I created a quick #flohmarkt instance to try it out.
Its purpose is to be an alternative to
- #facebook #marketplace
- #ebay
- etc
To sell and purchase things from other people in the #fediverse
Interestingly enough, I don't see any instance in North America yet (#usa and #canada)
Only in #europe
@frank
Hmm. It's pretty basic, but it works.
Would be nice if one could customize the interface (theme) a bit more.
A buy & sell page would be a good draw to a localized fediverse instance.
What do you mean "a buy & sell page"?
Currently, there's no clear distinction. I guess you'd need to specify in the title/description of the listing.
@frank
Well, once upon a time I had this vision of a local Fediverse ‘hub’ as a way to create a community hub that would encourage folks to ditch corporate social media platforms like Facebook.
The hub would include a messaging platform (Mastodon) but could also include other Fedi services like Pixelfed for photo sharing or Peertube for videos.
The layout would be something like:
• localname.social (Mastodon, as the ‘anchor’)
• photos.localname.social (Pixelfed)
• video.localname.social (PeerTube)
Having a buyandsell.localname.social would dovetail nicely into that.
Yeah, that's also what I'm creating with my fraxoweb.social instance
I'm thinking about adding more services, but I don't really like using subdomains.
Real domains are expensive but are shorter and cleaner.
Peertube = localname.video or .tube
Pixelfed = localname.photo
Flohmarkt = localname.market
Frank 🍁⚜️
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