On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 20:26:42 -0800, sf wrote:

> On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 02:07:18 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > wrote:
>
>
>> Yeah, yeah, heard it all before - but if FB suddenly does go down - are
>> these 'mom and pop' store owners all gonna throw their hands in the
>> air, panic and close up shop? I sincerely doubt it.
>
> I doubt it too - I also doubt they would suddenly see the light and go
> with a professionally designed and maintained web page. they'd just
> move on to whatever new "social networking" site that isn't too
> intimidating.

You're probably right. But you're missing my point (again).

I have no idea if our local 'mom and pop' supermarket has a FB page, or is
listed on the electronic yellow pages/whatever. Odds are they do/are but I
don't shop there because of that. I shop there because they usually have
what I want on the shelves when I go there and the meat/poultry in the
butchery section is of high quality and is no more expensive than the
bigger supermarket chains around here...

At one time they didn't stock a particular brand of cat food our felines
prefer, so I asked the manager if he could order it - and he did, and now
they always have it in stock. That's what I call 'real service' - and I
couldn't give a hoot whether they have a FB/whatever presence or not. They
do things like this for other people I know who shop there too - so 'word
of mouth' is still alive and kicking.

As an aside - have you seen the movie 'Gravity'? I just had to chuckle
when George Clooney's character Matt Kowalski said, "Half of North America
just lost their Facebook".

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Cheers
Chatty Cathy