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Its already frustrating enough having to use Facebook just to look up a restaurant's information, the set times for a concert, or whatever about a local busines
by monkeybutton 5y ago
Its already frustrating enough having to use Facebook just to look up a restaurant's information, the set times for a concert, or whatever about a local business or event. If all that stuff starts to disappear behind a meta-verse wall, I might just leap off the nearest bridge instead.
- Nbox9 5y agoIf you call a local business you can usually get that sort of information without logging into facebook.
- alisonatwork 5y agoSome local businesses only provide their "number" as a WhatsApp contact, so you're kinda stuck on a Facebook-owned platform anyway.
- irrational 5y agoCan you give an example? I just go to google maps or Apple Maps and type in any business and have all the information I have ever needed.
- alisonatwork 5y agoYou might be in the US. In many other countries WhatsApp is a first class communication mechanism, comparable to WeChat in China.
- xbmcuser 5y agoThis is the reason I went anti facebook years back not because of privacy implications but I felt with facebook the web will become less open. As most business will make a facebook page instead of a website accessible to everyone
- xwdv 5y agoA meta-verse bridge or an actual bridge?
- monkeybutton 5y agohttps://old.reddit.com/r/KidsAreFuckingStupid/comments/sa7j9d/kid_thinks_hes_on_a_skyscraper_with_a_parachute/ https://old.reddit.com/r/KidsAreFuckingStupid/comments/sa7j9...
- shaunpud 5y agoIt really gets me down when local/state emergency services etc. use it as their primary means of news/updates.
- Victerius 5y agoThe federal government should launch its own platform for the US government and state and local governments to push all their updates. Something like Star Wars' Holonet.
- ikt 5y agoSame! What a sad state the internet is in when a megaevil corp is used by local services to provide updates. I thought that was what Twitter was for? I know several pacific islands were going to ban Facebook but apparently it's heavily in use by businesses. Regina Lepping, a young entrepreneur from capital city Honiara, said the announcement had sent many small business owners scrambling to find alternatives to Facebook. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-15/solomon-islands-backtracks-on-plan-to-ban-facebook/13060246 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-15/solomon-islands-backt...
- openknot 5y agoI've interacted with local businesses that use a Facebook page as a replacement for maintaining a website that they own. The rationale I've read is that their time is best spent providing their quality service versus learning website development (even with a block-based website builder), and hiring a web developer is too pricey, when they can create a Facebook page that is easy to set up. Most importantly, it's easy for them to update and maintain a Facebook page, versus an independent website.
- woodruffw 5y agoThis has always irked me. Perhaps it's heavy handed, but I would love a law that (1) requires governments at all levels to use open-access websites (and radio, a local newspaper of record, &c.), and (2) requires services like Facebook to syndicate any news and updates.
- vechagup 5y agoI basically still log in for interest group posts (e.g., photos from my son's preschool) and to RSVP for party invites. I'd love to see alternatives take over for these.
- cube00 5y agoTheir mobile site forces you to login to even view things anymore.
- hi5eyes 5y agombasic.facebook.com works fine
- JetAlone 5y agoYou're right, it's dismal. I appeal you make it the furthest away bridge, give yourself plenty of time to reconsider, and maybe find a nice restaurant, concert, business or event along the way.
- vmception 5y ago(Bridges) (Open Now) << We found this slower route instead >>
- rudyfink 5y agoYes, it feels like a return to the walled-garden days of America Online, Prodigy, CompuServe, etc. Essentially, they seem to be want to create a separate network that they control--one that is not "internet-ed" to other networks in an open fashion.
- fouc 5y agoThat's an interesting comparison, I never before thought of AOL, Prodigy, and CompuServe as belonging to the walled-garden.
- samplatt 5y agoIt's also a very American-centric view. The rest of the world is going back to forums and single-platform chatrooms and avoiding reddit/twitter/facebook, but never had an AOL/ProdigyCompuServe phase to go through. If we could just get discord to <insert short feature wishlist> then I reckon the golden IRC days would be back with a vengence.
- imwillofficial 5y agoThe early internet was largely America centric.
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- dathinab 5y agoIRC won't come back for the masses, it's UX doesn't allow it.
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- fishtacos 5y agoThanks for putting into words what I've been noticing and feeling. There's something dreadful that ephemerally appears whenever a service or someone links to an FB page.
- Waterluvian 5y agoWhy have I never ever run into this problem in the ten years of not having Facebook? Admittedly I use Google for the answers. But I’ve never once needed FB. Is this a regional thing? Some areas exclusively use FB for a storefront?
- irrational 5y agoThis is my question too. I’ve never used Facebook, yet I’ve never had any trouble finding the information I am looking for. Is it just very very specific places?
- tonyedgecombe 5y agoA lot of small businesses in the UK seem to use Facebook rather than putting up a web page. I can see why they do it, it doesn't cost anything and they don't need to worry about renewing domains or hosting issues. It's not a great experience for their customers though, especially if you don't have a Facebook account.
- notreallyserio 5y agoIt's possible you're not in the same market as us. Lots of small businesses have no interest in running and updating a website, especially when there's a free alternative that most of their customers have access to.
- rr808 5y agoMy local ferry https://www.libertylandingcityferry.com/ https://www.libertylandingcityferry.com/ only has its service updates on FB https://www.facebook.com/LibertyLandingFerry https://www.facebook.com/LibertyLandingFerry
- wreath 5y agoI didn't have facebook for the last few years and I was wondering if I'd have to come back to it to be able to access local news/info. Never happened and never needed to. It's true though that in some countries that's the primary communication channel for businesses and even governments unfortunately.
- UltraViolence 5y agoGiven the efficacy of Facebook's targeted advertising this may be inevitable. Some random website containing a restaurant's information simply isn't worth maintaining if all your customers use Facebook anyway.
- dont__panic 5y agoAll of your customers will continue to be Facebook users if you post things on a Facebook page that only Facebook users can view. And Facebook users are an apparently diminishing portion of the population, as per the article this thread is discussing... Not a good plan for any business, I would think. Would be nice to see more businesses on Mastodon or (gasp!) just run their own websites again. Can you imagine how difficult it must be for a business to buy a domain, hosting, and slap together a static site in this day and age?
- gordon_freeman 5y agowhy don't you just use Google search for checking such info as restaurant hours, direction etc? Much easier than checking on FB I suppose.
- yarpen_z 5y agoMany restaurants don't have a website anymore. Yes, you can google for directions and opening times, but you can find menu or daily lunch on their Facebook only.
- dylan604 5y agodoes a google search find data that might be visible in google maps?
- brewdad 5y agoI'm not sure if Google put a stop to it, but in my area there was an issue about 6-8 months ago with the business hours listed on Google being changed by competitors. Usually they would alter opening or closing hours by an hour or two, so it wasn't obvious.
- flatline 5y agoI only use it to find local events. If it weren’t for fb and insta you’d think nothing was happening at all. The old local publications were all mothballed by the pandemic.
- irrational 5y agoI have never used Facebook and I’ve never had trouble finding that kind of information on non-Facebook sites. Are you just used to looking on Facebook first?
- Pasorrijer 5y agoThere are many businesses (Restaurants, doggy daycare) that no longer have websites but have transitioned solely to a Facebook page for cost and technical ease of maintenance reasons.
- rdtwo 5y agoYeah it’s terrible and I’m sure it’s costs then a lot of business
- iab 5y ago*oculus off the nearest bridge
- lostphilosopher 5y agoI wonder what percentage of Facebook's users are only there because of 3 or fewer friends, bands, groups/clubs/interests, or businesses that still use Facebook as their primary means of communication.
- 0x0001 5y agoIn there just for collectible items, in my country most of the second hand sellers use facebook.