Comments on: Craigslist sues apartment search site PadMapper over listings

By: Edward

Edward — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:33:01 +0000

The automatic posting feature would make CL TERRIBLE to navigate, with the numerous repeat posting under different names/scams already prevalent, in addition to people advertising their services instead of one-ofs, which are more helpful genearlly. Image if people could repost real-esate automatically, how would anyone find a new listing?

By: Michael Angelo

Michael Angelo — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:40:24 +0000

http://i.imm.io/HiFS.png

screen shot. you cannot even use the words padmapper on any CL ad. hard censorship right here, china style

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 14:57:38 +0000

CL has too much spam. There are better alternatives like Findmyroof.

By: jax

jax — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:54:16 +0000

most people commenting do not seem to get the fact of how padmapper is syndicating the content.

it’s scraping craigslist website with automated bots for craigslist content without their consent.

if someone was doing it to your website – you wouldn’t be so cheery about it.

it’s blatant theft. i hate CL as well. but they are in the right here.

By: bdhpdx

bdhpdx — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:22:52 +0000

You know, there used to be this great website in my town that let people search CL for their stolen bikes – basically if you had a bike X stolen, you could use this free service to scan for listings with “bike X” in them and then check them out to see if it was your stolen bike. And it worked pretty well and was generally very popular and awesome and helped a lot of people get their bikes back.

And then of course Craigslist showed up and cease and desisted the site and that was the end of that. And that was the day I decided I would applaud anything terrible that happened to the asshats running Craigslist, so today I sit here and clap and hope this case draws well needed attention to CL’s asshattery.

By: shipsatsea

shipsatsea — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:03:14 +0000

The great community CL built does not belong to CL. It belongs to the people. And the people have the right to move on to a better tool. CL should not interfere with that, even when the community decides for a non-CL UI

By: Joey Figaro

Joey Figaro — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:13:34 +0000

Just another service that refuses to stay relevant. Adapt or die, Craigslist. Don’t force the present out of the picture.

By: Kirk Caraway

Kirk Caraway — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:54:37 +0000

Craigslist used to the hip, new dude on the net, but now he’s the old guy yelling at the kids to get off his lawn. Instead of suing Padmapper, Craigslist should buy them. It’s clearly a better way to find a place to live. I used it recently and it works great.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 04:32:20 +0000

There is a difference between a clean UI that is usable and a clean UI that is so clean it’s sparse and arduous to peruse the data on it. Reddit is a great example of the former and Craigslist is a great example of the latter.

By: hobhub

hobhub — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 02:35:50 +0000

if CL is being this bad on its UI, why would we see major shift in user over these years?

Not that I like CL…it looks dates for sure, but it’s surely easy to navigate. for instance my computer illiterate grandpa would be able to post something without much trouble. Flashy UI probably doesn’t appeal her much.