Comment on flohmarkt a federated alternative to ebay and facebook marketplace

• curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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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  • 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 🙄

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    • curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      chosing the instance that covers the geographic location you are interested in, just like you chose the location of the server in Craigslist.

      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.

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      • poVoq@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        There is no server yet. Just like Craiglist doesn’t have a server for any place outside of the US afaik. Flohmarkt is very new and apparently more popular in Europe otherwise it is the same.

        I think you are confusing Flohmarkt with an online retailer market like Amazon or Alibaba.

        Classified listings have always worked by being location specific, and that is their main appeal and why they are popular. Flohmarkt is copying that exact tried and true design and just expands it a bit with region based federation.

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