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Meta Quietly Launches 'Forum,' a Standalone Facebook Groups App
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turbineseaplane
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Craigslist is an absolute abandonware ghost town now where I go.
I've been cross posting to FB & CL in Seattle, Portland and Boise for the last few years and sold NOTHING on CL.
Usually I get not even a single inquiry from the CL listings and if I do it's for someone who wants to "trade their old motor bike" or some other junk.
It's not a small sample size either. I've probably sold 100+ tech items on FBM in the last couple years.
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Unfortunately not.
Facebook numbers still growing, same with Instagram, Threads has overtaken its main competitor (X).
bLackjackj
macrumors 65816
It’s just a single global store. Sign in with a US account if you want it 🤷♂️
GeoStructural
macrumors 65816
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I totally agree with you. I would not be surprised if they come up with something like Quora or even LinkedIn.
GeoStructural
macrumors 65816
Threads has not overtaken X, that is a virtual number since Meta is counting the impressions on Instagram as if they were interacted in Threads… yeah, some people may click and activate an account, but if you dig deeper you will see that X has more real active users and log ins.
zarmanto
macrumors 65816
Than it's not even remotely "anonymized", is it? Anyone on Facebook can create a new group. All that a nefarious actor needs to do to sus out real identities is create a group forum that ostensibly represents the interests of their target, and advertise it in a forum that they know their target frequents. Suddenly, with a single post, "anonymous" vanishes into the mist like the illusion that it always was. Seems to me that, this possibility alone is going to push a fair number of security minded people away from it.
Besides... if I'm being honest, I can't even keep up with all of the posts here on the MacRumors forum -- which is a single forum focused on a subset of my interests. I certainly don't need yet more forum traffic to not be able to keep up with!
rensuchan
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turbineseaplane
macrumors Penryn
Since we are talking about it, I just pulled up Boise CL computer section.
Don't miss the "factory sealed" Intel Macbook Air ... or as I call them, "DogSlowBooks"
May as well call it "Junk List" instead of Craigslist
Sure glad they have the "cryptocurrency OK" (for payments) sort checkbox.
I definitely want to use crypto to buy an old Acer, Dell or HP hunk of junk. 😂
Do NOT, under any circumstances download any Facebook or related app on your phone.
nostaws
macrumors 6502a
hobspain
macrumors regular
hobspain
macrumors regular
No it’s not. Developers choose where their apps show up (unfortunately). So some short sighted minds do exactly like this for public transportation apps in cities and countries in which they operate not realizing that tourists come from all over the world with different countries set in their AppleIDs. Even if you know how to do it (a minority) it is a pain to switch and not without side effects.
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CasinoOwl
macrumors 6502
Edit: NOPE. The Group Management page is a mess. The app only exists to entice me into joining other groups. I was instantly hit with an endless scroll of groups I don't follow. Instant delete.
This is actually good news (I think). Facebook has become so lame with ads and suggested content, but I go on there to manage a couple groups. This sounds like it will let me just do the groups without any of the other distraction.
This is actually good news (I think). Facebook has become so lame with ads and suggested content, but I go on there to manage a couple groups. This sounds like it will let me just do the groups without any of the other distraction.
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Will they release another one with just the posts from your friends and family, and none of the other garbage? They could call it 'Facebook'.