Why Craigslist still looks the same after 25 years
* I far, far, far prefer Craigslist interface to anything else in that space. It&#x27;s clear and focused<p>Its search engine too - I get things I search for in the area I search for.<p>For me, Kijiji and Facebook marketplace are awful UI, awful distractions, and give me 10,000 &quot;suggested&quot; or &quot;fuzzy searched&quot; things in random order, suppressing things I&#x27;m actually looking for. And I&#x27;ve <i>completely</i> given up on eBay over last decade.<p>However.<p>* Nothing is on Craigslist anymore in my area (Greater Toronto Area). Until about... 5-6 years ago, I could find comparable number of photography, computer, music &amp; kids stuff on Craigslist and Kijiji. Today, Craigslist is a desert, a void, an oasis of empty search results.<p>So network effect wins, as always :-&#x2F;