CL Handbook blog - Craigslist news » craigslist on smartphone http://clhandbook.com/news Craigslist and ClHandbook news Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:23:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 What is in store for Craigslist in the future? http://clhandbook.com/news/what-is-in-store-for-craigslist-in-the-future/ http://clhandbook.com/news/what-is-in-store-for-craigslist-in-the-future/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:03:56 +0000 admin http://clhandbook.com/news/?p=24 Craigslist founder Craig Newmark was asked during an interview about what is in store for Craigslist in the future. Craig Newmark also talked about Craigslist and how he handles the huge site. He is the founder but he doesn’t manage it as he confessed to suck at managing. His CEO Jim Buckmaster is the one who manages and runs the site. Craig Newmark, on the other hand, is so concerned about his customer service that he reads every email sent to him and tries to send a reply to as many of them as possible. He also iterated that although the flagging system of Craigslist is flawed but it will stay that way because it uses the voting system which allows fellow users to flag it if they see it to be inappropriate. If an ad has been flagged several times, it is automatically deleted.

Craig Newmark answered questions about what is in store for Craigslist. To sum it all up, he said that there is no point in using client-side javascripts for Craigslist because people want it to be simple and fast. It doesn’t need to be fancy as it actually turns people off. Also, he has no plans about a mobile version as Craigslist already works well on smartphones.

So, pretty much Craigslist will stay as it is in the future. Of course we can’t say for certain but Craigslist is great just the way it is and people love it. Data shows that over 50 million unique visitors check Craigslist every month with over 13 billion page views!

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