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(Yahoo) Pipes & Faucets
- rms 17y agoCraigslist blocks Yahoo Pipes and there is a Hacker News discussion. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=970934 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=970934 Then a Techcrunch Post: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/01/craigslist-yahoo-pipes-flippity/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/01/craigslist-yahoo-pipes-... Jim makes a statement: "Yesterday afternoon craigslist engineering noticed a disproportionate amount of server/bandwidth resources being consumed by requests referred via Yahoo Pipes, with the lion’s share of that activity appearing also to be in violation of CL terms of use. Pipes access has been suspended pending further review." If a bunch of people started emailing and tweeting Craig and Jim and then Techcrunch inserted themselves into the story with another story or two about the dramatic situation, they really might open API access.
- dnsworks 17y agoNo, they won't. There's no financial incentive for Craigslist to innovate. They own the classifieds market. Jim will spew off some great CEO-speak as to why they're not going to provide an API. Craig will respond with a half-hearted answer about being community driven, and that if the community had wanted an api then they would already have an api. I've been down this road with Craig before (lets just say he doesn't like being asked tough questions on panels or at parties).
- rms 17y agoI think it should be possible to defeat that argument by calling their bluff and making the community speak.