I have no clue where Facebook marketplace servers are. That has never been relevant to me. Kijiji is a popular online marketplace in Canada, and it let’s you pick location or have it choose automatically based on your location.
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poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 weeks agoWhy? To me that makes a lot of sense and this is also how similar popular platforms work (minus federation of course).
LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Craigslist has server specific locations. I am not familiar with how Facebook market works, but even ebay has country specific servers, which in Europe often means very location specific due to small countries.
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 3 weeks ago
Craigslist has server specific locations.
No, Craigslist has region specific sections.
The location of the server is not relevant. The servers are all hosting the same information, the user is picking the region they wish to browse.
There are not physical servers (or even virtual) to host each of those locations. They are subdirectories on a web host.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
This is ridiculous. Obviously we are not talking about dialup connections where you need to call a server with the region code and a physical location 🙄
Craigslist might host it all on the same physical server since it does not support an open federation, but it is exactly the same concept as instance (=server) specific locations.
Auli@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
No it has country specific URLs. And the seller can list stuff on what instances they want. Even though lots of. Cin ship internationally.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
I am not very familiar with how the seller part of ebay works, but as a buyer I have a country specific account that only allows to bid on country specific posts. At least it was like that when I used it last some years ago.
bob_lemon@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
It should support both. On the instance side to limit a region/country matching the instance, then client side to set your actual reachable area.
non_burglar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It"s one thing to limit searches bases on geographic location of items, but I should be able to change that to look up items at a destination to which I’m travelling, or just to compare to my area.
Plus, I might be more willing to travel farther to get a used car than a loveseat.
This is def bad design.
Arcka@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Agreed. I’ve made a day trip to the neighboring state to buy a used car from a CL listing, but I probably wouldn’t travel to the other side of the country for it.
Similarly, for many things I wouldn’t travel more than an hour to get them.
The distance radius really needs to be adjustable per search to be useful outside of densely populated areas.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
This is why it federates, you can find offers from other instances that are further away just fine. However to make curation easier and lower the server load the admin can limit the geographic distance of federation so that for example it doesn’t have to federate thousands of posts from Japan that few of the users of their location specific instance are likely interested in.
I really don’t understand why that is so hard to grasp conceptually and this is definitly good design.
non_burglar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I really don’t understand why that is so hard to grasp conceptually
That is quite clear from your insistence that you know what users want.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
They want local listings and not commercial sellers spamming them with ads yes.
Auli@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
No it isn’t I get to set the location and distance u want when searching. I’ve never had something search where the servers are.
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 3 weeks ago
Because we are talking about physical items.
The distance I would go to pick something up is relative to me, not relative to the server I’m connecting to. Shipping I may want to limit by country of origin/destination due to taxes or available shipping services.
It also means the issue of the user above - no one from North America even has a server option, which limits use. From a physical goods perspective, there is not a single option I’m aware of that limits region by server location.
Its always by user location.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
No? The instance covers a certain geographic location, for example a city. So what you want is already included in that. Federation adds nearby city instances to the mix.
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 3 weeks ago
I’m in the United States.
Can I join and see the city closest to me? Or search by distance from me?
Me, not the server.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
You chose an instance that covers the geographic location you are interested in, for example your city.