Possibly a stupid question, but is there a way to access this without installing the app? I can't find any way to access it through a browser.
Introducing Marketplace: Buy and Sell with Your Local Community
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#42Marketplace has been around since 2007, I'm surprised it's taken this long to "introduce": http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2008/12/facebook-chooses-oodle-t...
Yeah, I was confused when I saw this headline.
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#43I was debating with a friend recently whether offerup.com or letgo.com would win this snap-and-post marketplace battle. I guess fb just rendered that discussion obsolete.
Why do you think it's obsolete?
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#44More services means more data for them to exploit. Weak on privacy guarantees = whatever services they offer are heavily mined for your data. When it comes to sales, craigslist is useful because it allows you to remain anonymous. With FB, I seem to be exposing exactly who I am, where I live, what I have for sale. In places with high crime rates, this opens me up to becoming a victim, as perps can search this informat…
If you are a seller of something, there is some upside to knowing who the buyer is. Seems less likely you'll just get held up at gunpoint if you have a link to their FB profile you could hand the police.
Okay, but you can already avoid this by doing the exchange in a police precinct - which you probably ought to do anyways, even with a Facebook account attached.
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#45Everything that keeps ~public information after a login-form MUST die!
How is this public information?
By "~public" I mean stuff that isn't hidden selectively (like you need to be friends to read the feed). So they're just hidden behind a simple-login so facebook has all the data and you can't use a search-engine to search all sites. And everything on facebook is behind a login.
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#46I think a lot of the success from facebook buy/sell groups is that the items will actually show up in people's newsfeeds once they have joined a regional/topic group for trading. This probably raises awareness of second hand items available in general. If the marketplace is going to be a separate part of facebook, It might not be as engaging.
I'm sure they'll add it to the newsfeed.
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#47so basically a shpock (SHop in your POCKet) http://www.shpock.com clone - around since 2012, hugely successful in german speaking markets (10M+ Downloads).
looks pretty much the same, fb is blue-ish, shpock green-ish. Comparison pic: https://scontent-vie1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/14524544_101547...
Re: Introducing Marketplace: Buy and Sell with Your Local Community
#48Possibly a stupid question, but is there a way to access this without installing the app? I can't find any way to access it through a browser.
It says in the linked article that it will only be available in the phone apps for the moment.
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#49How does it compare to Varage Sale?
Re: Introducing Marketplace: Buy and Sell with Your Local Community
#50I was debating with a friend recently whether offerup.com or letgo.com would win this snap-and-post marketplace battle. I guess fb just rendered that discussion obsolete.
Why do you think it's obsolete?
I just can't see either of these sites remaining relevant when fb takes over the market. I use both offerup and letgo, and each one works well in some geographies but not others. For example, lots of people post things to offerup in the DC area, but not to letgo. At the same time, I find lots of stuff on letgo in the Pennsylvania area. FB is going to use their network to overtake all geographies.