- cross-posted to:
- selfhosted@lemmy.world
- selfhosting@slrpnk.net
- cross-posted to:
- selfhosted@lemmy.world
- selfhosting@slrpnk.net
As this project appears to be fairly unknown in the fediverse still, I’d like to use this opportunity to advertise Flohmarkt. This Fediverse equivalent of Facebook Marketplace already has some instances up and running - see here: https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt/wiki/flohmarkt-instances
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I would host an instance if it’s working well enough - has anyone done it yet?
Many people, including some in the thread!
as always with these, it really comes down to whos using it.
What about Craigslist
Ghost town and nothing but scams and business spam at this point. It’s a shame that FB marketplace killed it, because it was relatively simple and useful for what it did
What I want is an eBay alternative. Like old school eBay, with basic (non obscured) reputation system, auction options, stuff like that.
I just set up a Slovenian instance, flohmarkt.gregtech.eu
Edit: which range should I use for it, which one do you recommend?
Maybe you can request your instance to be added here: https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt/wiki/flohmarkt-instances
Already added it
A friend shared to me that the developers are always open for discussion on their IRC channel:
In my local area government interrogates selling boards about my data what I sell and such. I wonder if this could be forever resistant to authorities provided somebody actually uses it?
Ad-software huh ? Maybe this could solve the monetisation issue of let’s say PeerTube
I don’t think this can be used for monetisation, I am not sure the instance gets a cut of any sales, they are just connecting users.
That is an issue the Fediverse, with its anticapitalist stance, has yet to full address but Ghost is addressing how to monetise content in a Substack way and that subscription model is probably one that would be more acceptable on the Fediverse.
Maybe someone may want to put links to Flohmarkt instances on Craigslist or FB Marketplace to put more eyes on it?
any of them US?
Feel free to host an US instance :)
What a horrible name.
It’s German
It is well known that only names which are in the devinely decreed English language are acceptable on the internet
What a horrible language.
I think the name is a nice change from most english title. It promotes cultural diversity :)
Cool. If u can host it as a tor hidden service that is a large an influential market that might benefit from such a thing. Haven’t looked but it might need some additional features to work as a decent platform in that sense.
This is what i need so i can finally delete facebook but unfortunately this is too early and small with nothing piblically uk based and no one looking at it so things would never sell.
Bit of a chicken and egg situation there.
I suppose we could spin up a UK instance or find someone who would but then you’d need numbers to make it work too. However, if people would be interested in using this then speak up and it’d be easier to asses the need. It could be something regional instances bolt on as an added service.
UK instance please! :)
Add to the wiki please :)
Really interesting! can’t wait to see how it progresses along.
I tried to use it myself and it really isn’t ready yet. It’s missing so many features that a specialized Lemmy instance seems like a much better alternative.
Maybe share your vision with the devs or actively contribute yourself to the development of this platform? :)
