Comment on flohmarkt a federated alternative to ebay and facebook marketplace
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 2 days agonot a global social network obviously
So…. whats the point in federation?
This is how all of these classified pages have always worked all the way back to when they were still printed in local newspapers or were just a pinboard in the local supermarket.
It is exactly how classifieds in newspapers or a board at a supermarket works, yes!
It is in no way how an online classified system (craigslist, ebay, offerup, etc) works.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Commercial centralized online classified systems have a massive problem with ads from commercial sellers as a result, yes. Is that really what you want?
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 2 days ago
Lets go to the example from earlier - craigslist. They do not do advertisements. Specific types of listings cost money. That is how craigslist makes money.
Do you mean sellers who make listings in many locations? Does flohmarkt have any controls to prevent that? Because from what I can see…. no, it doesn’t.
Again, lets return to the actual problem:
How do I, as a user in the United States, join and participate? As a user, not an admin. Right now.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
There is no distinction between users and admins. You can set up your own instance if you feel like there is a demand for it in your city. That is how decentralized community owned systems work. The same is true for Lemmy.
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 2 days ago
I’m sorry, but this is an absolute horror show of a sentence.
Why would I need a whole new instance for that? What benefit is there to locking an *instance to a region rather than a listing* to a region?
Its not a technical limitation. Its not even a functional limitation for the trade or sale of someone’s stuff.
What happens when that server owner changes their region that they live?
Do you expect each person to stand up their own instance?
How do I, *as a user*, and lets assume I don’t have the technical ability or the infrastructure necessary to support standing up my own instance, use flohmarkt in the United States?
What technical reason is there for this limitation?
What functional reason is there for this limitation?