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[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 179 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Going months at a time without his Facebook account for his legal practice has allegedly cost him thousands of dollars in advertising and communication with clients

Take a hint, get a professional website and don’t rely on Facebook to host your business.

[–] dan@upvote.au 141 points 2 months ago (3 children)

You have to meet clients where they are. These days, clients are far less likely to find you if you only have a site with no social media presence.

[–] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I guess... But if your web presence is only on Facebook and that's the first result I see then .. hard pass

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's my daily battle. I'm looking for something in my country, and there are these "businesses" that only show on Facebook or Instagram, both of which are entirely blocked at the network and device level in my house. So I'll never do business with them. If you don't have an actual web site with relevant information, I just keep looking.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Demanding a small business has their own website before you do business with them is peak Lemmy.

This site is way out of touch with what the typical person has the knowledge or time to do.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

You're absolutely correct. Most of us in Lemmy are far from being typical, which is why I love it here.

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[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The silver lining of having friends that won't leave those platforms for nothing in the world is being able to interact with those businesses through them.

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[–] dan@upvote.au 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Even for companies that have sites, they often get more people contacting them through social media instead of their site. Social media sites tend to have better SEO.

That's especially the case for younger people as they search Instagram and TikTok more than Google. (https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2024/03/11/genz-dumping-google-for-tiktok-instagram-as-social-search-wins/ ).

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[–] RonniePickering@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago
[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

But he has a website... He's just saying Facebook denied him additional exposure unfairly.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guess understandable for initial discovery, but it's on the lawyer if they didn't hand out a contact card with email phone and whatnot to all clients

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Devils advocate, perhaps he did and clients still reached out on FB. When he got banned they assumed he ghosted and went with another lawyer.

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[–] big_slap@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

another example of hating the game, not the player

[–] sfjvvssss@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

But if your name is Marc Zuckerberg, why not act like you want to and sue.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 122 points 2 months ago (4 children)

An Indianapolis based bankruptcy attorney, named Mark Steven Zuckerberg, is suing Meta over repeated confusion with CEO Mark Elliot Zuckerberg.

That’s far less crazy than the clickbait headline had me believe.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What did you think the headline meant?

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I thought it meant it was the same guy. Like I didn't know if the FB Mark ever finished college or got a law degree or if he's representing himself. You know how some people will sue themselves or the company they started so they are the plaintiff and the defense.

[–] mitram@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The irony of this comment goes through the roof

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

The weirdest thing is that it wouldn't be the first time a party has sued itself.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was actually hoping it was this. My top level response would have been the same though.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Zuckerberg charges Zuckerberg with crime. Jury shrugs, offers death penalty.

[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

That's taking "legal suicide" to a whole new level. I'm impressed.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Some rich people shit to avoid paying taxes or something like that.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Without a doubt.

It just seemed clear grammatically that this was two separate people.

If it was some oligarch shenanigans instead of "the" it would have been "as a"

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

That's the first thing that came to mind.

Some sort of scheme.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah and how exactly is that less crazy?

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Because I thought the two were one and the same.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I assumed it was some corporate shenanigans where Zuckerberg sues himself and somehow ends up with more money because of it.

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[–] balder1991@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Thank you for saving me a click.

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Suing for what? Defamation because they think the lawyer is as sleazy as the ceo?

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 91 points 2 months ago (1 children)

no way why should i change hes the one who sucks

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 45 points 2 months ago

Everything was fine until that no talent ass clown started making social media sites.

[–] Dequei@piefed.social 68 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The attorney is asking for restitution —and a week on Zuckerberg’s yacht.

What

[–] Dvixen@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I was in danger of having sympathy for a lawyer, then this brought me back.

Way to take a serious matter and make it comical.

[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Reminds me of how after WW2 people stopped calling their kids Adolf or even changed their name Adolf into something else. I mean, I'm not saying Zuckerberg is literally Hitler or something, but it sure is funnily similar.

[–] comador@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same thing happened after WW1 too btw. The strong anti-German sentiments across the US and Europe prompted multiple changes. William and Vilhelm became Bills or Ville; Müller became Miller; Schmidt became Smith.

I had a lot of Swedish family who did this from around 1915-1930 and as you said, again after WW2.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What about John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt? Everyone seemed to share a name with him according to lore.

[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

It's probably so popular on account of people always shouting it.

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[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 6 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Zuckerberg literally means sugar hill/mountain in German.

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[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 months ago

See? I knew the different instances of this bot would start fighting each other one day.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

A celebrity? Holy fucking ego, batman!

I say make it a cage match. Thunderdome style.

[–] klu9@piefed.social 9 points 2 months ago

He should just host his own instance and... oh, wait...

[–] rhythmisaprancer@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe fb Zuck could follow in the path of the former Ron Artest.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Meta World Conflict?

I'd probably get my name changed even without my accounts getting blocked

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