You say that as if Craigslist doesn't provide any value to consumers as-is. How much do they owe you? Maybe they should pay you to use their website? Maybe they should buy the item you are interested in for you?
You seriously think Craigslist doesn't give a shit about users? Think about what you are saying. Think about the world before Craigslist. It's a free service that even my mother uses. This is the _exact_ sense of entitlement that the OP is talking about.
I didn't do a qualified research (I would have told that otherwise) so I can tell for myself. I personally don't use CL exactly because of that - I look at the website and understand that nobody gives a fuck about me here. Not because it doesn't use CSS3, but because it's barely usable. I seriously used CL twice - once I've rented a condo through it (using early PadMapper) and bought a pair of speakers from some local fella. I tried to sell some home furniture and run away in awe. The amount of scam was unsurmountable.
So for me personally PadMapper provided 50% of the total CL positive experience.
I've used ebay over 100 times. Ebay is ripe for disruption, imho, but it's still okay.
First and foremost because you make wild assumptions and accusations. They don't give a shit about users? Have you talked to the Craig? What about other employees? You are throwing a company under the bus because you don't like its design and don't like them controller their API. I hate their decision with respect to PadMapper, but I reserve doesn't give a shit about users for Monsento, tobacco and alcohol companies. You aren't their only user, you might not feel like they don't give a shit about you, but any grander statement is just big meaningless talk.
Secondly, as I originally stated, because you think Craigslist owes you something. They don't. Deal with it.
Wow, just wow. I was born in the USSR and I feel "comfortably" at home now.
> you might not feel like they don't give a shit about you
May I, nevertheless? Thanks in advance!
What's the difference between CL and Monsanto (Philip-Morris) in this context? All these companies sell something which is legal and have a demand. Users pay for the goods (seeds, listings, cigarettes). Users appear to be happy. Users want to get some extra value out of the goods/services (put the PadMapper on top of CL, breed their own seeds from Monsanto modified plants, dunno about cigs, though :-)). Oops, lawyers abound! Now Monsanto owes something to farmers, but CL doesn't owe anyone anything. Hmmm. You're throwing Monsanto under the bus because you side with farmers. That's okay. But who told you that you're absolutely right?
I can easily deal with CL not owing me anything - I don't do anything on CL.
You seriously think Craigslist doesn't give a shit about users? Think about what you are saying. Think about the world before Craigslist. It's a free service that even my mother uses. This is the _exact_ sense of entitlement that the OP is talking about.