Why Craigslist needs to die
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Why Craigslist needs to die
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#2Beyond the inflammatory headline, the author lost all credibility with "Craigslist is what it is because the site got lucky"
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#3Craig Newmark reminds me a little of Markus Frind. Each comes across as not being interested in building their business beyond their huge initial success. However un-motivated they appear to be, change happens and they still manage to change the online world by simply not doing things that most people think they should be doing (like this joker)
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#4Beyond the inflammatory headline, the author lost all credibility with "Craigslist is what it is because the site got lucky"
Agreed, there's nothing lucky about the success of Craigslist. It's amazing they've been able to be online and out compete for over a dozen years now.
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#5Beyond the inflammatory headline, the author lost all credibility with "Craigslist is what it is because the site got lucky"
Agreed, there's nothing lucky about the success of Craigslist. It's amazing they've been able to be online and out compete for over a dozen years now.
There is definitely something lucky about Craigslist. There is an element of luck in everything and CL was the right product at the right time.
You could build a better product right now and it wouldn't beat CL because the timing isn't right.
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#6Beyond the inflammatory headline, the author lost all credibility with "Craigslist is what it is because the site got lucky"
I think the most retarded part is where he claims Craigslist is a destructive monopoly. Yea, Craigslist, using its market position to drive up the rates on FREE classified ads. Tell the newspaper industry to round up the anti-trust lobbyists, its on!
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#7Oh please. His main complaint is that Craigslist isn't "doing more."
Why should it? Do the users like it as is? Yes (with some exceptions, of course). Then they don't have to do more.
If someone thinks they can do better, no one is stopping them. This is a really weak argument.
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#8Why such articles are never written by people who have built something bigger or better than what they complain about?
Re: Why Craigslist needs to die
#9Beyond the inflammatory headline, the author lost all credibility with "Craigslist is what it is because the site got lucky"
I think the most retarded part is where he claims Craigslist is a destructive monopoly. Yea, Craigslist, using its market position to drive up the rates on FREE classified ads. Tell the newspaper industry to round up the anti-trust lobbyists, its on!
I did claim they have a monopoly position in certain segments. I did not claim they are destructive. For some reason, people seem to equate monopoly with "evil." I guess I unintentionally helped that with my comparison to MSIE. Sorry. I've added a section to the post to clarify what I meant.
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#10Oh please. His main complaint is that Craigslist isn't "doing more." Why should it? Do the users like it as is? Yes (with some exceptions, of course). Then they don't have to do more. If someone thinks they can do better, no one is stopping them. This is a really weak argument.
Craigslist's users may like it as it is, but that's only because the majority who have tried it and are dissatisfied with it don't count as users. I've heard many, many stories from friends who couldn't effectively find what they wanted or had unpleasant experiences. That's what prompted me to write the post. I also helped a team write a business plan for a Craigslist competitor, and doing the research for that helped me realize there's a lot of ways Craigslist falls short.
Yes, I said Craigslist isn't "doing more," which I used to argue that the time is ripe for someone else to unseat Craigslist. I didn't use it to argue that someone should force them to do more. I don't see the problem.