I miss when Craigslist was king. It was truly a community space, for good, ill, and weird. But your point is very good--what's the digital equivalent to a (literal) community board, where announcements can be posted?
I miss when Craigslist was king. It was truly a community space, for good, ill, and weird. But your point is very good--what's the digital equivalent to a (literal) community board, where announcements can be posted?
even for buying and selling, facebook has almost completely replaced craigslist in my experience. It's one of the few reasons I keep my facebook account active! sometimes you need some secondhand furniture!
I deactivated my next door after about a year- very toxic. My Facebook I leave with only family showing in the main feed, and visit occasionally and for makertplace.
Facebook has also mostly replaced in-person yard sales, in my experience (small town Maine). Why wander in the hope of finding something when you can locate it on the Marketplace?
Not so here in Ann Arbor. We advertise our sales on Craigslist or with old-school cardboard signs. FB Marketplace is seen as untrustworthy and I would never sell or buy from it. I do buy from Etsy and less often from EBay.
I miss when Craigslist was king. It was truly a community space, for good, ill, and weird. But your point is very good--what's the digital equivalent to a (literal) community board, where announcements can be posted?
even for buying and selling, facebook has almost completely replaced craigslist in my experience. It's one of the few reasons I keep my facebook account active! sometimes you need some secondhand furniture!
I feel like Nextdoor was intended to do this but... yeah, not so much
nextdoor had so much potential but its honestly more unhealthy that facebook. just vile stuff and people being terrible neighbors.
I deactivated my next door after about a year- very toxic. My Facebook I leave with only family showing in the main feed, and visit occasionally and for makertplace.
a lot of NIMBYS and just pessimistic people. it sucks :(
Facebook has also mostly replaced in-person yard sales, in my experience (small town Maine). Why wander in the hope of finding something when you can locate it on the Marketplace?
Not so here in Ann Arbor. We advertise our sales on Craigslist or with old-school cardboard signs. FB Marketplace is seen as untrustworthy and I would never sell or buy from it. I do buy from Etsy and less often from EBay.