• tpyo@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Rude. I was hoping to find a recommendation for a us equivalent thread/post. Not a slap of reality.

    I’ve never used fb marketplace. I have had good luck getting rid of things on offerup but deleted my nextdoor account after less than 24 hours because the drama and posts were mind numbingly stupid

    The last time I used Craigslist was about two years ago to find/buy a bird cage. The person told me about a forum-esque site for bird adoptions. I was surprised when the person I reached out to on a 3 month old post responded and I adopted my guys!

    It (the small marketplace) is not completely dead. Forums and niche sites are still going strong

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      10 months ago

      Hey, I really wish it wasn’t the way it is. But Facebook sucked up (verbiage intentionally) almost all of the traffic.

      Can you still buy & sell things locally on other sites? Sure, absolutely. But the traffic is minuscule compared to FB, which means less stuff available, and fewer people buying. I fuckin’ hate it.