FlüpkeJun 2, 2025

Dear restaurant owners, do not link to Facebook. Otherwise, your customers see:

- Error message: Safari cannot open the page because the address is invalid.
- A big login prompt, that cannot be dismissed.

What your customers don’t see:

- Your menu
- Your location
- Your opening hours

Show threadJake in the desert
@fluepke ugh. It's an EPIDEMIC. Like, every new place that opens is guilty of this. Make a simple, real website, there's just no excuse. Tons of people don't use Facebook, like myself.
Jun 2, 2025 at 6:48pmWeb
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@jake4480 @fluepke It's ok if they have a Facebook page or Instagram account with which to attempt to reach the people that are in the FB sphere.

Totally not ok, as you said, to link to the FB page from outside for reasons given.

They largely are unaware of the issue though. Sad, because these are local non-chain places without any marketing budget and they're just doing their best with their limited knowledge.
Show threadJake in the desertJun 2, 2025
@scuttlebutt @fluepke rough. Yeah, they can HAVE one, but making it their main/only point of contact is just insanity and assuming so much about people, it's SO easy to make a site now, even Wix, I mean, use Wix. Anything other than Facebook. hahaha
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@jake4480 @fluepke relevant mltshp.com/p/1R225
Everyone will not just

MLTSHP
Show threadJake in the desertJun 2, 2025
@scuttlebutt @fluepke whoaaa okay this is AMAZING haha - is this some kind of law? It should be. Wow. Thank you for this hahaha