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I've actually started using Facebook again regularly, recently. Not really to connect with friends... mainly for Marketplace (RIP Craigslist, unfortunately) and
by pkamb 5y ago
I've actually started using Facebook again regularly, recently. Not really to connect with friends... mainly for Marketplace (RIP Craigslist, unfortunately) and to post on a couple active private Facebook Groups. Local community groups and some for hobbies/interests.
What strikes me is how exhausting using Facebook is for these purposes.
To read any Group you are constantly tapping tiny a "View More Comments" button. Very hard to read FB as you would HN or a forum, despite some great Groups and information there. When you get to the bottom of a group post, it shows you an endless scroll of "similar" content from entirely separate groups. I hate the entire experience. Anything to get you to keep scrolling and see another sponsored post.
Marketplace started out as a modern, local, second-hand goods CL competitor, but has devolved into shipping new cheap meme items. My main Marketplace feed is now crap like Rick & Morty stickers. Or the constant sponsored ads for new furniture or other products. Very hard to use Marketplace how I want to, which is finding local used antiques and unique items. I really wish CL had adapted to the new mobile landscape and competition a decade ago.
- phy6 5y agoI deleted my real account earlier this year, but if I want to get to the marketplace I use a fake account (I had set up several years ago for political research.) I then use FBPurity and some uBlock Origin code to remove all "ship to you" ads. The uBlock codes are on reddit, search for "Blocking "Ships to you" posts in Facebook Marketplace"
- qwertygnu 5y ago> RIP Craigslist, unfortunately What happened to craigslist?? I still use it all the time...
- fouc 5y agoProbably depends on location, and diminishing marketshare over time.