> They might not even know the difference between a Facebook page and an actual web page Yes, this is a problem. I have never met such people though, but I bel

> They might not even know the difference between a Facebook page and an actual web page Yes, this is a problem. I have never met such people though, but I believe they exist. > You just can't beat free and easy with the open web. You can make free, easy and open without Facebook. It's far from impossible to make a nice app which would let you choose a template, some customizations (way more flexible and probably even easier than Facebook at the same time) and put a website on any dirt-cheap shared PHP hosting which supports FTP, SFTP or Git. I could make it myself if I had some time to spare, people would just have to sign-up at GitHub, click and get a page there, and even a QR code to put on their door/cards :-). But even if I made it I doubt many people are going to use it - Facebook is too popular already and it also provides them with an easy way to advertise. Any (or almost any, perhaps really poor governments exist, I dunno) government can also easily afford to contract a shared hosting provider to give every citizen and every small business a simple web site. This would be a win for the government as they would hugely improve their nation digital independence this way.