Craigslist: The Good, the Bad and the Very Ugly
April 4th, 2008 | by Tim |
This has been one of the more hectic and stressful weeks of my life. Somehow through all the controversy, we (thank you James) have managed to keep this blog running and bringing you the good, bad and ugly about craigslist. Also, thank you to everyone who has emailed or commented with your support!
Unfortunately, much of the ugly about craigslist this week has been about them and us:
Craigslist bullies unofficial blog over domain, trademarks (Ars Technica)
Craiglist CEO Jim Buckmaster now admits he’s a jerk (Valleywag)
Craigslist CEO backs off a bit over Sacramento blogger (Sacramento Bee)
Craigslist Threatens Bay Area Entrepreneur (NBC11)
Craigslist to fan blog: Give us your domain, now (CNET News)
Unofficial Craigslist blogger threatened with shutdown by Craigslist (Valleywag)
Craigslist Launches a Blog, Then Pisses On Another (PCMech)
Craigslist moves to shut down Sacramentan’s blog (Sacramento Bee)
Craigslist’s Evil Twin Asked To Cease, Desist (SFist)
Step Off! Says Craigslist Blog to its Counterfeit Counterpart (SF Curbed)
Unofficial Craigslist Blog Bucks Infringement Threat (SF Weekly)
Craiglist demands fan blog’s domain - joins 21st century (Download Squad)
Craigslist Blog: This Web Ain’t Big Enough For The Two Of Us (SF Weekly)
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4 Responses to “Craigslist: The Good, the Bad and the Very Ugly”
By Delia on Apr 6, 2008 | Reply
Hi Tim!
I just thought you might want to keep in mind that craigslist has turned for profit *way back* and shouldn’t really have a claim to any dot org domain, including yours.
Delia
P.S. Unfortunately, the dot org domain is still unregulated (but this shouldn’t stop you from acquiring it before them as you did) so they get away with redirecting traffic from craigslist.com to craigslist.org continuing to give the appearance that they are still a non-profit — a whole lot of people appear to be fooled by this (just don’t know craigslist is not a non-profit and hasn’t been that for a very long time). Craigslist should have lost all claim to the dot org domain when it turned for profit.
P.P.S. Good luck with everything and take care!
D.
By dean messmer on Apr 6, 2008 | Reply
tim,give it up.try to be more original,instead of tagging along on some one elses coat tails.your dead wrong and infringing.thanks for listening
By dio on Apr 11, 2008 | Reply
its craigs list, he can do what he wants…
By LosAngeles on May 19, 2008 | Reply
Assuming either the Left Wing or the Right Wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles.