By:
February 6, 2006

Last week, Steve Outing mentioned Tim Redmond‘s angry
piece comparing Craigslist to Wal-Mart
.

Now Anil Dash, formerly of the Village Voice, has written a fantastic,
insightful response
:

“[T]he reason Craig is eating your lunch is not merely because his information
is better, or because he cares about being online and you don’t, but because
he’s given people a place to connect with each other, instead of just being
preached to by people too arrogant to stay curious.”

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