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I had that exact same pain point in 2011. It's too bad the Craigslist refuses to innovate or let others innovate on their platform.
by jdavis703 14y ago
I had that exact same pain point in 2011. It's too bad the Craigslist refuses to innovate or let others innovate on their platform.
- wlindner 14y agoYeah! It almost seems like a source of pride for them... What were you working on that got squashed by Craigslist?
- jdavis703 14y agoI was simply trying to locate an apartment near Metro. I toyed with the idea of scraping their site but remembered this Wired story from 2009 [0] so I just gave up on using them for my search. 0: http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/magazine/17-09/ff_craigslist?currentPage=all http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/magazine/17-09/ff_...
- jzawodn 14y agoWhat does 'innovate' mean in this context? Ditto for 'platform'? Both terms are terribly over-used and make discussion challenging, since both sides end up assuming what they words probably mean (without every discussing the meaning).