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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.

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Snapz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
If you feel any kind of meaningful trustworthiness from a Facebook profile, you’ve probably got some other things to worry about…

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- nyamlae@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  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.
  
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  - Temperche@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    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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shades@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

“I will not use anonymous marketplaces.”

“I won’t take cash, either” vibes

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AlreadyDefederated@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
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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- nyamlae@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  That would be cool!
  
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endofline@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
You can use gpg signatures

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- acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  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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  - endofline@lemmy.ca ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Web of trust - did you hear? www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual/x547.html
    
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    acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    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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