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Flohmarkt – A federated, decentral, classified market place using ActivityPub

18 points by midzer 3y ago

mdaniel 3y ago
AGPLv3 one of the cited instances, if you want to see how it looks: https://fedi.markets/ https://fedi.markets/
pointlessone 3y ago
Calling it a marketplace is a little stretch, I think. It’s a place to post ads but it doesn’t facilitate one of the essential functions of a marketplace – buying/selling. That seem to happen completely outside of the thing. So it’s more like a specialised Mastodon instance.
- black_puppydog 3y ago
  I go to my local farmers market nearly every day and I've never heard anyone object to the name just because we use regular cash & cards that are not centrally managed by FarmersMarket Corp. :)
  - poisonborz 3y ago
    But there you have easy cash, on the net you need _something_. There could be some integration - even just a paypal link option if the user wishes so - or at least a hint on the site on how to faciliate a payment.
    - black_puppydog 3y ago
      I think it's written by a German originally. Not sure where you're from, but in Europe we're able to make wire transfers for free for a long time; I can just send you some money given a SEPA number, and this is increasingly available in real-time. Sure, it could be made easier. Flohmarkt is quite a young project though; the first time I heard about it was last summer at cccamp.
      - poisonborz 3y ago
        I know, but users of such a federated project might prefer something more private than disclosing a real name/IBAN. In comparison, even Paypal (with a @username or mail address) is a bit more private.
        black_puppydog 3y ago
        Very fair point. :)
poisonborz 3y ago
I mean I absolutely love the idea... but man it looks rather ugly. Also there is seemingly no thumbnail generation so images load at snail pace.
- preya2k 3y ago
  Yeah, unfortunately like with many other „federated XYZ“ projects, it’s the lack of good UI that stops me from using it. I applaud the author for keeping a minimal footprint with vanilla JS and CSS. But this is very hard to maintain and understand for outsiders and makes Frontend tasks very tedious. Would love to help and contribute some stuff, but the stack is just not for me. Still hope this succeeds. The idea is fantastic.

18 points by midzer 3y ago

AGPLv3 one of the cited instances, if you want to see how it looks: https://fedi.markets/ https://fedi.markets/

Calling it a marketplace is a little stretch, I think. It’s a place to post ads but it doesn’t facilitate one of the essential functions of a marketplace – buying/selling. That seem to happen completely outside of the thing. So it’s more like a specialised Mastodon instance.

black_puppydog 3y ago
I go to my local farmers market nearly every day and I've never heard anyone object to the name just because we use regular cash & cards that are not centrally managed by FarmersMarket Corp. :)
- poisonborz 3y ago
  But there you have easy cash, on the net you need _something_. There could be some integration - even just a paypal link option if the user wishes so - or at least a hint on the site on how to faciliate a payment.
  - black_puppydog 3y ago
    I think it's written by a German originally. Not sure where you're from, but in Europe we're able to make wire transfers for free for a long time; I can just send you some money given a SEPA number, and this is increasingly available in real-time. Sure, it could be made easier. Flohmarkt is quite a young project though; the first time I heard about it was last summer at cccamp.
    - poisonborz 3y ago
      I know, but users of such a federated project might prefer something more private than disclosing a real name/IBAN. In comparison, even Paypal (with a @username or mail address) is a bit more private.
      - black_puppydog 3y ago
        Very fair point. :)

poisonborz 3y ago

I mean I absolutely love the idea... but man it looks rather ugly. Also there is seemingly no thumbnail generation so images load at snail pace.

preya2k 3y ago
Yeah, unfortunately like with many other „federated XYZ“ projects, it’s the lack of good UI that stops me from using it. I applaud the author for keeping a minimal footprint with vanilla JS and CSS. But this is very hard to maintain and understand for outsiders and makes Frontend tasks very tedious. Would love to help and contribute some stuff, but the stack is just not for me. Still hope this succeeds. The idea is fantastic.