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Hey Lemmy. I hate Facebook. But I miss Marketplace. So I built Garage as a means to reclaim Melb's 2nd hand marketplace from Meta (cause fuck Zuck). It's pretty new but check it out below (getgarage.com.au)
submitted 3 weeks ago by to c/melbourne@aussie.zone
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I built Garage as a side-project and have finally realised it into production. I'm just a dude working full-time, renting in Caulfield and out of pocket for it. But I'd rather pay to host Garage than have Zuck sell me. Your support means a lot!

Mods: I realise rule 5 says no ads. If this breaks it, I'll remove. I'm not really selling anything, just trying to give people a second option to Facebook.

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[–] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

I hate Facebook so I like that part of this. My partner still has a Facebook, but only for the marketplace really. I don't live in Australia so it's not immediately useful for me, sadly.

Did you consider making it like self hostable and federated? A centralized platform owned by some dude, even some dude with an intact soul, brings some risks.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    i haven’t read up about federation and the required APIs and connections required but totally open to it!

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago

    Look into activitypub protocol. I'm not saying to open-source your work if you don't want to. But this would start a movement.

    I'm with you my dude. I fucking hate FB but it's been the only way to get local services now. (In America btw)

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