Craigslist is Tired of the Mean Newspaper Playground Bullies

craigslist.jpg Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster complains that newspapers, who used to fawn over the 12-year-old bare-bones classifieds site, now bend over backward to trash it — and that the negative tone of those articles is being handed down by spurned execs who blame Craig Newmark for stealing their ad revenue.

Normally, we'd say it was a stupid move to criticize the media you accuse of criticizing you; that's just baiting 'em. But then again, it worked for Hillary Clinton. Finally.

Mar 13, 2008 · posted by david · Link · 1 Response
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    No. 1 www.jeffreydavidmorris.com says:

    Gigs, etc posting access, I'm on my knees, begging you, pleding with you, please?

    Why in God's name, yeah, I'm asking, ya think, would ya change a 'good thing' by changing the 'gigs' post to asome phone thing? Ugh, those . . . sigh . . . please, I beg you, please consider change it back or allowing people, such as myself, to post in gigs please. I've (myself) have been with you a long time, and thanks to you, I've been able to 'handle my business' respectfully unto general public, 'on the real', please. Hey, I hate these spammer's, etc as you and etc but please don't let those, them, ?, screw it up for the rest of us, please. I (personally and respectfully) need you, please believe that, and got nothing but love for ya, honest, no lie, I mean that from the bottom of my heart, and no, I ain't got no phone, nor should I. Sigh . . . pretty please, please, please, please ? ? ?

    Posted: Sep 14, 2008 at 9:18 pm
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