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Has anyone else noticed the shift in their use of Facebook? I'm starting to use it more and more for selling and buying things hyper local than craigslist. I've
by post_break 9y ago
Has anyone else noticed the shift in their use of Facebook? I'm starting to use it more and more for selling and buying things hyper local than craigslist. I've had so much better luck selling people who don't show up and try to haggle you down further with facebook than craigslist. It's become my one stop shop to offload junk I don't need, vs use it as a social network.
- firepoet 9y agoI have recently begun a campaign to unfollow everyone on my Facebook feed to reclaim my attention. Removing the addiction to seeing what I've missed in my news feed has given me back an hour a day. Haven't used it to buy and sell things, though.
- anindha 9y agoI don’t like the idea of my Facebook friends knowing what I’m selling.
- seattle_spring 9y agoIs selling a cabinet or a pair of skiing gloves a pretty major privacy violation for you?
- bstamour 9y agoWhat if you're selling something that they gave to you as a gift?
- JangoSteve 9y ago"Oh, you're selling an old kitchen cabinet? Sounds like you're doing pretty well to be able to afford a kitchen remodel. Must be nice." "Wait, you don't have time to come to my kid's birthday party, but you're out skiing so much that you had to upgrade your skiing gloves?" I'm not saying it's right or makes sense, but there are a lot of contextual layers and subtle subtext inherent in other people's relationships that may not affect your own.
- anindha 9y agoI don't like spamming people that aren't specifically looking to buy something. How much or how little I spend on something feels a little private. There are lots of things I wouldn't care about as much.
- eat_veggies 9y agoI've been mostly using it for their oauth because I don't feel like making a million accounts for every website I go on. I've been using it less and less now that I've installed a password manager and registering is essentially 0 cost.
- myth_drannon 9y agoYes, we tend to sell things on Facebook than on Kijiji nowdays. At least try to sell on FB first. It's safer because you already validated the person's profile instead of weirdos calling you from Kijiji/Craigslist.