Re:Florida's DeSantis signs law restricting social media for...
by smallerfish on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @05:51PM
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They're just being cheap. Facebook is free (and "everybody has Facebook") whereas Wix and Squarespace are $12-$15/mo for businesses.
Re:Florida's DeSantis signs law restricting social media for...
by vundercind on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @09:00PM
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For a lot of businesses, a website receives way fewer views than any one of their top-3 social media sites.
I’ve seen a lot who are still paying for a site but rarely bother to update it. All the traffic’s on Facebook.
Re:Florida's DeSantis signs law restricting social media for...
by caskstrength on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @05:33AM
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It is not just 15$ a month. You need to pay someone to develop the website in the first place and then deal with all kinds of issues that eventually arise (updating the underlying framework and/or getting hacked and dealing with the consequences, solving random stuff like expired SSL certificate, etc.).
Re:Florida's DeSantis signs law restricting social media for...
by reticulan on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @12:02AM
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Idk how something like a cafe would necessarily benefit the business to have a dedicated website. A facebook (or google maps) page presents relevant info such as location/hours/menu in a predefined schema, so neither the owner or the customer need to worry about formatting it (or understanding the format).
It's more that having a website never became a thing for many businesses in the first place. 30 years ago they might have had a listing in the phone book. Nowadays that kind of business might have a facebook page, or more recently an instagram account. Creating a website (even with something like wix) requires a level of skill and effort above that.