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I hope this doesn't get down-voted for the confusing title (I know it's the title of the Blog post itself; but out of context it's a bit misleading). When I mo

I hope this doesn't get down-voted for the confusing title (I know it's the title of the Blog post itself; but out of context it's a bit misleading). When I moved from Atlanta to Boston, PadMapper was invaluable in finding a place to live. Given that 1) we didn't know the area, and 2) most rentals in Boston and Cambridge are rented by individuals rather than part of larger complexes, it was great to be able to have the listings from Craigslist on a map. Ditto when I moved from Boston to San Jose. My wife and I were only interested in a house for rent and the vast majority of those could be found on Craigslist. Again, we didn't know the area so having a map was beyond valuable. I sincerely hope Craigslist does a 180 on this one; PadMapper is a great tool that deserves access to that data.

ArcticCelt 14y ago
>I hope this doesn't get down-voted for the confusing title Specially when the site is down. Pretty annoying to find this kind of reddit like title here. From comments my guess is that it's some blog post from someone who is pissed off at CL for forbidding them to use some web app they built (PadMapper?) that scrap content from the CL site or something like that.
sliverstorm 14y ago
PadMapper is a great tool that deserves access to that data. Why do they deserve access?
- jonny_eh 14y ago
  Because it's highly beneficial to people that use craigslist, including the people that list properties. Craigslist is only hurting itself!
- bcrescimanno 14y ago
  "deserve" is probably the wrong word (forgive me for hastily typing out my comment before running off to a meeting). My point was really about PadMapper acting in good faith with Craigslist; they do send traffic to Craigslist for the full data on the properties and such. They're a good company doing good things--and it's sad that Craigslist's refusal to innovate has now bled over into "no one else can innovate for us"
  - sliverstorm 14y ago
    Ok, no problem. I've just made a habit of calling people out when they use "deserve" a little too frivolously.

ArcticCelt 14y ago

>I hope this doesn't get down-voted for the confusing title Specially when the site is down. Pretty annoying to find this kind of reddit like title here. From comments my guess is that it's some blog post from someone who is pissed off at CL for forbidding them to use some web app they built (PadMapper?) that scrap content from the CL site or something like that.

sliverstorm 14y ago

PadMapper is a great tool that deserves access to that data. Why do they deserve access?

jonny_eh 14y ago
Because it's highly beneficial to people that use craigslist, including the people that list properties. Craigslist is only hurting itself!
bcrescimanno 14y ago
"deserve" is probably the wrong word (forgive me for hastily typing out my comment before running off to a meeting). My point was really about PadMapper acting in good faith with Craigslist; they do send traffic to Craigslist for the full data on the properties and such. They're a good company doing good things--and it's sad that Craigslist's refusal to innovate has now bled over into "no one else can innovate for us"
- sliverstorm 14y ago
  Ok, no problem. I've just made a habit of calling people out when they use "deserve" a little too frivolously.