Comment on flohmarkt a federated alternative to ebay and facebook marketplace
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 2 days agoThere aren’t servers in each of those locations.
Its a designated region for users to make use of. User based, not server based.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
What? That is 100% exactly like Flohmarkt works with server specific locations.
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 2 days ago
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)
poVoq@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
You can chose your geographic location by chosing the instance that covers the geographic location you are interested in, just like you chose the location of the server in Craigslist.
Obviously the server is on the internet an can be physically hosted whereever 🙄
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 2 days ago
No, I can’t.
Because as you just said, the server is limiting the region. Making it server and not user.
There is no server for my region (or continent), so its not something I can use without standing up my own server.
I would not consider that a good design. Its extremely limiting to adoption and expansion.