Nobody clicks your share buttons – Derek Hanson

When I find something worth sharing, I tap the share icon in Chrome on my phone. That's it. On my desktop I click the little link icon in Arc's browser bar, or I just double-click the address bar and hit command-C command-V. I've never once looked at a row of branded social icons at the bottom of a blog post and thought, "Oh good, there's the Facebook button."

I think most people are the same way. And I think the data backs that up.

And here's the thing that should settle this for good: in November 2025, Meta announced it was permanently discontinuing its external Like, Share, and Comment buttons for third-party websites.