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  3. @growfediverse 'nWhile more options are always good, "growth" should _absolutely_ be a goal for the #Fediverse .'nA lot of people, especially small business owners, are dependent on social media for their income, and for that they need reach.

@growfediverse 'nWhile more options are always good, "growth" should _absolutely_ be a goal for the #Fediverse .'nA lot of people, especially small business owners, are dependent on social media for their income, and for that they need reach.

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  • Jürgen HubertJ This user is from outside of this forum
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    @growfediverse

    While more options are always good, "growth" should _absolutely_ be a goal for the #Fediverse .

    A lot of people, especially small business owners, are dependent on social media for their income, and for that they need reach. If we ignore this, we are essentially telling them: "Go back to #Facebook !"

    And I don't want to have a world where there is a need to Facebook. It is my vehement opinion that we _need_ to overcome commercial social media, and that can only occur if we can fulfill more of the use cases of ordinary users.

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      @growfediverse

      While more options are always good, "growth" should _absolutely_ be a goal for the #Fediverse .

      A lot of people, especially small business owners, are dependent on social media for their income, and for that they need reach. If we ignore this, we are essentially telling them: "Go back to #Facebook !"

      And I don't want to have a world where there is a need to Facebook. It is my vehement opinion that we _need_ to overcome commercial social media, and that can only occur if we can fulfill more of the use cases of ordinary users.

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      @juergen_hubert @growfediverse Facebook is useful to my business to the extent that people stare at it like zombies and I can pay to put my content in front of the ones most likely to respond to it. It’s very effective. I can spend money on Meta ads and watch traffic to my business increase. I don’t want the fediverse to become that because it’s sick. I like having this little corner of the internet. I’m not at all opposed to growth, but what’s good for business isn’t necessarily good for people looking for real engagement online.

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        @juergen_hubert @growfediverse Facebook is useful to my business to the extent that people stare at it like zombies and I can pay to put my content in front of the ones most likely to respond to it. It’s very effective. I can spend money on Meta ads and watch traffic to my business increase. I don’t want the fediverse to become that because it’s sick. I like having this little corner of the internet. I’m not at all opposed to growth, but what’s good for business isn’t necessarily good for people looking for real engagement online.

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        @jsm
        If Facebook instantly vanished it would be a net positive, even if all those businesses suddenly had to find other ways. (Hey Zuckerberg, you could do the funniest thing...)
        @juergen_hubert @growfediverse

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          @jsm
          If Facebook instantly vanished it would be a net positive, even if all those businesses suddenly had to find other ways. (Hey Zuckerberg, you could do the funniest thing...)
          @juergen_hubert @growfediverse

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          @notsoloud @jsm @growfediverse

          That's easy for us to say - us, whose entire income is not dependent on Facebook.

          I mean, I still want Facebook to _go away_, but I think it would be a good idea if we develop the Fediverse into a viable exit plan for everyone who has a legitimate business.

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            @jsm
            If Facebook instantly vanished it would be a net positive, even if all those businesses suddenly had to find other ways. (Hey Zuckerberg, you could do the funniest thing...)
            @juergen_hubert @growfediverse

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            @notsoloud @juergen_hubert @growfediverse 100%. Businesses were fine before Facebook and they would be fine without it again. We would just shift to something else. Optimizing Google reviews and running search ads on Google Maps works well too. You fish where the fish are. Right now they are on Meta platforms so we boost our content and do influencer marketing. It’s basically what local TV spots used to be. If Meta went away, there would be something else just as effective that’s sucking up everyone’s attention.

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              @notsoloud @juergen_hubert @growfediverse 100%. Businesses were fine before Facebook and they would be fine without it again. We would just shift to something else. Optimizing Google reviews and running search ads on Google Maps works well too. You fish where the fish are. Right now they are on Meta platforms so we boost our content and do influencer marketing. It’s basically what local TV spots used to be. If Meta went away, there would be something else just as effective that’s sucking up everyone’s attention.

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              @jsm @notsoloud @growfediverse

              In many regions of the world, Facebook basically _is_ "the Internet" for all intents and purposes. That's fairly hard to move away from, if you and your business are stuck in that region.

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