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Facebook is a great tool for many uses. The most empowering thing I can personally think of, it lets small organizations/businesses reach a lot of people witho

Facebook is a great tool for many uses. The most empowering thing I can personally think of, it lets small organizations/businesses reach a lot of people without spenind any money. Anyone who can't afford a website can still put content out there and reach their audience. It's great for advertisers. While with AdWords from my experience clicks rarely convert, Facebook works generally well. Like Whatsapp, Messenger is an awesome free chat that most people will have already installed and that makes communicating with new people extremely easy. People who complain about Facebook seem to be those who use it improperly, such as not being able to ignore notifications for more than 30 seconds, or sharing private things irresponsibly.

horsecaptin 10y ago
Couldn't agree more. I think the advice here should be: if you have an addictive personality, then you should reevaluate your habits on a regular basis.
dublinben 10y ago
As an organization, you can't actually reach "your followers" on Facebook for free, because they aren't your followers. Facebook will lower and lower the reach of your posts until none of your audience actually sees them. They'll gladly show your posts to more of your audience for a fee though, which is where much of their advertising revenue comes from. Any small organization/business would be better off with an email list, so they can actually contact their audience.
- nkkollaw 10y ago
  A small store or organization can tell their clients: "pictures of the products are on our Facebook page, check them out". I've been trying to adopt a dog, and all shelters have a Facebook page where you can see the dogs. They wouln't have the money for building and keeping a website updated.
tdkl 10y ago
We already had websites+rss, which actually does the same result, but isn't inside a Facebooks wet dream of being "The Internet".

horsecaptin 10y ago

Couldn't agree more. I think the advice here should be: if you have an addictive personality, then you should reevaluate your habits on a regular basis.

dublinben 10y ago

As an organization, you can't actually reach "your followers" on Facebook for free, because they aren't your followers. Facebook will lower and lower the reach of your posts until none of your audience actually sees them. They'll gladly show your posts to more of your audience for a fee though, which is where much of their advertising revenue comes from. Any small organization/business would be better off with an email list, so they can actually contact their audience.

nkkollaw 10y ago
A small store or organization can tell their clients: "pictures of the products are on our Facebook page, check them out". I've been trying to adopt a dog, and all shelters have a Facebook page where you can see the dogs. They wouln't have the money for building and keeping a website updated.

tdkl 10y ago

We already had websites+rss, which actually does the same result, but isn't inside a Facebooks wet dream of being "The Internet".