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this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2026
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People who are saying to just delete Facebook or don’t use it aren’t wrong of course (I say that myself, to be clear I hate FB); but as someone who tries to buy and sell things secondhand (I see it as being environmentally responsible), this is largely becoming impossible to do locally without Facebook Marketplace. I honestly have some grudging respect for Facebook’s ability to survive just when you think they might start to become irrelevant. Things were headed that way for them, then they bought Instagram. And then the last couple years, it was sort of common knowledge that the only people who use it anymore are old folks and Nazis… and then FB Marketplace kills Craigslist and becomes the only app people use for local buying/selling.
Idk maybe there’s some opportunity here for some local buy/sell federated service?
No need of an Fakebook account that it can track you, if your family and friends have an account with your data, mail and phone in their agenda. With this also Zuckerbot know it. Apart of all (pixel)tracking API in all websites with an FB link. Because of this, I've blocked all FB services in Portmaster, I can't even access it, but with it, I'm not longer exist for FB.
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Yeah, they are like cockroaches. An alternative to marketplace and online stores is sorely needed, even for good old exchange of things.
https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt is popular in some places. Maybe popular is a strong word. The problem is getting critical mass.
As with everything else incl. Facebook, the solution to getting critical mass is to use it.
If buying shit at Goodwill and selling it online is how you choose to make your living, then I suppose you're "stuck" with FB.
But, if you are making a living at it, or significantly supplementing your income, then your privacy is the cost of doing business. At least you are profiting something from the deal.
what made you come to that idea? they didn't say they did it for profit but if you are broke (like me) or environmentally conscious you would try to buy things second hand when needed and sell whatever you don't need anymore (because the last time I checked everyone needs to pay bills)
they have a point, facebook is the website mostly used in my country where people buy and sell second hand and it still is my biggest regret after deleting my account