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I've listed things for sale in groups, which as far as I can tell an algorithm tries to detect and convert into Marketplace listings. The items are usually hig
by Zak 5y ago
I've listed things for sale in groups, which as far as I can tell an algorithm tries to detect and convert into Marketplace listings.
The items are usually high-end flashlights, which I review as a hobby. They get removed more often than not, to the point that people in those groups usually obfuscate prices so that the algorithm does not detect them as sales listings. When I've appealed those, I got no response.
Facebook does not seem to be very concerned about false positives, or with Marketplace as a product in general.
- michaelmarkell 5y agoFeels like as a seller, I should report every other seller's similar products on fb marketplace to get mine more clicks...
- Zak 5y agoI'm sure that happens, though I would be surprised if it happens frequently in the groups I'm in. The volume of sales is low, and the items are niche enough that they often aren't in direct competition.
- paulmd 5y agothis absolutely happens, during the peak of the GPU crisis, salty gamers would report Craigslist/FBM listings for GPUs because they didn't like that they were being listed for over MSRP. Eventually they get taken down (even from an account in prior good standing) and you will probably get some kind of ban at some point. I think it kinda let off over time as people resigned themselves that it was a real thing and was gonna be a while, but yeah, there's no real protection against abuse there.
- talhof8 5y agoTheir privacy scandals aside, up until recently, I honestly thought they're an excellent company in terms of Product Management processes. Facebook’s disregard to their internal/less-visited pages is astonishing. Activity log is soooo slow (seriously, WTF?!), search won’t let you sort results by date, ‘Groups’ page is way over-complicated, and Marketplace price filtering just won’t work.