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You write “Blaming technology” in response to a comment that does not mention any technologies. You might want to examine what your preconceptions are, that you
by lkrubner 4y ago
You write “Blaming technology” in response to a comment that does not mention any technologies. You might want to examine what your preconceptions are, that you would see “technology” in a comment that does not refer to technology. You were responding to a comment that describes two business strategies, perhaps you should respond to that.
- throwaway743 4y agoThey're either assuming printed local classifieds were overtaken by a website, or that CL is a site that performed better than the local classifieds website. Not hard to extract, nor worth getting heated about.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoI wrote technology on purpose, to cut through useless information. It is not relevant that “Craigslist” obviated classified ads. The root problem newspapers were solving was a seller being able to provide information to a wide audience of buyers. Technology brought about a better way of solving this problem, so the root problem newspapers were getting paid to solve with classifieds no longer exists. Not having local newspapers/journalism causing problems with the local civic process is a separate problem, that has nothing to do with technology enabling sellers and buyers to reach each other more easily.
- forgetfreeman 4y agoThis is an example of unintended consequences courtesy of paperclip-factory style optimization. Just because an effect is 2nd order doesn't give one leave to claim that it is a separate issue.
- logifail 4y ago> Technology brought about a better way of solving this problem Better for whom? The discoveries of fossil fuels brought about new ways of solving certain problems, with the benefit of hindsight they too were also not without fairly major negative consequences. "Technology" isn't just relentlessly positive.