<ul><li>Facebook Marketplace is showing results that are located across a body of water, rather than within a specified distance radius.</li><li>The issues arise when there is a distance radius, giving you as-the-crow-flies in every direction.</li><li>Four miles around downtown Brooklyn will show you New Jersey results.</li><li>It creates a search radius that extends across the Long Island Sound into the northern tips of Long Island.</li><li>This isn't just an East Coast problem, Menlo Park, California, is located along a body of water.</li><li>One option could be that instead of making a perfect circle of a search radius, you could draw your own search shape with your finger.</li><li>Another option — and my preference — would be to factor in driving distance or public transit access.</li><li>Marketplace is a cornerstone of Facebook's strategy for young people. </li><li>My plea to Mark Zuckerberg is to take a break from the kickboxing and focus in on this important issue.</li><li>End the Marketplace search that goes across water boundaries!</li></ul>

Facebook Marketplace needs to stop showing me results that would make me cross a body of water

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