Comment on flohmarkt a federated alternative to ebay and facebook marketplace

• poVoq@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You chose an instance that covers the geographic location you are interested in, for example your city.

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  • curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    So by server.

    There is no online classifieds I know of that work like that.

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    • poVoq@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      www.craigslist.org/about/help/posting/…/location

      So what do you call this?

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      • curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        There aren’t servers in each of those locations.

        Its a designated region for users to make use of. User based, not server based.

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      • Arcka@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        It seems like on CL the city labels are mostly for human readable convenience and behind the scenes it’s by distance. You can set a distance from any point:

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    • poVoq@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      All the ones I know work like that here in Europe, except ebay.

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      • curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Craigslist, freecycle, Facebook market, offerup - they all go by user region, not server region.

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