Flohmarkt - a Fediverse replacement for Facebook Marketplace
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We have to stop sending end users to software solutions for web admins. We don't send them yo "nginx" or "apache", after all.
Someone throw up a website using this software and give the site a sensible name, and then direct users to that website.
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That name...
Sprich deutsch!
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That name...
They need to use an easier name, like Kleinanzeigen or something
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Fleabook
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Close. It's flea market.
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Swede here, see no issue with the name. I'll just ignore the h when pronouncing though.
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And why should we name things for the exclusive convenience of monolingual English speakers to the detriment of everyone else?
I don't disagree conceptually, but English has been the lingua franca for a long time now.
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I can't understand why every other fediverse name is so stupid as to be off putting to the average user.
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Flohcebook mohktplohce
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I don't disagree conceptually, but English has been the lingua franca for a long time now.
That's not an issue for brands. German and Chinese brands are just doing fine everywhere with the possible exception of the two countries in the world where people are not exposed to other languages.
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Yep. It’s kind of annoying when people see everything through an “english” lense and assume anything that isn’t made to work for english speakers won’t work…
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The latter. Though given the downvotes, I think people are either not smart enough to get it, or too smart and think I don't get it.
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The latter. Though given the downvotes, I think people are either not smart enough to get it, or too smart and think I don't get it.
You just said what everyone thinks when they hear 'lingua franca' for the first time.
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They need to use an easier name, like Kleinanzeigen or something
Not enough umlauts to count as easy.
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Because more people speak it?
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Yep. It’s kind of annoying when people see everything through an “english” lense and assume anything that isn’t made to work for english speakers won’t work…
