Flohmarkt is still a really young platform, but it shows promise as a way for people to create listings, and reach out to one another.

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.

  • andyburke@fedia.io
    2·
    3 months ago

    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?

  • e$tGyr#J2pqM8v@feddit.nlEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    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 !

  • XNX@slrpnk.netEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    Almost named it something people will remember how to spell.

      • Plopp@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        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.

        • cron@feddit.orgEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          Loppis sounds way better than Flohmarkt, and I say that as a german native speaker.

      • RVGamer06@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        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.

    • Augustiner@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      3 months ago

      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…

  • Clbull@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    3 months ago

    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.

    • hanke@feddit.nuEnglish
      0·
      3 months ago

      I believe money shouldn’t be involved.

      Just match sellers and buyers together and let them figure the terms and transaction out themselves.

      All that is needed is a way to find what you want and a solid system of building trusted profiles with ratings and such.

      Not a simple task, but keep the money out and it will all be easier.

      • lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        All that is needed is a way to find what you want and a solid system of building trusted profiles with ratings and such.

        Wouldn’t the second part require a trusted means to verify that a given profile actually sold you the promised thing, as well as some trusted means (two-party signing, maybe) to announce that a payment actually took place?