Still got it

October 5th, 2009

Man, I get a little rush of relief and joy when I see that people are still posting ads like this one and this one on Craigslist. I love being reminded that, despite the bad press and whatnot, Craiglsist continues to serve as a great source of somewhat “alternate” personal ads — and free ones [...]

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The Craig behind Craigslist speaks out!

May 21st, 2009

Craig Newmark of Craiglist rarely goes über-public — sure, he’s been known to speak up on behalf of his company, but he (like his chosen user interface) is fairly no-frills.  So I found this WSJ article kind of interesting, in light of the recent decision to close the erotic services category.

Craig states that participating [...]

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The ugly side of Craig

May 11th, 2009

Man, I just hate it when an ad I post for a client winds up getting flagged and removed on Craigslist. Sure, sometimes it’ll happen for some minor Terms of Service violation, and I realize that that’s valid.

But MOST of the time, when one of my creations gets flagged and removed, it’s because someone [...]

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