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PSA: If you use the Meta AI app, your friends will find out and it will be embarrassing | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[+] 64 points 7 months ago (11 children)
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  • [–] 29 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    I am in my 50s and have never had a facebook account. I never will - but honestly I have been tempted to recently because apparently Craigslist is all scammers now and Facebook Marketplace is the go-to for local used buy/sell.

    If I could make a “marketplace only” account I would because I like to buy/sell used. But I can’t so oh well.

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago

    Marketplace is very alive and kicking, it's shocking how much more active it is since COVID.

    I will also say that FB has sucked a lot of attention away from traditional forum spaces - Australia's Netrider for example. It's much better to seek answers and ask questions in the motorcycle Facebook page for your model. Sadly. The introduction of anonymous group posting is a good thing though.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    I personally feel more sketched out by Facebook marketplace and all of its AliExpress drop shipping posts. Craigslist feels more pure and real (except for the cars, but who goes there for that?) Bought a bread machine on craigslist from a little old lady just a couple of weeks ago. Nice woman. Super easy transaction.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    You can make an account without using your real details. Just stick to the browser and don't use their app.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I have tried multiple times. I get flagged for identification every time. And the identification fails. Even if I try to video my face. I guess they don't want me there.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    I refer to it as "Boomer Social" as it is the exclusive form of communication for family members over 60. When I purged my Meta accounts, finally, I completely lost contact with my sister.

    Seems that old people who were around for email being the norm can't manage to use it anymore...

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    For some reason its very popular in Asia, according to my partner who is Thai and 23 years old. But then they don't really use anything else (well, tiktok and Line, but rarely Insta or twitter). I guess facebook is just decent for all kinds of media, be it text, images, videos or links

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    For some reason its very popular in Asia, according to my partner who is Thai and 23 years old.

    Facebook subsidized mobile internet access specifically to facebook properties for a decade or so in many parts of the world. If you went to Google.com you'd get charged for mobile data. if you went to any Facebook company sites, it was free data. This is also why Whatapp is so embedded in many parts of the world. Text messages were charged, while Whatapp messages were free.

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