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Posted by Rarpy on 02/04/07 14:26
Everybody knows and uses Craigslist, but I find their
tendency toward censorship in their discussion groups
and even in their classifieds to be just astonishing.
I have seen fruitful, intelligent discussions simply
disappear for no good reason whatsoever, not just
occassionally but on a daily basis. I wish they would take
a tip from Google and "don't be evil". Unfortunately
they are popular. Indeed everyone in the corporate
media seems to be rushing to praise them and gushing
with accolades. And yet, is the experience actually
so great? I find it sucks, quite frankly, which frustrates
because it is rapidly becoming the only game in town
for some things.
Main problems with Craigslist:
1. constant inappropriate censorship in the forums,
where any view that's different from moderators'
is labelled "spam", and reasonable posts are deleted.
2. try buying or selling something in the classifieds
and you discover your inbox filled with genuine spam
from Nigeria but very few actual interested parties.
3. essentially it seems that ever since CL was
bought out by corporations (including Ebay) they've
become just downright mean.
4. for some things, unfortunately, the critical mass of
people mainly go to Craigslist because it
has the most ads. They're like Ebay.
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