The eponymous Craig of Craigslist interviewed
The BBC has a "this is Craig " feature, when he met the international press this week. Must say I did not know too much about Craig before and this article fills in a lot of background. Craigslist is the the seventh biggest presence on the internet, works out of his living room, and employes 19 people in total.
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However, eBay did manage to buy 25% of the company in 2004, when a former employee unilaterally decided to sell his shares. Craig says the unexpected relationship has been beneficial so far."It may occur to you that we don't have much of a business plan, and you'd be right," he said.
I hope not too many TW readers have been bugging Craig
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He spends much of his time these days weeding out the minority of "bad guys" who lie and scam their way through Craigslist, but the whole ethos is about self-policing and communal values.
- Y! MyWeb
His site is a godsend to a lot of us
At least here in the Bay Area, many of us find our housing, our jobs, our furniture, our social events, and :cough: sometimes our dates through CraigsList. And while CraigsList has indeed expanded into a ton of cities, I'm sure its most popular still here in the Bay Area.
Seriously... I think even 90% of non-geeks... those with AOL accounts who log on weekly... still are huge CL fans here. It's amazing!