How Craigslist is Keeping up Internet Ideals

prostoalex writes "CBS MarketWatch discusses whether Craig Newmark and CraigsList.org are missing out by not 'monetizing' their traffic or selling out to large corporations. CraigsList is currently #7 e-commerce site on the Internet with 13M unique visitors monthly, and only charges for real estate listings by professional brokers. No word on whether that income is enough to pay 24 salaries and data center fees for hosting a major Internet site." From the article: "Their noble stance gives entrepreneurs from San Francisco a great name. Despite the many unfortunate examples of greed, Internet entrepreneurs aren't all about getting rich quick and cashing out. At an entrepreneur's roots is a vision to provide a service that helps alleviate a pain point. The money thing always muddied the waters down the road. The attitude at Craigslist is a nice reminder of how entrepreneurs' ideals can still remain intact, no matter how odd they may seem in a world that worships money."

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[Anonymous Coward]

One only has to surf through the Rants and Raves as well as the Casual Encounter section of Craigslist to be amused for hours.

Re:Large Corporations?

[sfjoe]

Um, eBay owns 25% of them.

I've always wondered colon why do some people um add unecessary verbalizations to their writings question mark.

Re:Self interest is not greed

[jo42]

Now replace "money" with "cocaine".

Re:"unique" is distinct from "distinct"

[GigsVT]

There's a reason no one likes you.

Re:Craigslist sucks.

[Anonymous Coward]

Boohoo...it's not lickably perfect enough for ubersearcher. Too bad it works for anyone who can use their brain to pick out what they are looking for...fucking loser...