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Johnstech

August 31, 2009

Why is Craigslist so weird?

MP3 - iTunes

Iconic Internet company Craigslist is a strange beast: The founder of the simple, text-based online classified site spends a great deal of his time as a customer service rep reading ad submissions and responding to complaints; the company refuses to adopt new features that most users expect from other sites; and Craigslist intentionally limits its profitability by charging for only a few kinds of classified ads.

Guest: Gary Wolf, Wired

Filed under: Podcasts Tech & society

Comments (2)


How do you mean Craigslist is weird??

It helped millions of people selling stuff.

Posted by Reverse Email Lookup | September 1, 2009 2:31 PM


Hi Jon,

Wasn't there going to be a second part to this story? I found the first part very interesting.

Posted by Mark Shainblum | September 3, 2009 4:06 PM

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