Subj : Re: Family vs Politics - Did
To   : Arelor
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Thu Jan 16 2025 07:55 am

-=> Arelor wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 > If you're running a business, Facebook is an easy way to get reach.

 Ar> The clinic here used to have a Facebook page with a lot of reach.

 Ar> The boss decided to shut it down because it wasn't cost effective. The
 Ar> impact of shutting it down was zero.

Yes, truth be told, I don't post anything personal any more to Facebook
- mostly art photos that get auto-posted from Instagram and I use it to
keep in touch with some old friends.

I signed up for pixelfed.social, looks like an Instagram-like photo
sharing site, but uses ActivityPub as a back-end. It'll talk to Mastadon
and other federated servers, which is great for sharing with other
users.

I'm rooting for the Fediverse. A sysop on a network I was on and one of
our callers started identica and has worked on back-end protocols for
some time. He's been involved with ActivityPub recently, just wrote the
book on it.




 Ar> I have the feeling lots of people are keeping a social media presence
 Ar> because they have been told they need it, but they are not running the
 Ar> numbers as to how much bang they get for their buck. A marketing agent
 Ar> once told me the dirty secret that so many marketing plans cost way
 Ar> more than what they can realistically generate in revenue for the
 Ar> customer - I definitively think "free" social media is in this category
 Ar> for most firms.


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