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Federated way to trade/sell lights? (lemmy.radio)
submitted 1 week ago by K3LOE@lemmy.radio to c/flashlight@lemmy.world
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As may be obvious from the frequency of my posts here lately, I've been going through the flashlight accumulation startup phase. I'm ready to let some of my early missteps go.

I like the peer-to-peer, no platform fee of something like reddit's r/flashlight monthly pinned BTS thread. Would there be appetite for something like that here, or does that just make moderation tedious?

Is there already a trade-friendly fedi solution that could support something as specialized as (ahem) enthusiast flashlights? TY in advance.

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[-] K3LOE@lemmy.radio 1 points 6 days ago

Guess I was mostly wondering about how trust and accountability would work here. I guess keeping a bunch of lights in one post would allow sellers and buyers to report on the transaction outcomes and have some sort of public record.

[-] Zak@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I've only given away lights here, not bought/sold/traded.

I think the volume of trading likely to happen here in the short term is too small to make a useful transaction record. You can guess from an account's history whether it seems to belong to a person who would care about harming their reputation by dishonesty in a transaction.

As an example, I would buy from you, if I was buying (I'm probably not buying).

this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2026
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