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I stopped using facebook and Twitter about 10 years ago. I can't say I noticed any difference back then. The thing I am noticing now is that a larger part of c

by bjoli 4y ago

I stopped using facebook and Twitter about 10 years ago. I can't say I noticed any difference back then. The thing I am noticing now is that a larger part of civil society has moved to Facebook. I can't even find the opening hours or phone numbers of many restaurants, which means I just have to guess or not go at all. One company I quickly left had support through Facebook. I hate it. And I think people are crazy to hand such a large chunk of society over to social media companies.

badcppdev 4y ago
Just as an experiment I tried to access the facebook pages for the local restaurants. I could easily see the opening hours and phone number even though I wasn't logged in. I'm in the UK. Is it a different experience where you are? Or are you refusing to access the facebook website at all?
- askvictor 4y ago
  Did you clear cookies or try from an incognito browser? Facebook tries pretty damn hard to stick around even if you're logged off
- bjoli 4y ago
  This changed in the last year in Sweden. Suddenly I was asked to log in. I believe that it was rolled out in the US in 2019, so it seems based on geography
dazc 4y ago
The default public interface for many small businesses these days seems to be facebook for the simple reason that it is free to have your page on there. They don't get much else though unless they are willing to be interacting with the local community 24/7 or paying £30 for their random posts to be shown to another 12 people, etc. I had the idea of having a local site for small towns where every business could have its own free page and post stuff that everyone could see for free. But, having dealt with a few local businesses and realizing they just don't want to make any effort at all, like I should do everything from providing imagery and content at no cost, I quickly released it was a non-starter. Facebook is actually the perfect solution for these kind of businesses after all.
- bjoli 4y ago
  Well, people using it for spreading information means people being excluded from receiving that info.
sdiacom 4y ago
For opening hours and phone numbers, Google Maps seems to cover that fine in my area. It's not great, as it's still a private company, but Maps is ran more like a public utility, at least compared to Facebook.

by bjoli 4y ago

badcppdev 4y ago

Just as an experiment I tried to access the facebook pages for the local restaurants. I could easily see the opening hours and phone number even though I wasn't logged in. I'm in the UK. Is it a different experience where you are? Or are you refusing to access the facebook website at all?

askvictor 4y ago
Did you clear cookies or try from an incognito browser? Facebook tries pretty damn hard to stick around even if you're logged off
bjoli 4y ago
This changed in the last year in Sweden. Suddenly I was asked to log in. I believe that it was rolled out in the US in 2019, so it seems based on geography

dazc 4y ago

The default public interface for many small businesses these days seems to be facebook for the simple reason that it is free to have your page on there. They don't get much else though unless they are willing to be interacting with the local community 24/7 or paying £30 for their random posts to be shown to another 12 people, etc. I had the idea of having a local site for small towns where every business could have its own free page and post stuff that everyone could see for free. But, having dealt with a few local businesses and realizing they just don't want to make any effort at all, like I should do everything from providing imagery and content at no cost, I quickly released it was a non-starter. Facebook is actually the perfect solution for these kind of businesses after all.

bjoli 4y ago
Well, people using it for spreading information means people being excluded from receiving that info.

sdiacom 4y ago

For opening hours and phone numbers, Google Maps seems to cover that fine in my area. It's not great, as it's still a private company, but Maps is ran more like a public utility, at least compared to Facebook.