Posted tagged ‘craigslist’

What happened to Craigslist?

24 Oct 2009

Even though http://newyork.craigslist.org is still atop my Firefox “Most Visited” tab, before today I hadn’t been on the site in quite a while. And I have returned to find it twisted and altered almost unimaginably. When you search for something, you can now sort the results: most recent, best match, low price, high price. This [...]

Advert #2

25 Jun 2009

This is part two of my struggle against the miserable homebodies who patrol the Gigs section of craigslist. I was so enraged after being flagged for this one I almost pulled an Orlando Brown (you really should click that link if you don’t know what I’m talking about). Good thing Hornblower is wilier than that. [...]

Advert #1

25 Jun 2009

So I’ve been working on some marketing strategies for the old Web logs. My plan hinges on the viral powers of Craigslist, and has thus far been overwhelmingly unsuccessful. For some reason, the bitter masses who peruse the Talent Gigs section of both the New York City and Hudson Valley craigslist see fit each time [...]

Craigslist getting all weird again

28 May 2009

So apparently now you can sell things without an account again, and I assume if you do have an account it no longer needs to me authenticated by phone. Oh, Newmark. Your ways are mysterious but your ideals remain pure, I have no doubt.

Craigslist getting serious now

10 Apr 2009

So I went to post my extra of Montreal tickets for next Thursday’s show on Craigslist, and I was confronted with a challenge I had not previously encountered. Old Newmark was telling me “Your account needs to be authenticated by phone to post to tickets on new york city craigslist.” Here’s what he has to [...]


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