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Craigslist is a sponsor, so not all tech companies think that way.

by Renaud 7y ago

mikeg8 7y ago
Craigslist isn’t a tech company. It’s a website. Not trying to disrespect them as I’m sure they do some impressive stuff behind the scenes to handle scale, I just don't feel they’re innovating in a way to be called “tech”.
- 93po 7y ago
  Craiglist was innovative when it started.
  - mikeg8 7y ago
    Totally agree. I looked it up out of curiosity... 1995. 25 years in tech is basically a lifetime ago. Has it changed much?
    - 93po 7y ago
      They've made it a point to not change, which is frankly refreshing. It works perfectly fine as is for what 99% of people use it for
      - papito 7y ago
        You mean something so popular did not migrate to React and Serverless yet? HOW DOES IT EVEN WORK?!!!
        tinus_hn 7y ago
        Come on, everyone knows only MongoDB is web scale!
      - tedunangst 7y ago
        Not changing and just working is also more innovative than about 99% of tech.
      - mikeg8 7y ago
        Again, totally agree. But are you arguing that not changing/innovating, while refreshing, should be considered tech? I associate tech with innovation and trying something new. Zero to One.
  - 13415 7y ago
    It seems to me that Craigslist must have made some monumental misjudgment when they didn't expand internationally. I for one, for example, only know of them from hearsay as some kind of obscure US-only classified ads site.
    - waste_monk 7y ago
      They are international; it's just that outside of the US the quantity of posts is much lower as people use local alternatives. Also a large portion of craigslist here was just the personals section - once that was shut down there is basically no good reason to use it anymore, as it simply doesn't have the network effect / critical mass of users to sustain itself. The remaining users all seem to be work-related scams of some kind (probably automated) and drug dealers (probably cops).
      - hadtodoit 7y ago
        I still buy and sell all my cars on craigslist, I don't think I've ever dealt cars elsewhere.

Craigslist is a sponsor, so not all tech companies think that way.

by Renaud 7y ago

Craigslist is a sponsor, so not all tech companies think that way.

Craigslist isn’t a tech company. It’s a website. Not trying to disrespect them as I’m sure they do some impressive stuff behind the scenes to handle scale, I just don't feel they’re innovating in a way to be called “tech”.

93po 7y ago
Craiglist was innovative when it started.
- mikeg8 7y ago
  Totally agree. I looked it up out of curiosity... 1995. 25 years in tech is basically a lifetime ago. Has it changed much?
  - 93po 7y ago
    They've made it a point to not change, which is frankly refreshing. It works perfectly fine as is for what 99% of people use it for
    - papito 7y ago
      You mean something so popular did not migrate to React and Serverless yet? HOW DOES IT EVEN WORK?!!!
      - tinus_hn 7y ago
        Come on, everyone knows only MongoDB is web scale!
    - tedunangst 7y ago
      Not changing and just working is also more innovative than about 99% of tech.
    - mikeg8 7y ago
      Again, totally agree. But are you arguing that not changing/innovating, while refreshing, should be considered tech? I associate tech with innovation and trying something new. Zero to One.
- 13415 7y ago
  It seems to me that Craigslist must have made some monumental misjudgment when they didn't expand internationally. I for one, for example, only know of them from hearsay as some kind of obscure US-only classified ads site.
  - waste_monk 7y ago
    They are international; it's just that outside of the US the quantity of posts is much lower as people use local alternatives. Also a large portion of craigslist here was just the personals section - once that was shut down there is basically no good reason to use it anymore, as it simply doesn't have the network effect / critical mass of users to sustain itself. The remaining users all seem to be work-related scams of some kind (probably automated) and drug dealers (probably cops).
    - hadtodoit 7y ago
      I still buy and sell all my cars on craigslist, I don't think I've ever dealt cars elsewhere.