Craigslist is one of the best examples of the Internet’s sharing economy. Craigslist improves markets by helping buyers and sellers find each other. Remarkably, it offers most of its matchmaking ...
Fake news. Online surveillance. Phishing scams. Biased algorithms. It’s easy to be cynical about the internet, and harder to remember a time when being online felt less commercial and more democratic.
Craigslist helped invent modern internet culture long before social media existed, shaping how people connect, buy, sell, and interact online. Its radical simplicity made it fast, accessible, and ...