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Craig and his List

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stuff-to-read dept.

Schlemphfer writes "The San Francisco Chronicle has published a long interview with Craig Newmark of Craigslist. The interview covers topics like running a business with a moral compass, hiring people while finding leadership to grow a website, and last week's eBay purchase of 25% of the site."

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  1. Corporate-to-English translation by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Q: A former employee of Craigslist sold 25 percent of the firm to EBay Friday. Did you try to stop this?

    A: We tried to channel it toward a partner we could live with, with a similar moral compass. It was not my intention to have any of this happen, but we're happy with the results.

    In other words:

    A: Yeah, it really blows. Because we still have business morals, where eBay don't have much. We'd have prefered a partner with some morals left, but now they're stuck their foot in our doors, hey, I guess eBay is really really great after all...

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    1. Re:Corporate-to-English translation by Cid+Highwind · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Q: Why does eBay lack morals? Is this simply a matter of size == tyranny?

      No, it's a matter of looking at how eBay runs PayPal, and worrying thet the same sort of "screw customer satisfaction, we're the only game in town and they know it" attitude will infect craigslist.

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