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The craigslist Phenomenon
Begun in San Francisco as a community site in 1995, the more than 300
craigslist sites provide community forums all over the United States (and beyond). The
various craigslist sites post over 10 million classified community advertisements a month.
Most advertisements are free; craigslist makes its money by selling certain help wanted and
real estate advertisements in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles. The company
describes its mission as providing “a trustworthy, efficient, relatively non-commerical place
for folks to find all the basics in their local area.”
Major craigslist categories are:
- Community: childcare, pets, lost and found, rideshare
- Housing: apartments, rooms, vacation rentals, storage
- Jobs under many sub-category listings
- Personals: women seek women, women seek men, men seek men, men seek
women, platonic
- For Sale: bikes, boats, books, furniture, tools
- Discussion Forums: arts, money, queer, sports, and almost anything else
- Services: creative, financial, lessons, therapeutic
- Gigs: computer, event, talent, adult
- Resumes
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