Nerd Values Help Propel Tiny Craigslist Into Classifieds Threa

“Craig Newmark started the community site as a hobby, but it soon became a San Francisco area institution for selling cars, getting jobs and finding sex. But just how much has it eaten into newspapers’ traditional classifieds business, and can they win that back?” An excellent, and sober, account of one of the most effective online communities, by Mark Glaser at the Online Journalism Review. If you don’t know, Craigs List is a terrific example of how to succeed without flash, with simple values, and bare bones software.


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