How the hell do I sign up for facebook?

Marketplace was fantastic for buying and selling all sorts of stuff for years, but it is now plagued with fake listings and scams and all kinds of undesirable shit now. The scammers seem to have no problem whatsoever cranking out new accounts on the regular, and Facebook doesn’t seem to give a shit. Any time I report any of the scam listings I get a response from FB about 3 weeks later saying they did nothing wrong, so they took no action. Fuck Facebook.

If you're looking for cheap cars, check if your state/city/area has a govenment auction site. In minnesota we have MNBid and you can usually pick up impounded vehicles or old govenment fleet vehicles for dirt cheap.

Have you tried going to some of those lower end local used car lots? Before cl and fb we used to look through the newspaper and go to used car lots. I know you'll pay a little more than from a private seller unless you haggle, but at least there's a selection. No Facebook required.

I recommend autotempest as it searches multiple sites.

A photo of my balls would help in that case too but it doesn't men I want to give it to them.

There are options for additional checks they could explore that are less creepy.

1. Make someone pay a one time charge. This might not give you the full details but the transaction gives more data, and shows someone is willing to back up their request for access with a paper trail which has fraud protection laws.
2. Third party verification services. Like your bank, who already have details about you. There just needs to be a way for them to vouch for you. Credit reporting agencies probably already do this, but I kinda think this is almost creepier than giving Facebook a video.
3. Verifying the email attached to your account is a good first step.

In the meantime I think knowing the password should at least get you logged in enough for account maintenance. You should be able to set the entire account private and take it offline with limited toggles. Restoring full access would require the additional verification.

I keep being told it’s where all the classifieds went. Where else do you buy and sell household stuff that may still have value?

Anybody serious about something isn't gonna put it on Facebook.

Guess what? I have bought half a dozen cars over the years, and I don't have a Facebook account. Somehow, being a normal human and doing normal human things is still possible without X, Facebook, Reddit, Tictoc, and Instagram. Or whatever this years social fad is.