Flohmarkt - a Fediverse replacement for Facebook Marketplace
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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.
UK instance please!
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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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Already added it
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Many people, including some in the thread!
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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 weren’t 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 is well known that only names which are in the devinely decreed English language are acceptable on the internet
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At least when I used Craigslist, there was no social network element to it, so it was difficult to determine the trustworthiness of any given poster.
For that reason, I don't want a Fediverse clone of Craigslist -- I want an existing Fediverse platform to add a marketplace. I will not use anonymous marketplaces.
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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That wouldn’t really solve it though. The problem is not a man in the middle attack. It’s 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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Many people, including some in the thread!
Running Numbat on my server and couchdb is being a real pain in the butt
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That wouldn’t really solve it though. The problem is not a man in the middle attack. It’s someone scamming you. They can do it, then generate another signature, repeat, etc.
Web of trust - did you hear? https://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual/x547.html
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Uber isn't a German word tho?
Also, the founders are Canadian and American, not Germans
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Web of trust - did you hear? https://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual/x547.html
So you only trade with people in your web of trust? That’s not feasible. People flock to these websites to trade with strangers. You don’t need a middleman to trade with people you already trust.
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UK instance please!
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So you only trade with people in your web of trust? That’s not feasible. People flock to these websites to trade with strangers. You don’t need a middleman to trade with people you already trust.
Friend of friend networks, that's how classmates have benefits created ( a prototype to "prove" 6 connections theory )
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A friend shared to me that the developers are always open for discussion on their IRC channel:
