THE “gutted” owner of a Moffat pub insists she’s losing out on business at no fault of her own after their Facebook page vanished without warning.
Janie Seaton, who runs the Black Bull, spent six years building a 6000-plus strong following on social media.
But last month, Janie strangely noticed that the page had been deleted and initially had no idea why.
However, she then noticed other pubs across the country who also had Black Bull in their names had been removed too.
Janie, above, said: “I have no idea why this has happened. It’s not fair and is no fault of my own. I’ve done nothing wrong.
“I saw an identical situation with another Black Bull pub down south. A lot of people at Black Bull pubs have had the same issue.”
Janie has tried to resolve the matter but to no avail, but insists she will keep trying.
A lot of memories, contacts and hard work have disappeared in a flash, which has upset Janie and she admits to feeling “deflated” by the situation.
She added: “It represents six years of work building followers.
“I kept it like a diary and that’s the devastating thing for me.
“I’ve lost the personal element of the business. Luckily I don’t take bookings on Facebook but it is still damaging and I do feel deflated and gutted by it all.
“All the work and memories, everything I’ve done, are gone now.
“We had followers from across the world, including Australia and America.
“Some would actually become customers when they visited the area. But we’ve lost that now and we’ve lost potential customers too.
“I have created a new page but it’s not as visible. I will keep trying to get the page back because it has a lot of memories on there.”
The Black Bull in Lockerbie has also had to start a new Facebook page.
Meta – who is Facebook’s parent company – was contacted for comment.
