Re:Ask HN: How many of you still have a Facebook account?
by aufhebung on Sunday November 12, 2023 @03:02AM
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Facebook marketplace has basically supplanted gumtree as the place to buy and sell things in Sydney. Its the only reason i have an account
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Re:Ask HN: How many of you still have a Facebook account?
by steve_adams_86 on Sunday November 12, 2023 @03:06AM
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Likewise here in Victoria, BC. I don’t look at anything other than what I’m trying to sell. Unfortunately, other means of selling locally are virtually dead.
Re:Ask HN: How many of you still have a Facebook account?
by psyclobe on Sunday November 12, 2023 @03:09AM
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This may be the reason I eventually break my hiatus
Re:Ask HN: How many of you still have a Facebook account?
by bbarnett on Sunday November 12, 2023 @03:19AM
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kijiji is decade+ popular in Ontario and Quebec. It may be there, too.
Re:Ask HN: How many of you still have a Facebook account?
by Eddy_Viscosity2 on Sunday November 12, 2023 @08:53AM
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Facebook marketplace is about on-par popularity-wise with kijiji these days. Not too long ago I had to sell a used car and put it on both and received about the same number of genuine interest responses from both sites. Kijiji is a better site in my opinion; better layout, ux, search options and filtering etc. But facebook has more people already on it so network effects.
Re:Ask HN: How many of you still have a Facebook account?
by bbarnett on Sunday November 12, 2023 @12:47PM
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Yes, although kijiji is as old as public Facebook, or there abouts.
whois their domain and ip range.
Re:Ask HN: How many of you still have a Facebook account?
by averageRoyalty on Sunday November 12, 2023 @05:08AM
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Yep, if I need to find something I ask my partner to check Facebook Marketplace. I check it once a month too to see if I have missed any events.