped its users posting links to social network Tsu.co.

For those who haven't heard of it, Tsu.co is an exclusive invite-only social network that shares its advertising venue with its users.

Unfortunately it is becoming a huge source of spam links on Facebook.

 

As a result, the hugely popular social network has taken the drastic action of banning all mentions of Tsu.co across Facebook, Facebook Messenger and Instagram.

Typing in Tsu.co anywhere on either of the three services results in an error message.

At the time of writing, Facebook-owned instant messenger WhatsApp appears to be unaffected by the URL ban.

 

Trying to send a link to Tsu.co results in an error message on Facebook, Messenger and Instagram

The problem with the social network appears to be its business model which rewards users with a portion of advertising revenue based on how much they share content and posts.

Tsu.co keeps ten per cent of ad revenue generated by its users' content, with the remaining 90 per cent being distributed between the users who invited friends to join, or share the content.

Facebook had claimed sites like Tsu.co only encourage "spammy behaviour" which violates its own rules for developers.

“We require all websites and apps that integrate with Facebook to follow our Platform Policy," a Facebook spokesperson told Mashable.

"We do not allow developers to incentivise content sharing on our platform because it encourages spammy sharing and creates a bad experience for people on Facebook.”

 

Rival social network Tsu.co splits its ad revenue between users