Billed by the Line: Obituary Inflation, the Emptied Obit Desk, and the Last Working Vanity Press
The Sunday death notices all carry the same sentence. She died peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving family, after a courageous battle with cancer. He passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, after a courageous battle with Alzheimer's. The names change. The sentence does not. It makes three claims. The death was peaceful. The family was present. The dying person fought. A reporter would have to verify all three. Nobody verifies them now, because nobody is paid to. […]#classifiedadvertising — Public Fediverse posts
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So flohmarkt is a
"federated decentral classified ad software using activitypub"
https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt
"This project is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License 3."
I'm looking forward to the development of this.
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We updated our essay on revitalizing classified ads in local publications with a software specification in development called flohmarkt that offers an open-source backbone for want ads, as well as a mechanism for running classifieds from neighboring publications.
https://technewslit.com/explores/explores20240511.html
Thanks @killick @smallcircles for ideas and tip
#news #media #advertising #ClassifiedAdvertising #WantAds #OnlineCommerce #Fediverse #ActivityPub #flohmarkt
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We begin a new essay series on Technology News and Literature, TechNewsLit Explores, which examines the state of today's news and media. Our first entry says conditions are right for classified advertising to make a comeback on local publications.
#news #media #advertising #ClassifiedAdvertising #WantAds #OnlineCommerce