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Because what Craigslist's users really want is a completely broken spam flagging system, a mass of data that's impossible to categorize, and a lazy search syste
by dnsworks 17y ago
Because what Craigslist's users really want is a completely broken spam flagging system, a mass of data that's impossible to categorize, and a lazy search system that doesn't have any useful boolean search option, and a monopoly that owns all of the search listings for certain regions but has failed to innovate in 13 years.
- brandnewlow 17y agoI use Craigslist. I don't give a crap about any of those things. I don't care about them because the only thing I need it to do is to help me find a roommate, sell my stuff, or maybe find a date. When I post a roommate opening to CL, I get responses immediately. If I write it up well, I might get 10-15 responses with 4-5 being good ones. That's all I need to do. I don't give a rip about search or flagging or monopolies. When I post something there, do I get e-mails in my inbox? Yes. Mission accomplished.
- teeja 17y agoActually, Craig's did innovate. By finding out what brings in the users, and then leaving it alone. IIABDFI. Stable. Reliable. Functional. Google, MS, Apple can't even get that right. Everybody who "knows how to fix it" should just go ahead and blow CL out of the water!