Flohmarkt - a Fediverse replacement for Facebook Marketplace
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Pole here.
A federated MediaMarkt. Or at least something with shopping, selling something. Definitely a German product. Should be a quality one, but I would name my instance (or a national one) differently, perhaps in a local language.
There is no point in making worldwide Flohmarkt instances (same for Mobilizon), so, the naming should be less a problem than you expect
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For other Fediverse software:
- Misskey is unmistakable which already makes it a good name
- PeerTube is on par with YouTube and is perfectly transparent as a description of software: "YouTube but with P2P"
- Writefreely is another clear but already proper name, definitely better than Medium or Substack (ony Medium's advantage - it sounds better in non-English languages)
- Loops and Friendica remind better of their purposes than TikTok/Vine and Facebook
- ... on the other hand, every Threadiverse app, no matter if it is /kbin, Mbin, Lemmy or PieFed, fails with it
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No matter where the site is operated from, as long as EU citizens can access it from their home countries?
Because I doubt that even fb marketplace can muster that with plausible accuracy. Especially the sales. When you take something down on marketplace it will ask if you sold it or not, but you can just tell it to mind its own business and say "no I totally just changed my mind"
Yes as long as business is accessible in EU it must set up hq in one of the eu countries and report data on sellers.
If we werenโt all preoccupied with spectating usians collapsing themselves maybe we would act before this thing came into power
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What a horrible name.
It's German
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It's German
What a horrible language.
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I just set up a Slovenian instance, flohmarkt.gregtech.eu
Maybe you can request your instance to be added here: https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt/wiki/flohmarkt-instances
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Bit of a chicken and egg situation there.
I suppose we could spin up a UK instance or find someone who would but then you'd need numbers to make it work too. However, if people would be interested in using this then speak up and it'd be easier to asses the need. It could be something regional instances bolt on as an added service.
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I don't agree? Even in big cities, I've often seen marketplace posts from people with mutual friends, so I could easily verify their trustworthiness. In other scenarios I can at least check to see if their posting history and/or profile seems legit or if there are any red flags. Having more data helps people decide whether to trust someone, but Craigslist doesn't allow for that.
But now that FB is overrun by AI bots and real users leave, there won't be many mutual friends left very soon....
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Maybe you can request your instance to be added here: https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt/wiki/flohmarkt-instances
Already added it
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I would host an instance if it's working well enough - has anyone done it yet?
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AFAIK not. Feel free to develop one!
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Yes as long as business is accessible in EU it must set up hq in one of the eu countries and report data on sellers.
If we werenโt all preoccupied with spectating usians collapsing themselves maybe we would act before this thing came into power
The thing is that since all content is federated, each government would have to ask every single instance worldwide for user data. Seems unenforceable.
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It's German
It is well known that only names which are in the devinely decreed English language are acceptable on the internet
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What if you could log in with your Mastodon (or other) Fediverse account, and they would too, so you could see their user history and connections? (And they could see yours)
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Just call it Floh Market or just Floh.
Flow Market or Just "Flow" would be good too.I like just "Floh", even if it does just mean "flea" in German.
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What if you could log in with your Mastodon (or other) Fediverse account, and they would too, so you could see their user history and connections? (And they could see yours)
That would be cool!
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You can use gpg signatures
That wouldnโt really solve it though. The problem is not a man in the middle attack. Itโs someone scamming you. They can do it, then generate another signature, repeat, etc.
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What I want is an eBay alternative. Like old school eBay, with basic (non obscured) reputation system, auction options, stuff like that.
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Running Numbat on my server and couchdb is being a real pain in the butt
apparently there's no support for Numbat yet. If anyone has any suggestions I'm all ears.
