I like thinking about re-implementing craigslist.. It's a good exercise to think about improving something really simple without making it too complicated. That

I like thinking about re-implementing craigslist.. It's a good exercise to think about improving something really simple without making it too complicated. That said, I have a couple suggestions. First, the view I see when I click into a city isn't really simpler (or much different) than the CG pages. Second, I think the biggest challenge you'll have with a site like this is bootstrapping content. I would consider doing a couple things.. Maybe make recent posts in any category for a city prominent maybe.. to show activity. I'd also strongly consider whether or not you can make your tool backward compatible.. If posting on swippet could cross-post on craigslist for me.. that's a big win, right? Why not use swippet as my portal in that case... The other way would be handy too.. Show craigslist search results below your own while you're short on content.