Response to #33
Based on information from Craiglist and interviews with the founder, Craigslist was never started to be a big business it was initially started to provide help to some friends during the dot com bust of the late 90's/early 2000.
http://www.craigslist.org/about/factsheet.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigs_list
For a site that is kept as simple as Craiglist, with a focus on text only with no fancy graphic eye candy, flash movies and a large staff to run the operation, the company would not require great amounts of money for staff or servers.
http://www.craigslist.org/about/pages.and.peeps.h…
Craigslist does charge for some ads, mainly in job ads in large markets where there is a tendency for scam ads to be posted. The primary stated goal is to provide a place for people to post ads and have them as trusted as possible for as cheaply as possible. With a staff of 23 people and perhaps some tens of servers, then yes, it is possible for them to run a business without an infusion of $2 billion from Google, eBay or some other entity trying to take newspapers down.
And there is an interesting bit of information in the wikipedia article about Craigslist,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigs_list
"In April 2008, eBay announced it was suing Craigslist to "safeguard its four-year financial investment". eBay claimed that in January 2008, Craigslist executives took actions that "unfairly diluted eBay's economic interest by more than 10%". [17] In response, Craigslist filed a countersuit against eBay in May 2008 "to remedy the substantial and ongoing harm to fair competition" that Craigslist claims is constituted by eBay's actions as Craigslist shareholders." — August 9, 2008 11:22 a.m.
Wealthy Local Citizens Discuss Buying U-T, Combining It with KUSI-TV, Possibly Having 24-Hour News Program
Response to #33 Based on information from Craiglist and interviews with the founder, Craigslist was never started to be a big business it was initially started to provide help to some friends during the dot com bust of the late 90's/early 2000. http://www.craigslist.org/about/factsheet.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigs_list For a site that is kept as simple as Craiglist, with a focus on text only with no fancy graphic eye candy, flash movies and a large staff to run the operation, the company would not require great amounts of money for staff or servers. http://www.craigslist.org/about/pages.and.peeps.h… Craigslist does charge for some ads, mainly in job ads in large markets where there is a tendency for scam ads to be posted. The primary stated goal is to provide a place for people to post ads and have them as trusted as possible for as cheaply as possible. With a staff of 23 people and perhaps some tens of servers, then yes, it is possible for them to run a business without an infusion of $2 billion from Google, eBay or some other entity trying to take newspapers down. And there is an interesting bit of information in the wikipedia article about Craigslist, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigs_list "In April 2008, eBay announced it was suing Craigslist to "safeguard its four-year financial investment". eBay claimed that in January 2008, Craigslist executives took actions that "unfairly diluted eBay's economic interest by more than 10%". [17] In response, Craigslist filed a countersuit against eBay in May 2008 "to remedy the substantial and ongoing harm to fair competition" that Craigslist claims is constituted by eBay's actions as Craigslist shareholders."— August 9, 2008 11:22 a.m.
People Fleeing California, Says Economist Arthur Laffer, Who Did Just That
I like the new look, it is a nice change. I would suggest having a menu selection on the Blog similar to the menus that appear in the Stories/Neighborhoods/ menu items. I do miss the single click to get your blog from the front page. A drop down menu selection under Blogs would fix that. And when I tried to click on the Post Comment link underneath this story, it didn't appear to be doing anything. I am using Firefox 2.0.0.11.— January 19, 2008 8:21 p.m.