<story><title>Craigslist Is Ugly, Janky, Old School, and Unbeatable</title><url>https://backchannel.com/craigslist-is-ugly-janky-old-school-and-unbeatable-85206829cb90#.ui9k4ktkl</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>grapevines</author><text>Network effect, reliability, free, anonymous, ability to run without JavaScript.&lt;p&gt;If Craigslist decided to modernize today, they could potentially disrupt the state of things on the internet. Facebook is trying to move in on their territory for sure. Unfortunately, I don&amp;#x27;t think they will. If a new-kid-on-the-block could offer anonymity, reliability, and free regional market based transactions, with preferably integration with Monero, it would be a killer app for the crypto industry.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Arizhel</author><text>&amp;gt;Facebook is trying to move in on their territory for sure. Unfortunately, I don&amp;#x27;t think they will.&lt;p&gt;Why &amp;quot;unfortunately&amp;quot;?  This is a good thing.  Facebook is horrible, in many different ways, and the last thing we need is to hand even more power over the internet to them.  CL is &amp;quot;ugly&amp;quot;, but it&amp;#x27;s fast and works great, and isn&amp;#x27;t filled with ads and tracking, something I definitely can&amp;#x27;t say about Facebook.</text></comment>
<story><title>Craigslist Is Ugly, Janky, Old School, and Unbeatable</title><url>https://backchannel.com/craigslist-is-ugly-janky-old-school-and-unbeatable-85206829cb90#.ui9k4ktkl</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>grapevines</author><text>Network effect, reliability, free, anonymous, ability to run without JavaScript.&lt;p&gt;If Craigslist decided to modernize today, they could potentially disrupt the state of things on the internet. Facebook is trying to move in on their territory for sure. Unfortunately, I don&amp;#x27;t think they will. If a new-kid-on-the-block could offer anonymity, reliability, and free regional market based transactions, with preferably integration with Monero, it would be a killer app for the crypto industry.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>vyrotek</author><text>From what I understand, people started local garage sale groups on Facebook specifically to remove anonymity. It&amp;#x27;s a benefit for those people. Facebook is just taking what is already a massively popular use of their groups feature and officially supporting it. It won&amp;#x27;t replace craigslist but it will do just fine.</text></comment>