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Facebook Marketplace is keeping young people on the platform

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Re: Facebook Marketplace is keeping young people on the platform

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Post by nicbou »

spacechild1 wrote: post #10

I'm from Austria and until recently I didn't even know that FB Marketplace was a thing. Never used it in my life. We have a great local website ( https://willhaben.at ) that everyone uses. I guess it's the Austrian version of Craigslist.

In Germany we have Kleinanzeigen. It dominates this market.

Re: Facebook Marketplace is keeping young people on the platform

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Post by pulsartwin »

aredox wrote: post #51
spacechild1 wrote: post #10

I'm from Austria and until recently I didn't even know that FB Marketplace was a thing. Never used it in my life. We have a great local website ( https://willhaben.at ) that everyone uses. I guess it's the Austrian version of Craigslist.

Lots of countries have settled on a local marketplace before FB arrived. E.g. in New Zealand, https://www.trademe.co.nz/ is too big to be displaced. First mover advantage, nimbleness, and filters appropriate to regional differences (e.g. in Switzerland, translating easily between the different langages and filtering by canton) make such website stay ahead of the FB juggernaut.

There is certainly a lot to be said for first-mover advantage, but TradeMe specifically (while still popular) is currently fighting a losing battle. Between rising listing fees, selling fees as a percentage of the product's value, and the influx of drop-shippers that flood categories with "local" products, its days are likely numbered. Personally, while 10 years ago everyone I knew was using it, I no longer know anybody that goes to TradeMe to sell everyday items. I'm not a fan of FB, but the fact that it's monetarily free to use makes all the difference for the average user.

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Post by qwertox »

nicbou wrote: post #61
spacechild1 wrote: post #10

I'm from Austria and until recently I didn't even know that FB Marketplace was a thing. Never used it in my life. We have a great local website ( https://willhaben.at ) that everyone uses. I guess it's the Austrian version of Craigslist.

In Germany we have Kleinanzeigen. It dominates this market.

Until recently, Kleinanzeigen belonged to eBay. That may have contributed to its popularity.

Re: Facebook Marketplace is keeping young people on the platform

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Post by globular-toast »

noneeeed wrote: post #38
Freedom2 wrote: post #5

Genuine q, what makes FB marketplace good, and how did it blow up over Ebay / Craigslist? Is it a combination of having the platform with the most people as well as being the most likely platform to have people who are situated near you?

In the UK Craigslist was never really a thing. eBay is too complex for many of the things people sell. My wife sells a lot of our old stuff on marketplace. It's quick and simple to do, and there is a huge market. It's all small stuff that no one will pay shipping for, but if you are local and can pop round it's absolutely fine. Things like kids toys, books, mostly low value stuff. We've got rid of knackered old furni…

Gumtree is basically the British Craigslist.

Re: Facebook Marketplace is keeping young people on the platform

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Post by a2128 »

diegolas wrote: post #54

i always find it funny how ppl shit on facebook as if any other social media site was orders of magnitude better. facebook is as shitty as you make it to be. follow shit reel creators and it will be shit. get into shit awful groups and it will be shit.

I registered a new Facebook account solely to set up my Oculus Quest. It laid dormant for 3 years until I needed to log into it again to add my friend on Messenger. My default home feed without ever having interacted was full of horrible AI generated "Today is my birthday" images, Jesus Christ with cabin crew, etc. I didn't make it like that, this is what Facebook decided would be good to show
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