Chad McCulloughJan 1
It's 2026. How about we normalize NOT using social media as our website? I'm looking at you city governments, restaurants, businesses, orgs, etc.

Build a website to announce your events. The website doesn't have to be elaborate. Just something with a calendar of events.
Show threadNeonkAaaJan 1
@cmccullough Why? Social platforms allow unified interface and quick announcements delivery, correct? Plus, the setup and maintainance fee and knowledge are close to 0
Show threadZorume 

@nk but they prevent people who don't have an account on said social media to clearly see informations, since now they make it more and more difficult to navigate without an account.
Also the too tiny profile bio and the way these social medias show posts is not as accessible as a basic website.
On a website you can make everything useful readable at first glance, while on social medias you usually have to scroll the account to find the important and useful informations either on a post or in the media tab.
Also you can style it just as you want and you don't need to censor yourself on anything.
You can copy/paste a whole menu in your website and it will be readable to all because it won't be a pixelated photo of your menu, for example !
Something hardly doable on social medias since they don't allow much customization in posts.

It does take a bit of time to setup first but it's a very good platform for any business to put all the important information.

Jan 2 at 2:34pmWeb
Show threadNeonkAaaJan 2
@zorume
Then just register on the platform, it's fast, and you will be able to see the whole content. Like they do on 404Media, for example
Show threadZorume Jan 2

@nk yeah, everyone wants to register on 5 different platforms just to be able to read a menu or see the opening hours of a business ???
I've quitted social medias for very good reasons and I'm not getting back to it. It's a waste of time and energy, with made to be addictive apps that are designed only for recent smartphones and computers.
Really, corporate social medias are just inaccessible now ! Plus the annoying ads, popups and notifications !

A simple html website is accessible on any device with internet connection.
Corporate social medias are not.

Show threadZorume Jan 2
@nk and that's just on a practical approach, but since Meta and Twitter are full fascists and all corporate social medias are been involved in mass surveillance/selling private data/censoring/uplifting only certain ideas... Well. Nope. I wouldn't recommend anyone to make an account there.
Show threadNeonkAaaJan 2
@zorume I see no pro
Show threadNeonkAaaJan 2
@zorume I see no private data either on the FB timeline or on a company's website
Show threadNeonkAaaJan 2
@zorume Well, isn't it better than to register on hundreds standalone websites?
Show threadZorume Jan 2
@nk you... don't need to register on websites ????
Show threadChad McCulloughJan 3
@nk @zorume You shouldn't have to register on a platform like FB just to see a FB page for a business or org or whatever. The whole point of my post is that these places shouldn't force people to register a social media account for, say, Twitter or FB, just to see what is going on. Governments in particular shouldn't be posting all the important info on FB or Twitter instead of a publicly accessed website.
Show threadNeonkAaaJan 3
@cmccullough These places do not force you to do anything