I would love to use FB Marketplace, but not enough to have a FB account.
You’re not missing anything. It’s rife with scammers.
And while CL also has scammers, I find it a more pleasant experience than FB marketplace.
Could not agree more.
Fuck Zuckerberg.
What’s more, developers tell us that Meta’s motivation behind the API’s shutdown is unclear. On the one hand, it could be that Facebook Groups don’t generate ad revenue and the shutdown of the API will leave developers without a workaround.
No, that’s definitely it, you got it.
I remember saying back in the early and mid-2000s that the world would be completely fucked if Big Corp ever figured out the Internet (remember all those cringe commercials and campaigns back then where they tried to meme/go viral/etc?). Turns out, it was true.
That’s with every media. Printing started to share scientific knowledge and ended with advertising flyers. Phones started with contacting relatives and ended with telemarketing. TV ended in reality TV between the ads.
I mean, printing was originally for Bibles as long as we’re getting nostalgic.
if you get fucked because you’re still on a Meta platform, why should I feel bad for you?
after all these years, you’ve all had plenty of warning. you should very well know better by now. whatever bad happens is totally on you.
This is mostly an issue for businesses that were using groups, not individuals.
But beyond that, Facebook is particularly difficult to separate from depending on what you use it for. If you don’t care about anyone else on it, sure, you can leave the platform. But if you need to communicate with certain people and they won’t leave it, especially regional groups, you’re stuck.
My neighbourhood facebook group is pretty useful. I have discover a running group on facebook to run with people, it’s cool and improve my mwntal health. All critisizm about facebook is valid but as long as it’s useful to me, i’ll stay on it.
This is me, I occasionally post something we’re doing, but by far most of my feed and interaction is with groups. I created a neighborhood FB group as an easy way to pass along info/communicate
With pihole, ublock origin, Firefox (FB container) and social fixer browser extension, Facebook isn’t all that bad… Haha
Add in 2016 allowed me to prune/unfollow a number of crazy people.
Nothing I hate more than a company’s website being a Facebook page
And when people send me FB links that only display the login wall.
A lot of companies hate it too
Worse is when any level of gov’t uses it… “Join our community consultation meeting about city planning live on facebook.”
Fuck that. I can choose to do business or not with most companies. But i cant choose to opt out of civic participation (no, i’m not going to live off grid as a sovereign citizen)
It’s used as a source of income for a lot of people. It’s easy to group everyone and say they deserve all that happens but take a minute and consider those who are struggling and it’s their only way to find work and others are just trying to stay afloat in the sinking economy
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The recent surprise announcement that Meta will soon be shutting down its Facebook Groups API is throwing some businesses and social media marketers into disarray.
Meta explained that a major use case for the API was a feature that allowed developers to privately reply in Facebook Groups.
But developers told TechCrunch that the shutdown of the API would cause problems for companies that offer solutions to customers who want to schedule and automate their social media posts.
For example, explained Adam Peterson, the CEO of VipeCloud, which provides a suite of tools for scheduling social media posts, the API’s closure will have a “noticeable impact” on his business, as about 8% of his total revenue is on the chopping block.
On the one hand, it could be that Facebook Groups don’t generate ad revenue and the shutdown of the API will leave developers without a workaround.
“The removal of third-party access to Facebook Groups could significantly alter the digital landscape, creating both hurdles and opportunities for community managers and businesses alike.
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Meta’s getting jealous of falling behind the competition on enshittification.
