Rob 🏳️‍🌈 RMiddleton.ArtJun 15

Dear Every Restaurant:

I don't want to place an online order, I want to look at your menu.

I don't want to visit Facebook or any other site demanding that I login to an app.

Current offerings with accurate prices are appreciated.

Thanks to the 3 of you already doing this!

Bon Appetit!

Show threadPhil Thane ✅Jun 15
@RMiddleton
I agree wholeheartedly but I suspect the restaurants paid £€$¥ for a website they cannot update so don't want to put a menu and prices on. Facebook they can just about manage themselves. Most people outside the IT industry are completely bewildered about it, that's how the industry makes its profits.
Show threadOffbeatmammalJun 16
@pthane @RMiddleton problem with FB is if the last post was in 2021 I assume they are out of business. At least with a website after a year the domain lapses and then I know they are out of business!
Show threadRob 🏳️‍🌈 RMiddleton.ArtJun 16
@Offbeatmammal @pthane There are many, many problems with Facebook & the one you list is the least of it! But, yeah, of course you're mostly right. There are still oodles of stale restaurant websites. Giving Google maps the benefit of the doubt (not easy for me) I consider notoriously poor resto websites being a legit reason they largely took over the duty. The problem of course is capitalism. In my world phone, mailing, & online are public identifiers available for all who elect to be listed.
Show thread🍻 Alexander 🇪🇺Jun 16

@RMiddleton @Offbeatmammal @pthane

Sadly, restaurants are usually not willing to pay for a website they can easily update themselves.

My experience as a website contractor is generally they don't want to, either.

FB tends to be the only thing they are prepared to very occasionally update.

Show threadPhil Thane ✅Jun 16
@MostlyHarmless
Even more galling are govt depts with the same attitude. Couple of years ago I was on a river trip and stranded on the wrong side of a broken flood barrier belonging to the UK Environment Agency. They told me it would take 2 weeks to fix so I got a lift home. Two weeks later I phoned to check. It had been done in 1 week 'you should have checked Facebook'.
@RMiddleton @Offbeatmammal
Show thread🍻 Alexander 🇪🇺

@pthane @RMiddleton @Offbeatmammal

If they use FB they don't need to spend so much time training staff, as all* the staff know how to use it.

* Well the younger ones at least.

Jun 17 at 9:11pmWeb
Show threadOffbeatmammalJun 17
@MostlyHarmless @pthane @RMiddleton given the contempt a large portion of the younger generation feel for FB, I think they might struggle there too
Show threadRob 🏳️‍🌈 RMiddleton.ArtJun 18
@Offbeatmammal @MostlyHarmless @pthane yeah I don't have too many friends under 40 but those I do aren't on Facebook.