Facebook Disabled My Account After I Criticized Them

Re:Facebook Disabled My Account After I Criticized Them by chrissnell on Saturday January 23, 2021 @12:19PM (#25884148)

That's a short-sighted statement. On a personal level, I completely agree with you. Facebook is a giant waste of time for the typical user and a big +1 for your life if you ditch it. For many business, however, it's critical. My local Snap-on Tools dealer uses it to announce where his truck will be each day and what tools and equipment he's running on special. He hates Facebook but told me the other day that he conducted almost a million dollars in business using the platform in 2020. Sure, he could kill it or switch to MeWe, but that would significantly hurt his exposure to his customers, who use it regularly.

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Re:Facebook Disabled My Account After I Criticized Them by 29083011397778 on Saturday January 23, 2021 @06:36PM (#25887181)

Have you considered asking him to cross-post to a Telegram group or similar? While it's imperfect:

* It can still be bridged to Matrix, ensuring you don't have to use Telegram if you don't want to

* There are open-source Telegram clients (at least for Android)

* It doesn't sound like too much more effort: One extra message weekly (for sales), and one extra message daily (truck location)

* Using one doesn't preclude you from using the other - you don't reduce his exposure or sales, and help him reach customers who hate FB as much as your Snap-On dealer.

* It reduces everyone's dependence on Facebook

All that said, my Snap-On dealer just has his cell number available, and follows a predictable route - we know he stops by every other Monday, and we can text him if we need something swapped out. It works for us, but I won't pretend to know your guys business better than him.

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Re:Facebook Disabled My Account After I Criticized Them by fastball on Saturday January 23, 2021 @12:42PM (#25884384)

A lot of businesses in the developing world just use messaging apps for effectively the same purpose. You don't need FB.

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Re:Facebook Disabled My Account After I Criticized Them by benhurmarcel on Saturday January 23, 2021 @01:49PM (#25885011)

And the messaging app they often use belongs to FB.

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Re:Facebook Disabled My Account After I Criticized Them by corobo on Saturday January 23, 2021 @01:53PM (#25885035)

And just recently made a change to pipe all that data back into Facebook haha

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Re:Facebook Disabled My Account After I Criticized Them by fastball on Sunday January 24, 2021 @12:21PM (#25893738)

I'm already seeing businesses start to switch to Signal.

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Re:Facebook Disabled My Account After I Criticized Them by drcongo on Saturday January 23, 2021 @12:36PM (#25884312)

I run a business and don’t use Facebook. It’s not necessary.

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Re:Facebook Disabled My Account After I Criticized Them by inglor_cz on Saturday January 23, 2021 @12:45PM (#25884425)

I deleted my Facebook in July 2019 and my business still runs. So, for me, it was neither water nor air.

I am not so sure about candidates for public offices, though. Especially in majority voting systems. Not having a social network presence may be crippling for their electability.

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Re:Facebook Disabled My Account After I Criticized Them by benhurmarcel on Saturday January 23, 2021 @01:50PM (#25885013)

It depends on your location and market.

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Re:Facebook Disabled My Account After I Criticized Them by xallarap on Saturday January 23, 2021 @12:47PM (#25884448)

Businesses just like fb so they can post stuff and pretend they aren't attention whoring.

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