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  • Re: Instagram only lets you post photos

    From Tracker1@VERT/TRN to Ogg on Thu Jan 21 17:45:54 2021
    On 1/4/2021 4:14 PM, Ogg wrote:
    ..A site that works on a 5yo smart phone on a limited data plan
    with a couple photos of your storefront, a map pin, phone number and a
    link for "directions" will do far more good than a lot of flashy
    content.

    Sometimes it feels that *I* am the last holdout on a limited data
    plan. Everyone else seems to be doing *everything* on their
    phones as if they had unlimited data.
    Oh, I have an unlimited plan with Verizon, iirc 20GB at max speed then throttled, but haven't had an issue the couple times I wind up throttled (updates to a laptop while tethered on travel). But given I've been developing web based applications for a VERY long while now, it's still something that concerns me.

    The main app I'm working on has bloated out quite a bit, which likely
    won't be an issue for the target audience, but still bugs me to see over
    1mb compressed payload for a web based app, which is nimble by
    comparison to some apps/sites.

    I have nothing flashy. Infact, it sorely needs a basiv upgrade
    so that it plays nice on mobile devices - I think they call it
    "adaptive".
    Still rocking my Pixel 2XL after over 3 years now... would probably
    still have my Nexus 6p if the battery didn't blow up and catch on fire.

    ..And unless your business
    is a local social gathering spot (bar, restaurant, etc), your
    time/effort/energy/money are better served elsewhere.

    That's the thing. My biz is just single-function. No social
    events. I don't need to "build" a social group of fans. They can
    do that themselves with FB (when I finish the site properly)
    ..and even Google's MyBusiness has social-media options.
    Yeah... I just think that too many businesses exercise too much effort
    into putting more than they really need or should either into a website
    or on their social media interactions. And it can even work against one.

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    Michael J. Ryan
    tracker1 +o Roughneck BBS
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