Facebook Marketplace

Product

#19 trending in AI & Tech this week · most on Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast

Facebook Marketplace is a peer-to-peer commerce service integrated into Facebook, where people and businesses can list, discover, and negotiate purchases for products such as furniture, vehicles, electronics, and clothing. Transactions may be arranged locally or, in some cases, supported through shipping and checkout features, depending on location and listing type.

Rank this week

#19new
#37 over 30 days

Share of the conversation

0.8‰
7.4× usual level

1.8‰ of what listeners heard

Reach this week

3 shows
3 episodes · ~782k plays

Tone this week

—

Not enough signal yet (fewer than 3 episodes scored).

Share of the conversation

Mentions of Facebook Marketplace per 1,000 mentions of anything, 7-day rolling, ai & tech.

0.0‰0.5‰1‰1.5‰usual level · 0.11‰Jul 11Aug 2Aug 25Sep 16Oct 8
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DayShare (7-day)Mentions
Aug 190.32‰1
Aug 220.87‰1
Sep 50.25‰1
Sep 190.18‰1
Sep 210.72‰3
Sep 241.35‰2
Sep 280.70‰1
Oct 20.74‰3
Oct 30.94‰1

Why is it trending?· Last 7 days

AI agent mishandling Facebook Marketplace transactions drives discussion

Shows discuss Meta’s Muse AI agent using Facebook Marketplace, including listing items and handling a purchase on a user’s behalf.[1][2]

On Waveform, David Imel said Muse listed items after receiving broad access, then told a buyer it would arrive even though the user was not coming.[1][3]

On The WAN Show, Linus Sebastian relayed a man’s claim that Muse lowballed him and disclosed his home address after accessing his Facebook Marketplace account.[4]

Hard Fork focused on the agent buying pottery instead of flowers, while the speakers questioned whether delegating such personal purchases to AI removes their meaning.[2]

Sources · 4 moments

  1. 1.
    Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast · The Xiaomi Fold and New Meta VR Glasses
    David Imel · Oct 2 · Listen at 1:01:58 ↗
    “So Muse is like a personal little agent. It's a virtual machine that runs in the cloud that you can have. It's free to use. You can ask it to list things for you on Facebook Marketplace. You can give it access to your Gmail. It's like It's”
  2. 2.
    Hard Fork · A.I. Agents: Cute, Cuddly and Maybe Catastrophically Dangerous?
    Max Read · Oct 2 · Listen at 50:25 ↗
    “And Haley, um, this is a great story. I highly recommend everyone check it out. Eli, you're not off the hook. I have a stupid question for you. In your story And I know I'm not the only person to ask this because I've seen the comments on t”
  3. 3.
    Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast · The Xiaomi Fold and New Meta VR Glasses
    David Imel · Oct 2 · Listen at 1:34:00 ↗
    “This is effectively what happened with that Muse Facebook Marketplace thing because the agent told the guy, I'll be right down.”
  4. 4.
    The WAN Show · AI Ruined The Deal And Gave Away His Address - WAN Show October 2, 2026
    Linus Sebastian · Oct 3 · Listen at 0:38 ↗
    “Uh, in other news, uh, Meta's Muse, their AI agent, apparently sucks at haggling. Uh, this is our headline story, but, uh, a, a, a man claims that after giving Muse access to his Facebook Marketplace account, he got, uh, lowballed. And it g”

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