Wanted: A Competitor To Craigslist
Craigslist has flummoxed the newspaper industry by taking away millions of dollars in ad revenue. Yet it was trotted out this week on the cover of Wired as "a tragedy" and "a mess" -- "firmly stuck in 1999." Craigslist grows in spite of itself, the story said, noting its humble origins in 1995 as a mailing list for founder Craig Newmark, Newmark's disdain for wealth, the site's resistance to technical improvements -- which Wired couldn't help suggesting -- and its loyal, if sometimes unhappy, users.
21 August 2009•1 min read
