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Where Are You, Craig Newmark? The Surrender of Craigslist.

It’s official. Adult Services (Or Erotic Services as they were once known in the USA and continued to be named elsewhere) are gone from Craigslist.

This makes me sad.

I don’t use those services and never have. I don’t know people who do use them. And I don’t want this to be a too-far-to-the-left political rant where I scream about free speech. I’m disappointed that in an era where communication itself is the world’s largest growth business someone as smart and well intentioned as Craig Newmark has caved in.

Craigslist Porn: The Real Reason to Hire a Computer Geek

Do you miss prostitution on Craigslist? Don’t worry; it’s still there.

Oh man.

Before I get started, I need to point something out: Craig Newmark is an absolutely lovely man who spends his time doing good things. He’s not very active in the day-to-day operations of the company that bears his name, instead choosing to put his considerable brain into charity and activism. PLEASE DO NOT BLAME CRAIG NEWMARK FOR ANY OF WHAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO READ HERE OR HAVE READ OR HEARD ELSEWHERE.

Job Application over Twitter: Business Change 140 Characters At A Time

At Answer Guy Central, we receive job applications all the time. Sometimes they’re in response to gigs we have available, but more often they’re  unsolicited requests for work.

If you’ve ever weeded through dozens or hundreds of documents like this, you know what it feels like; the very first time it happens you’re happy to have generated a response like that, and then you realize how much work is involved in reading all that material.

So why not limit the size of your next batch?

Music Labels & Newspapers Think It’s 1980. Where’s Business Change?

Craig Newmark is a very smart man. Sure, you can be cynical and look at Craigslist as a fluke, or a ‘first-to-market’ that got lucky and think otherwise, but that would be a mistake. The guy continues to churn out one smart business change after another at the service that bears his name, and has become a featured commentator at Huffington Post, where that blog’s huge numbers give Mr. Newmark a very large platform for stating his opinions.





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