I think if you look up "network effect" in the dictionary, it's going to talk about Craigslist. Good luck overcoming that. A great strategy here would have be

I think if you look up "network effect" in the dictionary, it's going to talk about Craigslist. Good luck overcoming that. A great strategy here would have been to establish a strong relationship with the people at Craigslist from the beginning. No idea if that was tried or not. Seriously, was the C&D letter the first communication exchanged between Padmapper and CL? What a missed opportunity. I wonder if this entire disaster could have been averted by calling the CL guys up early on and taking them out to lunch. Make friends, send them Christmas cards, then when this disagreement comes up you handle it over a round of golf instead of a C&D letter.