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Meta Insiders Convinced Muse Is Going to End Up Leaking the Bank Accounts and Email Archives They’re Vacuuming Up From Users: "It's inevitable." (futurism.com)
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[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

I was forced to create a Facebook account to buy/sell second hand stuff. No one browses Kijiji, shit just stays there for ages until someone lowballs you 3 months later. Same for LesPACs.

On Marketplace, my stuff was gone within 2 days.

Fucking sucks. I really hate Meta. I held out for as long as I could, but if you want to buy / sell second hand goods, the competition is 100% dead, at least in Montreal.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (3 children)

I got dogpiled for saying it, but Marketplace is remarkably unenshittified. It's bare bones internet from 2010. The worst thing about it is including ads, or annoyingly pushing you to mail items (where they can take a cut), but compared to the main social feed, it's much more focused on what you actually want.

That's why everyone uses it. If it were actually enshittified, there's plenty of competitors out there.

I tried one the other day, but it required a photo ID to sell, so I said naw to that.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 29 minutes ago (1 children)

Calling marketplace, which requires a login and a scan of your face and probably a blood sample these days, barebones is hilarious. Have you never used Craigslist? It accomplishes the exact same thing and is actually barebones.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 20 minutes ago

I've had a facebook account from early days, so haven't had to go through that. Fair crticism, though.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

I am an old fart and still find pretty solid deals on craigslist.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca -1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 59 minutes ago)

I didn't need any form of ID, I post "anonymously". I use Firefox's containers feature, I use a fake name and I strictly only use marketplace and messenger.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 4 hours ago

Yep, that's all I use it for. I used to run ads on both Craigslist and FB, but NOBODY looks at Craigslist anymore.