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Facebook is just Craigslist now
The social-media giant has manifested its final form: not digital connector, but digital bazaar.
In the past few months of refraining from thumbing through my feed, I have not missed status updates; most of my friends left the platform long ago, and Facebook’s heavily mediated algorithm shows me little from those still there. To that end, Facebook has become the primary host for the hyperlocal giveaway clusters known as Buy Nothing groups, which embrace a gift-economy ethos and mutual aid—and, tellingly, prohibit advertising goods and services. Earlier this year, the fast-salad chain Sweetgreen launched a limited-time-only seed-oil-free menu featuring dressings made with olive and avocado oils, chosen for their flavor but also for “ their health benefits and alignment with our values.”
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