Flohmarkt - a Fediverse replacement for Facebook Marketplace
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It's not that bad. It's just German for flea market. And English speakers shouldn't have an issue with at least "Markt". Not far from a cognate.
Definitely better names but I think the bigger hurdle is getting the critical mass to get something like marketplace to work in the fediverse even with the perfect name.
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Non-German but I am in the EU. Didn't find it odd at all. Just assumed it was "flow market" in German.
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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My American brain wants to read it as "FlowMart", or "Flowmark". Neither of which I have a problem with.
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Flohcebook Marktplace
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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It's not that bad. It's just German for flea market. And English speakers shouldn't have an issue with at least "Markt". Not far from a cognate.
Definitely better names but I think the bigger hurdle is getting the critical mass to get something like marketplace to work in the fediverse even with the perfect name.
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Uh do you not know what "lingua franca" means or are you making a joke?
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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Chinese says hi.
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SPEAK ENGLISH ÖR DIE
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Op has a point. Even English names that succeed internationally are somewhat bound by the ability of speakers of other languages to spell and pronounce the name. Y'all are here acting like what they're saying is hateful or something...
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Interesting idea. How do you deal with illegal trade?
Maybe just like Facebook Market, simply ignore it? /s
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It's not that bad. It's just German for flea market. And English speakers shouldn't have an issue with at least "Markt". Not far from a cognate.
Definitely better names but I think the bigger hurdle is getting the critical mass to get something like marketplace to work in the fediverse even with the perfect name.
But telling a friend about this starts with the name. Simple names are easier. And that would just start with making it short. Single syllable being best.
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Does it? If you set up an instance for your local community/city/whatever, and name it something that makes sense for your intended userbase, I think it would be fine.
It goes from "I sold my couch on FlohMarkt" to "I sold my couch on Local Ottawa Marketplace" for the 'normies' out there. They're not going to care about the underlying software so long as their couch gets sold.
Do recommend a DIY local advertising strategy if trying to get something like this running, though - posters at IRL flea markets, adverts in small community papers for antiques and collectibles, crossposts/links to postings on stuff like MaxSold/Kijiji/Craigslist/GumTree/FB Marketplace/[insert online marketplace operating in your area],that kind of thing.
Focus on the current primary use case of centralized marketplace services (buying shit from your neighbours), then introduce the "Oh yeah, we've also set it up so you can see postings on Local Toronto Marketplace, Local Kingston Marketplace, Marché Local de Montréal" etc. from there.
I really, really think talking to people in terms of specific instances over the overarching platform/protocol is a way around 'normie' confusion about the Fediverse when first trying it, then getting exposure to how it works in practice will help them understand the nitty gritty stuff better. Is this problematic in some cases, like with Lemmy? A little bit, yeah. For something like FlohMarkt? I think less so.
('normie' in quotes 'cause I'm not the biggest fan of the term, but it's a useful shorthand)
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I tried to use it myself and it really isn't ready yet. It's missing so many features that a specialized Lemmy instance seems like a much better alternative.
