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All of those ideas have clearly worked.

• klochner 16y ago
  It should be a one-item list - craigslist killer.
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    • klochner 16y ago
      Best of luck, beating craigslist is akin to proving P!=NP
• mechanical_fish 16y ago
  Of course they all worked at least once. Otherwise the siren song wouldn't be so seductive. Often half the problem with an idea is that it has already worked once. In a world where you're allowed to assume away Craigslist, cloning Craigslist would have a much better chance of working.
  • ig1 16y ago
    Kijiji and Gumtree have also succeeded in this space (albeit in different countries). What's killing Craigslist/gumtree/etc in practice is their generality, they're no longer the dominant player in their most profitable markets (jobs, dating, housing) all of which are being carved away by specialist sites.
    • Mc_Big_G 16y ago
      If Craigslist is getting killed, they sure are making a lot of money doing it.
      • ig1 16y ago
        TV killed the Radio, doesn't stop radio being a big business.