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How Craigslist has stayed relevant as a place to find jobs, housing, and personal connections without relying on algorithmic feeds, public profiles, or ratings

Millennials are still using Craigslist to find jobs, find love, and even to cast creative projects—eschewing other AI- and algorithm-dominated online spaces.

Wired Jennifer Swann

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  • @jenlucpiquant Jennifer Ouellette on bluesky
    “Ungentrified” Craigslist may be the last real place on the Internet www.wired.com/story/is-cra...
  • @ajillianreasons Jillian Smith on bluesky
    Who knew meeting people like @rob-sheridan.com via Craigslist 20 years ago would be less creepy than the algorithms that would be built control our lives [embedded post]
  • @craignewmark Craig Newmark on bluesky
    Very kind article via Jennifer Swann, particularly regarding insights from Jessa Lingel.  (I need some way to remind people that the revenue stuff citation is totally sus.)  —  “It's a utopian vision of a much earlier, far more earnest internet.”  —  www.wired.com/story/is-cra...…
  • r/technology r on reddit
    “Ungentrified” Craigslist may be the last real place on the Internet |  People still use Craigslist to find jobs, love, and even to cast creative projects
  • r/UpliftingNews r on reddit
    Is Craigslist the Last Real Place on the Internet?