Comments on: Craigslist vs. craigslist blogger, round three http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/04/05/craiglist-vs-craigslist-blogger-round-three/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:39:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: james http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/04/05/craiglist-vs-craigslist-blogger-round-three/#comment-343558 james Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:29:31 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2319#comment-343558 Craigslist is just getting way too big headed for what they are . Sure you have free classifieds, but there are a lot of free classified sites out there with half the egos Craigslist is just getting way too big headed for what they are . Sure you have free classifieds, but there are a lot of free classified sites out there with half the egos

]]> By: Eric Berlin http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/04/05/craiglist-vs-craigslist-blogger-round-three/#comment-339990 Eric Berlin Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:30:37 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2319#comment-339990 I didn't have a problem with the original communication. It was a little bit lawyerly and cold of course, but isn't that the point? I suppose they *might* have caught more flies with the proverbial honey by offering to move them over to alternate URL (perhaps?), but the point was to basically scare squatters (in craigslist's view -- and I think they have a pretty good case) off their land, right? <br><br>And I get the feeling -- particularly in learning about the misleading text ads -- that Tim and co. wouldn't have been so friendly toward any suggestions from craigslist. I didn't have a problem with the original communication. It was a little bit lawyerly and cold of course, but isn't that the point? I suppose they *might* have caught more flies with the proverbial honey by offering to move them over to alternate URL (perhaps?), but the point was to basically scare squatters (in craigslist's view — and I think they have a pretty good case) off their land, right?

And I get the feeling — particularly in learning about the misleading text ads — that Tim and co. wouldn't have been so friendly toward any suggestions from craigslist.

]]> By: Delia http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/04/05/craiglist-vs-craigslist-blogger-round-three/#comment-339988 Delia Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:35:13 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2319#comment-339988 Matthew, <br><br>Caigslist shouldn't have any claim to the <a href="http://craigslistblog.org">craigslistblog.org</a> and should have lost all claims to the <a href="http://craigslist.org">craigslist.org</a> domain when they turned for profit, *way back*, (unfortunately the dot org domain remains unregulated so craigslist still gets away with redirecting traffic from <a href="http://craigslist.com">craigslist.com</a> to <a href="http://craigslist.org">craigslist.org</a> continuing to give the appearance that craigslist is still a non-profit).<br><br>Delia Matthew,

Caigslist shouldn't have any claim to the craigslistblog.org and should have lost all claims to the craigslist.org domain when they turned for profit, *way back*, (unfortunately the dot org domain remains unregulated so craigslist still gets away with redirecting traffic from craigslist.com to craigslist.org continuing to give the appearance that craigslist is still a non-profit).

Delia

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