Comment on flohmarkt a federated alternative to ebay and facebook marketplace

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curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Sites are not physical. Sites are not locked at signup. You are misunderstanding how Craigslist (and others) work.

What this page is saying is “If you post in the Berlin section, and want to offer it in Los Angeles, you need to make a new post”.

You don’t need a different account, a different server, or to otherwise associate with a different region.

I’d be happy to explain if there is a part here that is confusing, I’m really not sure what you are not understanding on this.

I’m also not putting down the idea of a federated marketplace, I would love it.

I just think its a bad design to rely on a server setting that users have no control over. What happens if that host moves to an entirely different region? They have to keep serving that region? They can change it and all those listings are invalid?

It isnt a good design.

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