Comment on flohmarkt a federated alternative to ebay and facebook marketplace

• poVoq@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

  So what do you call this?

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  • curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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    • poVoq@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What? That is 100% exactly like Flohmarkt works with server specific locations.

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      • curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        server specific

        Maybe there is some miscommunication here.

        Does the user determine their geographic region of themselves as a user, or is that determined by the server?

        (Again, Craigslist works by the *user* picking a location, there is absolutely not a physical server at those locations)

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  • Arcka@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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    • curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This is correct.

      You used to have to go by city/metro area only, but now you can do it by search area. That said, you can alter your metro area or search radius at any point.

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• poVoq@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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  • curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • poVoq@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I literally linked you the Craigslist FAQ above that shows that they have server specific locations, just like Flohmarkt.

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      • curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I think youre misunderstanding that page - those are regions, they are not server specific. You aren’t connecting to a different physical server hopping between 5 different cities across the United States (well you might be with CDNs but thats kind of besides the point).

        They are designations - like an MQTT topic or a community here on Lemmy/piefed.

        I can start a local community for my city here on anarchist.nexus, and a friend can create one for his local city in Canada. Its the same server, but the regions covered are different.

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