At 08:06 PM 08/15/2004 -0700, channinglylethomson wrote:
>8/15/04
>
>It is with great sadness that I announce EBAY's acquisition of 25% of
>www.craigslist.com. In case you don't know craigslist, it is a virtual
>community bulletin board that has been in operation in major cities
>throughout the world. It offers free personal listings, free for sale
>listings, free job postings, rants and raves, political discussions,
>etc. The idea of craigslist is that it is a non-commercial, community
>based website that brings the virtual community together with little or
>no cost. There is minimal advertising, if any, and the site has a
>"plain jane" look that really has the feel of a community bulletin
>board. An example would be that if you have a pair of tickets for a
>concert and can't use them, you sell them for cost on craigslist.com
>and someone in the community gets to go for face value or less. It has
>never been about profit but has always been about communication. Now
>that the monster internet company EBAY has bitten into the pie, I can
>safely say that the days of craigslist as we know it are soon to be
>finished.
>
>Very sad indeed, Channing Thomson in San Francisco
I haven't spoken with him about it but my friend Craig, who
founded and still runs Craigslist, isn't likely to make too
many changes.
Craig.
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