#classifiedads — Public Fediverse posts

Hey, turns out employment ad scams are nothing new. Here's a beauty from 1927 that I'm absolutely certain was a totally legitimate opportunity and probably neither murder nor multi-level marketing:

#OldNewspapers #ClassifiedAds #HistoricalScams #HelpWanted

I've read that the Intelligence Community has a newspaper 📰️ and it's so secret that even the ads are classified.

#pun #uspol #SignalGate #IntelligenceCommunity #CIA #NSA #FBI #Classified #ClassifiedAds

Self-hostable Classified Ads software which is federated over Activity Pub. It Exists! cc @bounding_star

It's call Flohmarkt (German for Flea market) and describes itself as 'A decentral federated small ad posting platform'

Website: https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt

From the README..
"flohmarkt provides its own http server that can be used stand-alone to show small ads that registered users may publish."

Seems you can make it so that sellers register via a free account providing email address.. and then buyers can make enquiries in what is a form of activity pub mastodon post called 'notes', seems to essentially support private messaging from interested folks back to the seller.

It's possible to boost/share item posts in mastodon too.

#OpenSource #Federated #ActivityPub #ClassifiedAds #Gumtree #Ebay #Marketplace #FacebookMarketplace #BuySellSwap

Is there any #Fediverse or #ActivityPub development underway for classified advertising?

I've proposed reviving #WantAds as a revenue source for #LocalNewsMedia, particularly as online commerce becomes difficult for small business and riskier for customers. See the white paper on TechNewsLit.com: https://technewslit.com/explores/explores20240511.html

The Fediverse seems a good fit for #ClassifiedAds as an open-source backbone and ability to federate into regional networks.

Ideas welcome.

#TIL about #Flohmarkt;

"federated decentral classified ad software using activitypub"

https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt

The name appears to be German for "flea market". The project has received funding from the German public via the Prototype Fund;

https://prototypefund.de/en/project/flohmarkt/

#fediverse #ClassifiedAds

Hey @liaizon – @grindhold introduced his federated #craigslist alternative software “Flohmarkt” (German for #fleamarket) at #fedicamp today, and his audience was instantly hooked: https://codeberg.org/grindhold/flohmarkt

The #Flohmarkt logo needs some love. It's the double arrow you see in the upper left corner e.g. of this pioneering Flohmarkt instance: https://flowmarkt.ola.lol/

It would make a fine addition to your list of #SVG logos of Fediverse projects. You showed it to me but I can't find it now.

#activityPub #software #usedGoods #localizedTrading #classifiedAds

2/2 But this series (and the idea itself) is far, far low-key compared to CRED's earlier envelope-pushing communication that is usually high-profile either in the use of stars (albeit ones that are not currently 'hot' and are relatively 'cheaper') or media (TV-first).

I really wonder how this series is working for them - an old-world (print, classified) media to promote an in-app, digital bidding game.

#advertising #marketing #printadvertising #classified #classifiedads