Craigslist

“Good deals and things can still certainly be found on Craigslist”

“Craigslist created a new way to sell things and built up to what it is (was?) on being usable, having enough trust, and not fucking it up.”

“I like that the Craigslist site design is utilitarian and hasn't changed much over the years.”

“Craigslist is a pretty good example of a brutalist website”

“everybody in my city has moved off craigslist to marketplace”

“Makes one miss the days when Craigslist or Monster (and its clones) were legitimately the best places to find employment.”

“craigslist which actually gives you a "zero results" found if you are too restrictive”

“We really need a revival of Craigslist to eliminate the Marketplace hold on local P2P commerce.”

“Craigslist's revenue, and his wealth, heavily came from pimps and human traffickers.”

“I far prefer Craigslist for being simple and easy-to-navigate”

“stick with plain text over things that load slower like images”

“doing business on ebay/craigslist/etc isn't that much different than doing it in a back alley”

“I had far better luck both buying and selling on CL”

“They're just digital classifieds, the tradition is basically "anyone can list them, no one checks them, caveat emptor".”

“Craigslist has floundered and now Meta/Facebook Marketplace is dominating the private buying/selling space”

“I sell on CL and FB Marketplace. Some items that I listed for months on CL sold in days on FB, but I prefer CL.”

“It touched hundreds of millions of lives for the better and, sometimes, worse.”

“He and James made hundreds of millions of dollars off ads for prostitution. Knowingly.”

“They both profited, enormously, off sexual exploitation and human trafficking around the world”

“Pinnacle because it was a simple, functional website back when it started in '95.”

“Craigslist moderators are both very active and quick to respond.”

“It was a safe place to arrange experiences that you would never have had otherwise.”

“I'm not sure it was the right choice because it drove so much traffic to Facebook Marketplace”

“Around 25% of rooms/apartments I contact are scams, and Craigslist has so far done nothing to prevent these.”

“On Craigslist I have direct contact with the seller.”

“I've had the best luck selling in Craigslist. Every other platform has been sub par.”

“I don’t think search ads were an improvement, though Craigslist is.”

“Craigslist is essentially dead for that sort of thing now, killed by Facebook”

“It's hard to get lower friction (register a new account) and lower fee (0%) than Craigslist.”

“how very successful Craiglist continues to be with a relatively simple stack”

“I still use Craigslist when I need to sell something.”

“I have had good experience with Craig list seller in highly technical city”

“They're still super light weight, fit for purpose, and I am forever thankful”

“I've used it while living in 3 different cities now and it's been great.”

“At least you can actually use search filters on CL, and it doesn't just show you whatever it thinks you want to see.”

“Theres some good deals, from honest people; unfortunately, you have to wade through the scams sometimes though.”

“Craigslist is still there to help you sell stuff you can’t eBay”

“It was awesome in its hay day. Now, post-FBm, it feels like a ghost town.”

“The search tools are more powerful, and you don't get a barrage of "is this still available?" messages followed by crickets.”

“Craigslist was characterized by years of stagnation where the only thing that happened was they kicked out the prostitutes.”