Re:WeWork sells Meetup
by bvandewalle on Monday March 30, 2020 @04:10PM
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Craigslist is actually the perfect example. No need to grow 1000% a year and no external VCs to push you to do so. They handle probably a factor of thousands more requests than Meetup and I think they are still less than 50 people?
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Re:WeWork sells Meetup
by stickfigure on Monday March 30, 2020 @04:17PM
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Yes, but 999 of those 1000X requests are scammers and spambots.
Craigslist has failed. They are not a good example of anything except the staying power of network effects... and how even that fades with time if you let your community turn into a cesspool.
Re:WeWork sells Meetup
by goatherders on Monday March 30, 2020 @04:22PM
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I don't think CL has failed in the slightest. I probably buy something, sell something, and hire someone each by using CL a few times a year.
Re:WeWork sells Meetup
by bvandewalle on Monday March 30, 2020 @04:20PM
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I agree with you about the scams but as of today it still seems to be almost non challenged for the housing rental market for example. I would not call that failed.
Re:WeWork sells Meetup
by stickfigure on Monday March 30, 2020 @06:01PM
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I don't know about rentals, but Facebook Marketplace has taken over the "buy and sell stuff" market. I tried listing something on both services a few weeks ago - CL gave me a dozen scams, maybe one real reply. Facebook gave me a half dozen real inquiries.
I don't even bother with craigslist anymore.
I saved $1800 (over 50%) on a niche item on craigslist last month.
The guy I bought it from is clearly making significant income selling them.
It was the first listing I tried. No BS. They’re still great, at least around here.