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nodumbunny t1_jaw3wcq wrote

Facebook does tend to have more scams, but asking to be texted is not necessarily a red flag.

  1. The person might prefer to have all their messages in one place and not receive FB messages; it is an extra place to have to check.
  2. Once you text them they have your real phone number; they are tired of wasting time getting those from people.
  3. Facebook pre-fills a message to the poster with "Is this available?" and it's super annoying. People just hit "send" when they may not really be interested in order to be be able to revisit the listing later (because they haven't figured out you can save posts to revisit them later.)
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