Kijiji and the Curse of Craigslist(gigaom.com)
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Kijiji and the Curse of Craigslist
http://gigaom.com/2007/07/09/kijiji-vs-craigslist/
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People like Craig always seem (seem, since I don't have a wormhole into his brain) to have this moralistic I-am-not-for-profit attitude. Does it ever occur to his, seriously, that every single entity posting on his site is ravenously trying to make the greatest/easiest/cheapest possible buck? ...and that he is facilitating that immoral attitude?
Jobs... Housing... Discussion... Funny posts... Personals... Gigs... I don't know about that.
Making profit may be amoral, but I wouldn't say immoral.
Making profit may be amoral, but I wouldn't say immoral.
My use of the word "immoral" is ironic.
Your use of the word "ironic" is Alanis Morissettic.
No. "the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning"
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony
...not that this is worth arguing about.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony
...not that this is worth arguing about.
Which is why your usage of "immoral" is not ironic.
There's way too much spamming and phishing and scamming on Craigslist. Craig Newmark's business sense got him to a certain level of trust among consumers which helped grow the site, but now he has a responsibility to them now to honor that trust and invest in _protecting_ them.
Otherwise, the Craigslist empire's days are surely numbered.
Otherwise, the Craigslist empire's days are surely numbered.