Comment on flohmarkt a federated alternative to ebay and facebook marketplace

• 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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      • poVoq@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I can’t post on a Mastodon instance with another instance account, only comment on people’s posts. This is the same way Flohmarkt does federation.

        I also can’t create an community on Lemmy with an account from another instance.

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