As the Fediverse continues to grow, people are looking to build new experiences that change what’s possible on the network today.
Flohmarkt is a nascent project intended for selling personal items, and may be the first attempt of its kind here.
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Lovely idea but what is that name
That is the German name for flea markets. It’s when people sell old stuff they don’t want or need anymore in their garden/some square/the street.
Guess the creators are Germans…
A standard name for a open source project \s
German word for flea market
I just realized the Swedish slang for flea market would work a charm. Loppis. It even sounds like a hip app. Someone quick make it an open fedi platform before the capitalists take it!
Edit: It’s short for loppmarknad. Loppa = flea. Marknad = market.
Loppis sounds way better than Flohmarkt, and I say that as a german native speaker.
Now that I know I love it.
could’ve just read the first two paragraphs.
Reading the article before posting?
Believe it or not, straight to jail.
flea market
I don’t know how, but i kinda imagined it even though i don’t speak a word of German (nor i am an English native speaker). It just… uh, sounds like it.
It’s quite obvious from the context
I don’t think the “decentralize and federate everything” strategy is a good idea when it comes to online marketplaces.
We’ve seen how quickly bad actors can wreak havoc on the Fediverse like that one time when Lemmy Shitpost was closed for weeks due to people creating new instances of their own and spamming the community with CSAM. Imagine how much you open the community up to scams or criminal activity when money gets involved.
I mean if there’s a time to test it out, it’s right now I would argue.
Lemmy is still small enough to test those things.
It will probably split and congregate around instances focusing on heavy moderation and KYC vs crypto-focused free-for-all ones if they ever gain traction.
Almost named it something people will remember how to spell.
Flohmarkt? Seems simple enough.
I would love for this to become successful! I am assuming it’s not in any great state yet, but the decentralized future is waiting for us !
Something about this sounds AIsh
I am interested and I like this.
However, I don’t really get it. The site linked just seems like a feed of all products.
Is there a way to see caregories based on people marking up their items?
Is there an ActivityPub spec around these?
