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Craigslist arrogance led to stagnation and local markets have been almost universally overtaken by Facebook.
by travoc 5y ago
Craigslist arrogance led to stagnation and local markets have been almost universally overtaken by Facebook.
- throwawayboise 5y agoIDK about that. I see lots of interesting stuff on my local craigslist. I've never looked at FB marketplace. Ever.
- xwdv 5y agoThen how would you know about all the interesting stuff you’re missing out on in FB marketplace?
- throwawayboise 5y agoI'm sure I am, but my point was at least locally, Craigslist is still quite active, and not apparently stagnating.
- kortilla 5y agoIf it hasn’t grown by 10x over the last decade as all of the population got online with smartphones, it’s stagnating. It might still be active with the same OG users, but it missed the new market and that’s squarely in the “stagnant” category.
- polynomial 5y agoIs being a refusenik alone justifying the charge of arrogance, or was "Craig" smh arrogant beyond merely being a stick in the mud?
- axaxs 5y agoIt's a bit more than that. I always respected cl for their simple clean design. But then the internet evolved. On one side prostitution and trafficking became rampant, on the other scammers and spammers. And CL did nothing until court ordered. Sometimes that's the right decision. But legitimate people suffered through all of it, and left for the first possible replacement.