I'm Joining Craigslist in July (by Jeremy Zawodny) • Hacker News Board

Re: I'm Joining Craigslist in July (by Jeremy Zawodny)

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Post by adrianwaj » Thu, Jun 19, 2008, 6:34 PM UTC

jzawodn wrote: post #6

adrianwaj wrote: post #5

Relaxing read, not a heck of a lot insight though. I guess the blog kicker means what it says "Some random bits scribbled"

Sorry it wasn't more insightful. Maybe after I've been there a few weeks I'll have more interesting things to say...

Some more thoughts about what would have happened had the Microsoft deal gone through.

Re: I'm Joining Craigslist in July (by Jeremy Zawodny)

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Post by supahfly_remix » Thu, Jun 19, 2008, 7:37 PM UTC

I Farted and Would Like Everyone to Sniff It (by Jeremy Zawodny)

Re: I'm Joining Craigslist in July (by Jeremy Zawodny)

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Post by a15 » Thu, Jun 19, 2008, 7:51 PM UTC

supahfly_remix wrote: post #12

I Farted and Would Like Everyone to Sniff It (by Jeremy Zawodny)

No kidding -- he's a perl scripter and knows some mysql. Did he start a company? Why do people care?

Re: I'm Joining Craigslist in July (by Jeremy Zawodny)

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Post by nunu » Thu, Jun 19, 2008, 7:54 PM UTC

supahfly_remix wrote: post #12

I Farted and Would Like Everyone to Sniff It (by Jeremy Zawodny)

We could all learn lessons in self-promotion from the blogosphere elite!

Re: I'm Joining Craigslist in July (by Jeremy Zawodny)

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Post by xlnt » Thu, Jun 19, 2008, 8:02 PM UTC

supahfly_remix wrote: post #12

I Farted and Would Like Everyone to Sniff It (by Jeremy Zawodny)

He didn't self-submit, he just posted to his personal blog, so why are you complaining?

edit: can one of the downmodders please explain where i'm going wrong? the blog author may have farted (no comment), but he did not do anything to make others sniff it.

Re: I'm Joining Craigslist in July (by Jeremy Zawodny)

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Post by npk » Thu, Jun 19, 2008, 8:05 PM UTC

prakash wrote: post #2

Curious to know if Craigslist still hands out equity to employees?

Question: Do they have any intention of going public? If not, then what's the point of equity? Profit Sharing?

Re: I'm Joining Craigslist in July (by Jeremy Zawodny)

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Post by stcredzero » Thu, Jun 19, 2008, 8:32 PM UTC

Craigslist should go into micropayments. Requiring a micropayment of a few cents for posting an ad could completely shut down spammers.

Re: I'm Joining Craigslist in July (by Jeremy Zawodny)

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 19, 2008, 8:35 PM UTC

stcredzero wrote: post #17

Craigslist should go into micropayments. Requiring a micropayment of a few cents for posting an ad could completely shut down spammers.

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Re: I'm Joining Craigslist in July (by Jeremy Zawodny)

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Post by breck » Thu, Jun 19, 2008, 8:55 PM UTC

stcredzero wrote: post #17

Craigslist should go into micropayments. Requiring a micropayment of a few cents for posting an ad could completely shut down spammers.

For the sake of debate, I'll challenge this. As long as money is made by spamming the site, even a micropayment wouldn't completely eradicate spam. Profits from spamming would decrease and spam would probably drop, but only until the expected value of each post equals the micropayment price.

Micropayments could even increase spam. People might feel entitled to take more liberties with their posts if they are paying for them.

Re: I'm Joining Craigslist in July (by Jeremy Zawodny)

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Post by jzawodn » Thu, Jun 19, 2008, 9:01 PM UTC

adrianwaj wrote: post #11

jzawodn wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry it wasn't more insightful. Maybe after I've been there a few weeks I'll have more interesting things to say...

Some more thoughts about what would have happened had the Microsoft deal gone through.

That's probably best to get into after I'm not a Yahoo employee anymore, should I decide to get into it at all of course... :-)