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the immediate fix to this is to stop using facebook. If your local government are using it to publish whatever useful infromation, it may be possible to sue the
by sleepybrett 2mo ago
the immediate fix to this is to stop using facebook. If your local government are using it to publish whatever useful infromation, it may be possible to sue them on the grounds that publishing their public 'good' on a private platform exclusively is against some kind of public records law.
Alternatively, eventually they will publish where the audience is, if the audience is not on facebook then they will publish somewhere else.
- Marsymars 2mo ago> the immediate fix to this is to stop using facebook. Sure, but that relegates my old but perfectly functional macbook to the trash. There's literally no functional alternative to fb marketplace for getting used goods re-used at any kind of scale.
- jonesy827 2mo agoCraigslist?
- Marsymars 2mo agoEffectively non-existent in Canada. Kijiji nominally exists, but I dual list everything I'm trying to get rid of on both kijiji/facebook out of principle and get like 20x more interest on facebook.
- sleepybrett 2mo agoi've been using offerup, same argument here, stop using facebook marketplace use other platforms and others will also stop using facebook marketplace. I personally would love to see someone create a platform for selling secondhand computer equipment specifically. Poshmark for bitpushers in effect.
- account42 2mo agoGive it away to an acquaintance? Find a physical store that will take it? List it on another platform (yes they exist)? Put up a flyer at your nearest university? So many options besides "trash it".