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The irony is that if Craigslist would just take the time and effort to add a bit more functional / elegant interface, these third parties would have no reason t
by ghshephard 14y ago
The irony is that if Craigslist would just take the time and effort to add a bit more functional / elegant interface, these third parties would have no reason to exist, and all the legal matters would disappear
I understand that Craigslist wants to "Serve their community" and believes that changing their interface would interfere with that mission somehow (both, in terms of having to charge more in order to hire UI people, as well as engineer their Ops environment to handle additional load), but, I have to believe their is some way of simultaneously serving their community, providing a rapid response, as well as keeping their cost and overhead down while at the same time slapping a somewhat more elegant GUI and Search Interface.
- mratzloff 14y agoIt's just fear of screwing up a winning formula. Craigslist is making money hand over fist; they could hire some front end guys if they wanted to.
- ghshephard 14y agoWell, they are also concerned about (A) Increasing their overhead, and (B) screwing up their uptime by introducing complexity (requiring even more investment in Ops) and finally (C) slowing down their responsiveness (once again, requiring investment in Ops, and Hardware, and engineering to get back that speed) They really buy into the KISS principle over there, and it's worked well for them, but, the industry has moved forward, and it is possible to (affordably) add design and search flexibility without screwing up your uptime/responsive time.