Craigslist, the current main energy is not yo Ufangzai research and development products

Mashable's article writes that Craigslist, the US classified information site, which estimates more than $300 million trillion in annual revenue, is currently focusing on not Ufangzai research and development products, but rather on legal efforts to crack down on rivals.

This is to keep its own first-hand advantage, but it also raises a question that has not yet been agreed: the information on Craigslist on the description of goods and prices is only public data statements, not creative information results, which is controlled by the platform companies? 58. What do you think of the market?

Classified information site Craigslist's weaknesses are obvious: the Web interface is ugly, and any classified information you post can result in a lot of spam, many of which are bogus; websites have been heavily used for pornography; Most importantly, people are tired of trading on Craigslist.

However, we continue to use Craigslist. on Craigslist, I found 13 roommates in 5 apartments, had a studio sublet, bought a double bed and two large mattresses, bought and sold a bedstead, and a yellow Honda motorcycle.

Similar experiences have been made in the course of Facebook's ongoing revision, threatening to stop using Facebook as a cliché, but most users continue to use the site's services. The massive loss of users has only happened two times, one from MySpace to Facebook and the other from Digg to Reddit, both because of the ease of use of the service itself, not just because of changes in user attitudes.

On the hack news website, it has been said that once people understand a platform, they will build up a strong memory and remain on the platform as long as the platform maintains internal rules.

This is one of the advantages of Craigslist-like business websites: Buyers and sellers have formed a certain percentage. If there is nothing to sell, then buyers will not come. And only when the goods sold have a market, the seller will sell things. When an online market is just launched, it is often desirable to link the goods in the same market to increase the number of goods available in the market. This is similar to social networking.

How do you solve the first batch of users? Reddit's founder had admitted that in order to solve the "ghost town" problem, they created hundreds of of their own accounts, and through these accounts to publish content. In the early stages of development, Airbnb also allows users to replicate content to Craigslist.

But in June 2012, data users received a restraining notice from Craigslist. According to the terms of use of Craigslist: "Any reproduction, aggregation, presentation, distribution, processing and derivative application of Craigslist and its website content is prohibited, either directly or indirectly." "A start-up company said a breach of the agreement with Craigslist would be fined at $15,000 each time."

In July 2012, Craigslist sued 3taps and padmapper for breaches of contract, copyright infringement, unfair competition and digital piracy, for companies trying to circumvent Craigslist's terms of use. Among them, 3taps's job is to provide Craigslist with an API to classify and optimize public information for users.

and 3taps found that Craigslist adjusted the terms of use, saying that all content posted by users has copyright, but at the same time refuses to be responsible for content posted on the site. Social networks and other platforms that provide user-made content rarely announce copyrights to user-published content. In the case of Craigslist, the company appeared unwilling to accept ownership of the content, thereby avoiding the responsibility for the illegal content that might appear on the site.

3taps the counterclaim alleges that Craigslist's business behavior violates the competition principle and, simply, a monopoly. 3taps believes that the information the user publishes on Craigslist is public data. Kidd said that information such as description and price is only a factual statement, not a creative effort, and therefore should not be controlled by a particular company. This means that the information on Craigslist is different from the information on Twitter, which is based on the user's creation rather than simply stating the facts.

Craigslist is the only site that restricts user forwarding. Most UGC sites believe that users can forward content to other sites, such as users ' YouTube videos. For Twitter, users often intercept Twitter messages before they launch embedded messaging.

One reason Craigslist filed a lawsuit was that Craigslist had spent a lot of effort to develop its community and business and had invested heavily in many years. And the development of the Padmapper and 3taps business is "based on Craigslist and its users". Craigslist apparently hoped that the lawsuit against 3taps would be Shajijinghou, because many websites were doing similar things. Item replacement site Swappel once helped users forward information to Craigslist, shop platforms zaarly and short rental sites Airbnb have briefly and directly integrated Craigslist to lure sellers on Craigslist to post information directly on the site. An anonymous Quora user said Craigslist had not yet been replaced simply because rivals were focused only on a particular category of market and therefore could not form a network effect like Craigslist.

But if Craigslist loses, will the company be able to maintain its current community size? Does the company make adjustments and focus on innovation? Or will the site go into recession like any other web site that offers white-bottomed blue links?