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Here's hoping Craigslist dies. The good news is: it is already dying(albeit slowly, one category at a time.)
by zaidf 11y ago
Here's hoping Craigslist dies. The good news is: it is already dying(albeit slowly, one category at a time.)
- tehwebguy 11y agoI accidentally downvoted you, meant to upvote! Craigslist doesn't even do a half-assed job trying to keep spam off, it has officially settled into the same place as eBay for me: a big, slow, shitty incumbent.
- 1337biz 11y agoI don't. It is one of very few platform that don't bother me with all the clutter other websites have. No log-ins, subscribe-me, buy-premium, click-this-ad bs. It just delivers relevant information straight to the point.
- zaidf 11y agoAirbnb killed short term rentals category. 42floors is killing the commercial rental category. OKC/Tinder killed the personals category. There are three main categories keeping it alive: apartments, jobs and for sale. Each of those categories are under attack from semi-successful startups but no homeruns...yet. If either For Sale or Jobs categories get an airbnb-like competitor, it will be a massive blow for CL. The former is its largest category. The latter makes it all the revenue. My hunch is that its Jobs category is already under attack and they are having a harder time making revenue resulting in their aggressive legal battles.
- angersock 11y agoIt's pretty decent at what it does, though...? It solves the problem. It's ugly, sure, but a whole lot of people derive value from it, and that's what matters.