Comments on: Craigslist: blocking a leech, or a feature? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/06/08/craigslist-blocking-a-leech-or-a-feature/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Ed Kohler http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/06/08/craigslist-blocking-a-leech-or-a-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-270039 Ed Kohler Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:30:32 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/06/08/craigslist-blocking-a-leech-or-a-feature/#comment-270039 Unaware of the bandwidth issues? That seems rather disingenuous. Someone capable of writing such an app would have a good feel for how much bandwidth is involved in serving all those images. Unaware of the bandwidth issues? That seems rather disingenuous. Someone capable of writing such an app would have a good feel for how much bandwidth is involved in serving all those images.

]]> By: Alex Beamish http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/06/08/craigslist-blocking-a-leech-or-a-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-269264 Alex Beamish Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:05:56 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/06/08/craigslist-blocking-a-leech-or-a-feature/#comment-269264 Probably a better way to implement this add-on (in hindsight) would have been to demo the system to the higher-ups at craigslist and find out how they could work together, rather than setting up a service that causes an increase in the server traffic by a factor of 20. Alternatively, if Listpic had implemented a solution that only loaded the servers an additional 10%, but had added significant value, craigslist might have been much more open to the idea, and possibly even an acquisition. It sounds like the craiglist community liked the idea -- and since that's what is driving the site (mostly), it seems likely something like listpic will happen. Probably a better way to implement this add-on (in hindsight) would have been to demo the system to the higher-ups at craigslist and find out how they could work together, rather than setting up a service that causes an increase in the server traffic by a factor of 20.

Alternatively, if Listpic had implemented a solution that only loaded the servers an additional 10%, but had added significant value, craigslist might have been much more open to the idea, and possibly even an acquisition.

It sounds like the craiglist community liked the idea — and since that’s what is driving the site (mostly), it seems likely something like listpic will happen.

]]> By: Stu http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/06/08/craigslist-blocking-a-leech-or-a-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-268973 Stu Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:39:48 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/06/08/craigslist-blocking-a-leech-or-a-feature/#comment-268973 So...where's the blogosphere outrage like we saw directed against Amazon/Alexa when they cut off the leechers at Alexaholic? So…where’s the blogosphere outrage like we saw directed against Amazon/Alexa when they cut off the leechers at Alexaholic?

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