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robmaceachern on June 22, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bye Bye Craigslist

Wow this is really surprising, especially after reading Craig Newmark's answer on Quora just the other day to the question "Why hasn't anyone built any products on top of Craigslist data?". His response:

"Actually, we take issue with only services which consume a lot of bandwidth, it's that simple."

http://www.quora.com/Why-hasnt-anyone-built-any-products-on-...

jaredsohn on June 22, 2012 [–]

To clarify for everyone, while the parent read the answer a few days ago, Craig wrote this response in 2010.

jongraehl on June 23, 2012 | [–]

Good point. What didn't seem a threat then, must now. You should expect some changes in strategy over >1yr.

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