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Facebook Marketplace lets you easily adjust the radius for your item searches, a much better method than Craigslist's by-counties-only filter. Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET.

“I only use Facebook for Marketplace,” said Ms. Chiu, 24, who added that she spent most of her social time on TikTok and Instagram, which is owned by Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook Marketplace allows users to buy and sell all sorts of products online — not just vehicles — which makes it different from most car-buying apps that exclusively offer vehicle listings.