That’s my daily battle. I’m looking for something in my country, and there are these “businesses” that only show on Facebook or Instagram, both of which are entirely blocked at the network and device level in my house. So I’ll never do business with them. If you don’t have an actual web site with relevant information, I just keep looking.
The silver lining of having friends that won’t leave those platforms for nothing in the world is being able to interact with those businesses through them.
Even for companies that have sites, they often get more people contacting them through social media instead of their site. Social media sites tend to have better SEO.
This one irks me. I grabbed an Auto-Trader paper today as I was reminiscing about how local trader-papers used to be a thing. I got my NES and Saxophone that way. I still have one of those.
-Then craigslist ended that and now that has been replaced by a website that requires membership to read the listings.
You could say the same about any social media site really.
The whole point of social media is to communicate with other people. Facebook is the largest one, so if you want to contact a business or person, they’re more likely to be on Facebook than any other site. Probably the main exception are younger people (and companies run by them), where they’re more active on TikTok and Instagram.
I guess understandable for initial discovery, but it’s on the lawyer if they didn’t hand out a contact card with email phone and whatnot to all clients
You have to meet clients where they are. These days, clients are far less likely to find you if you only have a site with no social media presence.
I guess… But if your web presence is only on Facebook and that’s the first result I see then … hard pass
That’s my daily battle. I’m looking for something in my country, and there are these “businesses” that only show on Facebook or Instagram, both of which are entirely blocked at the network and device level in my house. So I’ll never do business with them. If you don’t have an actual web site with relevant information, I just keep looking.
The silver lining of having friends that won’t leave those platforms for nothing in the world is being able to interact with those businesses through them.
Demanding a small business has their own website before you do business with them is peak Lemmy.
This site is way out of touch with what the typical person has the knowledge or time to do.
Same here
But he has a website… He’s just saying Facebook denied him additional exposure unfairly.
Even for companies that have sites, they often get more people contacting them through social media instead of their site. Social media sites tend to have better SEO.
That’s especially the case for younger people as they search Instagram and TikTok more than Google. (https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2024/03/11/genz-dumping-google-for-tiktok-instagram-as-social-search-wins/ ).
which is the dumbest shit in the world. why the fuck are people on facebook?
Have you tried explaining something to someone lately? A lot of people don’t care and don’t understand. About anything
Well marketplace basically killed Craig’s list, so that’s one reason.
This one irks me. I grabbed an Auto-Trader paper today as I was reminiscing about how local trader-papers used to be a thing. I got my NES and Saxophone that way. I still have one of those. -Then craigslist ended that and now that has been replaced by a website that requires membership to read the listings.
People are on Facebook because that’s where everyone already is. They won’t leave because then they lose contact with all those people.
‘People who spend too much time on Facebook’ overlaps with ‘People who need cheap lawyers.’
I’m on Facebook because many people I communicate or work with and pages and groups relevant to my interests are active there.
You could say the same about any social media site really.
The whole point of social media is to communicate with other people. Facebook is the largest one, so if you want to contact a business or person, they’re more likely to be on Facebook than any other site. Probably the main exception are younger people (and companies run by them), where they’re more active on TikTok and Instagram.
It’s *Meta*
I guess understandable for initial discovery, but it’s on the lawyer if they didn’t hand out a contact card with email phone and whatnot to all clients
Devils advocate, perhaps he did and clients still reached out on FB. When he got banned they assumed he ghosted and went with another lawyer.
I would believe that theory. People are dumb enough to make that entirely feasible.