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People have diverse complaints about Craigslist, although it's free and in general, it works. My complaint with CL is it's not open enough. I truly wish Craig
by wgj 17y ago
People have diverse complaints about Craigslist, although it's free and in general, it works.
My complaint with CL is it's not open enough. I truly wish Craig would drink the Jack Dorsey kool-aid, and have an open API for CL allowing independent developers to innovate around it.
Having said all that... your site is even more closed than CL. I understand private betas, but it's a classifieds site, and you're competing with CL, and the message is: even if I logged in and created an ad, no one would see it.
you no longer have to spend hours searching through postings.
That is admirable, and I hope it succeeds. But the problem right now with online classifieds is centered around whether distributed innovation is possible. I'd love to place an ad in a way that doesn't result in one company controlling it exclusively.
- bpick 17y agoThanks for your reply, and I can definitely see what you mean. To clarify, our site can be searched by anyone, but to create a post or message someone through the site you must be signed up. I see what I'm doing as bringing the classified space into the 21st century by streamlining the process! Still, what you have said demands consideration. Interesting.
- wgj 17y agoThanks. I didn't realize it could be searched by anyone, although on a second look, it clearly can. I think I was distracted by the sign up form. I still think an open API is the key.