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> They realized money could be made, and built a website to let other people do the same thing, through them, not [Craigslist]. This is important: the very firs
by enobrev 1y ago
> They realized money could be made, and built a website to let other people do the same thing, through them, not [Craigslist]. This is important: the very first act of creation was an act of piracy.
Unless Craigslist owned the building they lived in, this is a ridiculous assertion.
- wahnfrieden 1y agoIt's poorly written but you've misread the intended meaning. It says that they learned from illicit transactions on Craigslist. And then wanted to replicate that on their own platform. They've edited a correction: > They realized money could be made, and built a website to let other people do the same thing, through them, not Craig. Good on them, but renting a space is regulated differently than selling a used couch for many good reasons. What you could once attribute to the same quaint naivety of setting up a lemonade stand, you can no longer. The people who funded them knew better, and eventually, so did they.
- enobrev 1y agoEven so, "piracy" is rather hyperbolic. The correction definitely clarifies the point.