I’m one of those oddballs who’s never joined, but I’m in the market for a new to me bike, and it seems like all the action is on marketplace. Am I screwed, or is there an effective workaround ?

Edit: Not US. There are local alternatives that I know about, but they are worse, please answer question as asked ! Basically I’m thinking of alternative software ala FreeTube, or a way of spoofing facebook to make a dummy account only to be used for this and if so what precautions to take…

      • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
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        2 months ago

        Make a wanted listing for what you desire and crypto in itself is not black market. Crypto in itself is money. It can be used for black market but it can also be used to buy groceries. Another way you could say it is cars give off bank robber vibes.

  • felsiq@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    In Canada we have Kijiji, which is… not perfect for privacy, but at least it’s not facebook

    • thayer@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Craigslist is still superior in the PNW, at least in my experience.

  • makeasnek@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    #shopstr is a growing alternative which uses nostr for posting instead of Facebook. Unfortunately not as many people but I always check there first and list there preferentially. You can use any payment method with is but most people use Bitcoin lightning, which has some privacy pros and cons but certainly more private than Facebook.

  • Willy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’ve never been on there either but I saw someone else post today saying they use an alt account for marketplace so it’s apparently possible. Been considering trying it myself.

  • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    A bike with a motor, or a bicycle?

    If the former, you can always use Cycletrader. For the latter, well, sorry.

  • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Would a virtual machine work for this? Set up a minimal Linux distro with a browser and set the browser to delete cookies on exit, then only use it for Facebook. VMs are not perfectly secure, as I understand it, but I can’t see Facebook tunnelling its way out of one.

    • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Certainly wouldn’t hurt, tunnel out via vpn to swaziland or whatever. I’m still going to be searching locally, but if all they know is I’m looking for bikes and hopefully don’t link it to my shadow profile, I can probably live with that. Still, don’t they require ID and phone number and shit these days ? IDK, I really don’t follow them.