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by mattberg 4504 days ago
"WHAT MAJOR WEBSITES DON’T USE SHARING BUTTONS?

The one that immediately comes to mind is Information Architects."

Welp.

2 comments

Haha yeah… since when is this a major website? Not even in the top 100K… (alexa)

Sharing buttons make it easy for non tech users to interact with your content on desktop. The alternative for them is to open a new tab with the social network they use, and paste your link. You lose the people who are too lazy to do this (a large chunk of your audience, don't fool yourself into thinking your content is so amazing that people can't wait to share it).

English Wikipedia: Never has, probably never will. Top 5 website.