[Robotbeat]

I’ve noticed the volume of actual useful stuff for sale is lower than in the past, I think due to Facebook Marketplace. Facebook doesn’t offer anything better, just constant advertisement since it’s right there on the same website people are on to serve their social media addiction.

[mywittyname]

FB market place fucking suuucks.

The few times I've posted stuff, I was inundated with phishing attacks. I was talking to a friend about it, and he actually fell for one of the attacks and had to spend a shit load of time getting his phone number back after they stole it. I actually found guidance from, I think, the FCC on what to do if you're the victim of this. Suggesting that this is a serious problem that FB isn't effectively dealing with.

CL all day, especially for the kind of stuff I buy and sell.

[ssharp]

Since FB profiles are used in Marketplace, I've actually found it relatively easy to spot scammers or at least have a set of heuristics to judge whether or not a profile is legit.

[mywittyname]

Yeah, I quickly figured it out too, as the demographic of scam profiles doesn't match the demo I would expect to be purchasing the items I'm listing.

That being said, I don't like the idea of making posts in a place that I know paint me as a target for scammers. There's always the possibility of them using a unpatched exploit against me.

[rightbyte]

It is so nice with having a small native language. The amount of foreign scams were non-existant until machine translations became viable for them -- but are still easy to spot.

As English speakers you are so much easier targets.

[hotpotamus]

My parents started using marketplace and had mixed success with it. They immediately get messages from scammers who want to use them for phone number verification tricks, which as best I can tell are nearly benign; they just seem to want to use some service that requires a valid US number, not necessarily their number. Still, no good can come of that.

On the other hand they've had some luck actually getting rid of stuff, so that's been good.

[justinhj]

I’ve found FB marketplace much better than Craigslist. There is a small level of vetting available to you; how old is the account,do they know anyone I know, do they look crazy. You still have to take sensible precautions. So far I’ve always found what I wanted to buy, and a buyer for my stuff and zero issues apart from obvious scammers.