Seven Lions » Uncategorized http://sevenlions.org/wp writing, research, art and digital media Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:32:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Craigslist is Dying? http://sevenlions.org/wp/craigslist-is-dying/ http://sevenlions.org/wp/craigslist-is-dying/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:28:04 +0000 admin http://sevenlions.org/wp/?p=512 Unlike the earlier fear that Wikipedia is on the decline, this one seems serious.  Outsourcing bogus Craigslist ads is a staple of sites like Rentacoder, and even with Craigslist experimenting with account verification via phone, it doesn’t seem like it’ll be enough.  Of course, Craigslist has other problems, but it’s this structural one that might kill it.  Imagine a world where every spammer can create a phony ad…

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