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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[–] nyamlae@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

At least when I used Craigslist, there was no social network element to it, so it was difficult to determine the trustworthiness of any given poster.

For that reason, I don't want a Fediverse clone of Craigslist -- I want an existing Fediverse platform to add a marketplace. I will not use anonymous marketplaces.

[–] shades@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

"I will not use anonymous marketplaces."

"I won't take cash, either" vibes

[–] AlreadyDefederated@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

What if you could log in with your Mastodon (or other) Fediverse account, and they would too, so you could see their user history and connections? (And they could see yours)

[–] endofline@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can use gpg signatures

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That wouldn’t really solve it though. The problem is not a man in the middle attack. It’s someone scamming you. They can do it, then generate another signature, repeat, etc.

[–] endofline@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Web of trust - did you hear? https://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual/x547.html

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

So you only trade with people in your web of trust? That’s not feasible. People flock to these websites to trade with strangers. You don’t need a middleman to trade with people you already trust.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

If you feel any kind of meaningful trustworthiness from a Facebook profile, you've probably got some other things to worry about...