>four fifths of their food bookings were taken on Facebook
That shocks me
duncanmarshall on
>”There are other **Black Bull** pubs that have had their Facebook page pulled. I’m assuming it’s something to do with copyright.”
Yeah, *maybe* copyright. *Maybe*. Or, you know…
Jabba_TheHoot on
I mean…if another pub owner just maliciously reported the page, because they wanted their customers?
.
Would it just get auto taken down or is their a human checking system?
Swiss_James on
This is why we absolutely cannot call the pub “Free The Paedos”
NuPNua on
While obviously Facebook/Meta are not the good guys in almost any scenario, this should be a lesson for businesses not to rely on it as their only web presence and to maintain their own website and booking system. As someone without a facebook account, nothing turns me off ~~of~~ going somewhere like trying to find their website and being taken to a facebook page I can’t use.
Charles-Petrescu on
It’s free mate.
They could delete your page with literally zero rational reason, and you would have no comeback.
Longjumping_Stand889 on
Many businesses live or die by their social media output, you can’t really tell them not to use facebook or whatever because there aren’t any alternatives. Then when they delete you due to some corporate whim you find they are impossible to contact.
Afternoon_Kip on
My local is named the Black Boy. Guess they’re next lol
Alaskan_Pipeline666 on
At a bare minimum for having an online presence for bookings, use something like GoDaddy. I’m looking into this now for my wife’s childminding business and I’m looking at an annual cost of approx £250 for something that meets her needs.
Don’t rely on the likes of Facebook as there is no recourse for when things go wrong like this.
GhostRiders on
When are people going to accept that Facebook is a privately owned business can implement whatever rules they like, when they like and then choose to arbitrarily enforce those rules.
If you’re going to rely on Facebook for your business then you have to accept that at any point they can just arbitrarily delete your business for whatever reason they like.
If you can’t or refuse to accept this, then don’t use Facebook.
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>four fifths of their food bookings were taken on Facebook
That shocks me
>”There are other **Black Bull** pubs that have had their Facebook page pulled. I’m assuming it’s something to do with copyright.”
Yeah, *maybe* copyright. *Maybe*. Or, you know…
I mean…if another pub owner just maliciously reported the page, because they wanted their customers?
.
Would it just get auto taken down or is their a human checking system?
This is why we absolutely cannot call the pub “Free The Paedos”
While obviously Facebook/Meta are not the good guys in almost any scenario, this should be a lesson for businesses not to rely on it as their only web presence and to maintain their own website and booking system. As someone without a facebook account, nothing turns me off ~~of~~ going somewhere like trying to find their website and being taken to a facebook page I can’t use.
It’s free mate.
They could delete your page with literally zero rational reason, and you would have no comeback.
Many businesses live or die by their social media output, you can’t really tell them not to use facebook or whatever because there aren’t any alternatives. Then when they delete you due to some corporate whim you find they are impossible to contact.
My local is named the Black Boy. Guess they’re next lol
At a bare minimum for having an online presence for bookings, use something like GoDaddy. I’m looking into this now for my wife’s childminding business and I’m looking at an annual cost of approx £250 for something that meets her needs.
Don’t rely on the likes of Facebook as there is no recourse for when things go wrong like this.
When are people going to accept that Facebook is a privately owned business can implement whatever rules they like, when they like and then choose to arbitrarily enforce those rules.
If you’re going to rely on Facebook for your business then you have to accept that at any point they can just arbitrarily delete your business for whatever reason they like.
If you can’t or refuse to accept this, then don’t use Facebook.