INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
JD Wetherspoon, pub operator and purveyor of all-day breakfasts, has closed the social media accounts for all 900 of its outlets.The chain
has abandoned Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and confirmed to TechRadar that its decision is permanent
Its main accounts were run from its head office, while the rest were managed by the pubs themselves.Chairman Tim Martin announced the
decision in a string of tweets (no longer available), citing several reasons, including the addictive nature of social media and the
Facebook data scandal.However, the company says its main reason was the climate of social media, including its use as a platform for
Facebook, and struggle to control the compulsion."The impact might well be minimal
Although 'Spoons had more than 100,000 followers on Facebook, over 44,000 on Twitter and over 6,000 on Instagram, that's relatively low for
a company of its size.Facebook whoWetherspoon isn't the only company jumping the social media ship
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, deleted both companies' Facebook accounts after a challenge on Twitter."Delete SpaceX page on Facebook
if you're the man" suggested a user after Musk responded to a tweet using the trending #deletefacebook tag."I didn't realize there was one,"
"Will do."He later deleted the pages for Tesla and Solar City as well, but justified keeping the companies' Instagram accounts alive on the
grounds that the Facebook-owned service is "fairly independent"."I don't use [Facebook] never have, so don't think I'm some kind of martyr
or my companies are taking a huge blow," he tweeted later
