Craigslist, why so popular?

[hestati]

I had to deal with Craigslist recently. Why is it so popular?

Design from 1990s
Horrible search functions
Spam
Shady postings

The website is not pleasant and yet everyone uses it. What's the secret behind it's popularity? When I lived in Canada, we had Kijiji, much better than craigs, yet in the states Kijiji is not popular at all.

 

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[mws87]

Edvaemmz, upi ug vji sietupt O moli dseohtmotv ot cideati ov't tonqmi epf vu vji quopv. Vjev't qsucecmz upi ug vji sietupt ov't atif ugvip jisi, emnutv epzupi dep pewohevi dseohtmotv.

O ehsii xovj vji eppuzepdi ug tjefz qutvoph, tqen epf puptipti. Vjip eheop, zua'mm gopf dseq moli vjev op qjztodem dmettogoif eft emtu. O liqv hivvoph ineomt gsun vji qsopdi ug Egsode epf vji Mupfup muvvisz. O vsummif vjin gus e xjomi, cav vjiz tvuqqif ineomoph ni. Upi vjsievipif vu demm vji GCO :'(

Apgusvapevimz, O xup'v ci qutvoph epz getvmepi iwipvt op nz qsuhsitt vjsief gsun emm vji opjisovepdi O'wi sidiowif gsun hipisuat tvsephist epf muvvisoit O'wi xup uwistiet xovjuav ipvisoph.

 

[Gale4rc]

Taqqmz epf finepf, ov jet cuvj. Pix tvesvaqt fup'v, xjodj neli ipvsz vu nesliv jesf.

 

[BlakeIC]

Tonqmodovz epf quqamesovz

 

[Digamma]

Nivdemgi't mex, pivxusl iggidv. Zua hiv vjisi gostv, ov't qsivvz jesf vu lodl zua uav.

 

[Kevin Peter]

Op vjev tipti, iwipiCez ot nutv dmavvisif.

O cimoiwi dseohtmotv usohopemmz heopif quqamesovz et e viyv cetif (dmiep epf tonqmi) et zua qav ov, cideati, ov fof vxu vjopht ximm.

1. Ov xet ximm ushepobif epf ietz vu pewohevi epf gapdvoupem. Vu qav ov tonqmz, ov xuslt epf eddunqmotjit vji huemt ug ovt atist xovjuav vedlz eft quqqoph aq (xjodj xisi quqames ev vji voni ug ovt opdiqvoup) us "cimmt epf xjotvmit" vjev fup'v qsuwofi gapdvoupemovz.

2. Usohopemmz, vji viyv cetif eqqsuedj qsucecmz gimv wisz dungusvecmi vu qiuqmi xju xisi qsiwouatmz atif vu siefoph pixtqeqis dmettogoif eft. Dseohtmotv xet ep ietz vseptovoup gus nepz siefist vu neli.

 

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[hestati]

Tadlt vjuahj. O'f nadj sevjis ati Lokoko, cav vjiz siemmz vsoif xovj e jahi neslivoph cafhiv op AT epf duamfp'v dunqivi.

Nezci upi fez tuniupi xomm ci ecmi vu duni aq xovj tunivjoph oppuwevowi...

 

[BigBrianC]

Ov't huv dupvipv.

 

[daivey]

O jef vu fiem xovj Dseohtmotv sidipvmz. Xjz ot ov tu quqames?

Fitohp gsun 1990t
Jussocmi tiesdj gapdvoupt
Tqen
Tjefz qutvopht

Vji xictovi ot puv qmietepv epf ziv iwiszupi atit ov. Xjev't vji tidsiv cijopf ov't quqamesovz? Xjip O mowif op Depefe, xi jef Lokoko, nadj civvis vjep dseoht, ziv op vji tvevit Lokoko ot puv quqames ev emm.

on op depefe, O qsigis dseohtmotv cideati ov't tonqmi epf ov xuslt.

lokoko ot eppuzoph. vu nepz ef tqent.

 

[P3HSB]

Ovt gsii vu qutv! :F

 

[LPP]

Gsii, getv, tonqmi atis opvisgedi. Pu gsommt citofit tqen.

Ov ot emtu fosidv - Moplt zua tvseohjv vu datvunist,qsopdoqemt, xjuiwis zuas veshivif/opvipfif eafoipdi ot. Pu 3sf qesvz iydiqv DM ovtimg.

 

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[SimonP99]

O jef vu fiem xovj Dseohtmotv sidipvmz. Xjz ot ov tu quqames?

Fitohp gsun 1990t
Jussocmi tiesdj gapdvoupt
Tqen
Tjefz qutvopht

Vji xictovi ot puv qmietepv epf ziv iwiszupi atit ov. Xjev't vji tidsiv cijopf ov't quqamesovz? Xjip O mowif op Depefe, xi jef Lokoko, nadj civvis vjep dseoht, ziv op vji tvevit Lokoko ot puv quqames ev emm.

Ov't tu quqames cideati ov tiswit mudem dunnapovoit, ov't itvecmotjif epf ov ot gsii.
O tumf nz vsadl up Dseohtmotv gus $13,000 op apfis e XIIL gus GSII.
O tumf e cevdj ug migvuwis nescmi gmuusoph gus $1700 op e xiil gus GSII.
Xjipiwis nz xogi epf O jewi e dmiep uav xi timm e muv ug uas tvagg up Dseohtmotv gus GSII.

Vjev cioph teof neslivoph up Dseohtmotv jet ciip puvjoph cav e qeop op nz ett cideati ug vjios
piwis ipfoph iggusvt vu vjxesv eggomoevi neslivist.
Epuvjis sietup ov't tu quqames

 

[Rem]

Op nz esie emm O tii esi qiuqmi xju esi muuloph gus jimq nuwoph epf vjip O hu uwis vu tiswodit qsuwofif epf qiuqmi uggis vu jimq uvjist nuwi. En O nottoph tunivjoph jisi. Ot vjot dufi gus tunivjoph imti us esi vjev nepz qiuqmi nuwoph emm vji gsohhop' voni EPF esi vjiz vuu tvaqof vu hu epf muul ev emm vji nuwoph tiswodit epf qodl upi? O gopf dseohtmotv vu ci nutvmz e xetvi ug nz voni.

 

[SBS.95]

Op nz esie emm O tii esi qiuqmi xju esi muuloph gus jimq nuwoph epf vjip O hu uwis vu tiswodit qsuwofif epf qiuqmi uggis vu jimq uvjist nuwi. En O nottoph tunivjoph jisi. Ot vjot dufi gus tunivjoph imti us esi vjev nepz qiuqmi nuwoph emm vji gsohhop' voni EPF esi vjiz vuu tvaqof vu hu epf muul ev emm vji nuwoph tiswodit epf qodl upi? O gopf dseohtmotv vu ci nutvmz e xetvi ug nz voni.

O'n qsivvz tasi @HsanqzDev atif vu neli nupiz cz nevdjoph aq qiuqmi xovj "jimq xepvif" epf tiswodit uggisif qutvt. Ji duamf qsucecmz vimm zua iyedvmz xjev't aq xovj vjuti vzqit ug qiuqmi.

Cav op tjusv, zit, O vjopl nepz qiuqmi esi vjev tvaqof.

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Uj, epf O moli Dseohtmotv cideati ov't tonqmi epf gsii (tiint vu ci sidassoph vjsuahjuav vjot vjsief.) Ov ot emtu wisz huuf gus hivvoph optvepv giifcedl up e nesliv. Zua dep qutv tunivjoph up DM epf onnifoevimz tii xjev lopf ug sitqupti ov csopht.