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Not sure if reputation mechanisms would work in a site where people often post just once, and that doesn't require creating a user account in order to post. I

by nir 16y ago

Not sure if reputation mechanisms would work in a site where people often post just once, and that doesn't require creating a user account in order to post. I would love it if CL's sublet section would take some hints from AirBnB. That said, CL has a much higher volume of traffic and more pressing problems - and my experience is that ABB works great in smaller markets but is as almost bad as CL in a market like NYC. CL isn't perfect. But if most of the dogs hyped in the various dog blogs would be shitting on pillows on a regular basis, the ones that wouldn't would stand out.

danilocampos 16y ago
> Not sure if reputation mechanisms would work in a site where people often post just once, and that doesn't require creating a user account in order to post. That's a weird premise to me. If you post an apartment, you could just as easily also want to find a girlfriend or buy a used bike or avail yourself of any of craigslist's other categories. That's their big value, after all – everything under one roof. The fact that craigslist doesn't require a user account to post is an extremely dubious product decision at this stage.
- ricarr 16y ago
  "The fact that craigslist doesn't require a user account to post is an extremely dubious product decision at this stage." I can see your point of view, but this user likes the use and forget it aspect of CL. Further, typically (for me at least) all CL initiated interactions -- mainly apts. and job related for me -- are all in person, and so far have presented no issues. Obviously anything can be improved, but the modality of interaction with CL very much defines CL and (imo) is a major factor contributing to its popularity. As a programmer, CL is entirely unlike what I (astronaut) would have developed. That's another aspect that attracts me to the site. A quite effective counter argument to my approach to designing software. Simple, and practical. Would you believe it has contributed to my rethinking my approach to software design in context of mass utility services?

by nir 16y ago

danilocampos 16y ago

> Not sure if reputation mechanisms would work in a site where people often post just once, and that doesn't require creating a user account in order to post. That's a weird premise to me. If you post an apartment, you could just as easily also want to find a girlfriend or buy a used bike or avail yourself of any of craigslist's other categories. That's their big value, after all – everything under one roof. The fact that craigslist doesn't require a user account to post is an extremely dubious product decision at this stage.

ricarr 16y ago
"The fact that craigslist doesn't require a user account to post is an extremely dubious product decision at this stage." I can see your point of view, but this user likes the use and forget it aspect of CL. Further, typically (for me at least) all CL initiated interactions -- mainly apts. and job related for me -- are all in person, and so far have presented no issues. Obviously anything can be improved, but the modality of interaction with CL very much defines CL and (imo) is a major factor contributing to its popularity. As a programmer, CL is entirely unlike what I (astronaut) would have developed. That's another aspect that attracts me to the site. A quite effective counter argument to my approach to designing software. Simple, and practical. Would you believe it has contributed to my rethinking my approach to software design in context of mass utility services?