<story><title>Craigslist now asks for exclusive license when posting</title><url>http://baligu.blogspot.com/2012/08/i-dont-remember-seeing-this-before-at.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ralfn</author><text>Thats a little dramatic.&lt;p&gt;CL isnt popular here in Holland, but i was under the impression, it was ebay meets dating, using a 200 byte php forum file, that looked so old, you would just assume encodimg errors.&lt;p&gt;Why are you getting your panties in a twist? What import role does this site play in your life or that of others?</text></item><item><author>ChrisNorstrom</author><text>Wow. Under the disguise of a pseudo-charity, Craigslist just revealed it&apos;s true intentions. They foolishly just opened themselves up to a lot of hate and possibly gave people a huge reason to try out competitors. This may be the beginning of the end of Craigslist&apos;s Empire. This is usually how it starts,  users being held hostage, increased control, and decreased satisfaction with the service with no way out due to network effects.&lt;p&gt;We all believed in Craigslist and this is our reward? WE built up Craigslist to be what it is and now we&apos;re held hostage for it? I feel like a fool, why do we keep falling for this? Help the little grow until he becomes king and screws us all.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>stellar678</author><text>Craigslist is gigantic in big US metro areas.&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s pretty much the standard way to find a place to live, to find an employee or a job, to buy and sell used cars, etc... etc...&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s also known for having 3 times higher revenue-per-employee than Google even though the vast majority of activity on the site is free.</text></comment>
<story><title>Craigslist now asks for exclusive license when posting</title><url>http://baligu.blogspot.com/2012/08/i-dont-remember-seeing-this-before-at.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ralfn</author><text>Thats a little dramatic.&lt;p&gt;CL isnt popular here in Holland, but i was under the impression, it was ebay meets dating, using a 200 byte php forum file, that looked so old, you would just assume encodimg errors.&lt;p&gt;Why are you getting your panties in a twist? What import role does this site play in your life or that of others?</text></item><item><author>ChrisNorstrom</author><text>Wow. Under the disguise of a pseudo-charity, Craigslist just revealed it&apos;s true intentions. They foolishly just opened themselves up to a lot of hate and possibly gave people a huge reason to try out competitors. This may be the beginning of the end of Craigslist&apos;s Empire. This is usually how it starts,  users being held hostage, increased control, and decreased satisfaction with the service with no way out due to network effects.&lt;p&gt;We all believed in Craigslist and this is our reward? WE built up Craigslist to be what it is and now we&apos;re held hostage for it? I feel like a fool, why do we keep falling for this? Help the little grow until he becomes king and screws us all.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dbecker</author><text>the &quot;ebay meets dating&quot; impression is not correct.  Craigslist is closer to an &quot;Online Classified Ads&quot; which is popular for posting jobs, apartment rentals, cars, sporting equipment, musical instruments, and pretty much everything else you might post in a classified ad.&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m told it is one of the 100 most popular sites on the internet (and one of the 50 most popular in the US).&lt;p&gt;One of the reasons people feel strongly about it the platform nature.  If you don&apos;t like the Craigslist interface for finding apartments, you don&apos;t have much choice.  That is where everyone lists their apartments.  Similarly, it is the first place everyone lists apartments because it is widely known that this is where users check.&lt;p&gt;For that reason, it&apos;s been hard for competitors to get any traction... even when the competitor has better technology.</text></comment>