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They owe a lot of success to craigslist. They had been sending emails to users who had been posting the rentals on craigslist. I had read this in some initial s
by etattva 12y ago
They owe a lot of success to craigslist. They had been sending emails to users who had been posting the rentals on craigslist. I had read this in some initial success story.
- simantel 12y agoNot only did they poach users from Craigslist, but they also built a feature that allowed you to crosspost your listing to Craigslist.
- GFischer 12y agoThe thing is, building a marketplace (or a community) is very difficult because you have to fill and balance both the supply and the demand sides. That's why startups resorts to these kinds of "hacks" (whether it's ethical/legal or not is another problem), it's akin to Reddit owners having multiple accounts to give the impression of an active site.
- martian 12y agoI thought the same thing, but some say otherwise: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4497569 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4497569