• @Snapz@lemmy.world
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    661 month ago

    God… remember how fucking simple craigslist was when it hit it’s peak? The fact that Grandpa could take a shaky flip phone picture and post a thing you needed right around the corner, no fat or other frivolous horseshit…

    Craigslist is still simple last I checked, but the user base left and now dominated by spam from retail and drop shippers masquerading as local people selling goods from their garage.

    Nothing gold can stay

    • @nyamlae@lemmy.world
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      151 month ago

      At least when I used Craigslist, there was no social network element to it, so it was difficult to determine the trustworthiness of any given poster.

      For that reason, I don’t want a Fediverse clone of Craigslist – I want an existing Fediverse platform to add a marketplace. I will not use anonymous marketplaces.

    • @Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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      51 month ago

      Idk. It’s still got some uses. My dad got a bunch of industrial refrigerator panels for stupid cheap off Craigslist like 6 months ago.

      • @Snapz@lemmy.world
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        31 month ago

        Yeah, you can still get something from the odd crank, but used to be much more practically useful for day to day needs.