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by ojame 1242 days ago
We use Facebook Marketplace pretty frequently to buy and sell things. We've tried using alternatives (local listings, Gumtree, eBay) but nothing is ever as quick and the options are far more limited. Generally we like to buy all of our 'material' items second hand if we can, and Marketplace really enables that. I wish Facebook had a 'Marketplace only' type profile but they don't. It might be geographic specific or maybe quitting so early means you never experienced it. I look around my house and Marketplace has had a pretty big impact on our life, and I hate it, but that's the network effect I guess.