FB Marketplace is definitely the best way to buy and sell anything locally. Of course you will have to filter through the usual flakers and what not but that was always the case since craigslist days.

But for actual social media? Burn it all down lol

FB Marketplace is the best way to buy stolen goods cheaply - not sure about authentic goods.

I have sold plenty things on there and none of them were stolen. I buy broken vintage electronics (60s, 70s, 80s) for cheap and resale them after I fix them. It's not a lot of money but it's a way to pass the time on a boring evening.

Facebook groups is also a decent way to build communities.

Honestly, Facebook without the push for reels / videos isn't that bad. (now you can crucify me)

you can easily block those with extensions. that's what I do. I just use if for some local interest groups, marketplace, and messenger for some family/friends.

People say that, but I've long since abandoned my FB account and sinkhole facebook domains. I miss CragisList for that. Used it a lot a decade ago.

>FB Marketplace is definitely the best way to buy and sell anything locally

I really wish they had some kind of auction component to deal with multiple interested parties / reduce flakers, but I imagine eBay has some crappy software patent that they wield with an iron fist.

> I really wish they had some kind of auction component to deal with multiple interested parties / reduce flakers, but I imagine eBay has some crappy software patent that they wield with an iron fist.

Facebook Ads has auctions for selling ad slots. They have the technology, they just reserve it for their real customers.

I remember so fondly coming home from high school and reading over my friends posts, curating the pins on my pin/cork board, messaging friends who would otherwise not be savvy enough to join MSN or IRC or yahoo messenger...

Now I feel physical disgust when I look at the FB logo