Craig Newmark

People helped me settle in, told me about neighborhoods and restaurants and events that I might get interested in.

People helped me settle in, told me about neighborhoods and restaurants and events that I might get interested in.

People helped me settle in, told me about neighborhoods and restaurants and events that I might get interested in.

Yeah. A lot of this was from the well, an early virtual community, some from Usenet news groups, which were the first big deal discussion boards. And there is a spirit that we were all going to use the net to help each other out.

Yeah. A lot of this was from the well, an early virtual community, some from Usenet news groups, which were the first big deal discussion boards. And there is a spirit that we were all going to use the net to help each other out.

Yeah. A lot of this was from the well, an early virtual community, some from Usenet news groups, which were the first big deal discussion boards. And there is a spirit that we were all going to use the net to help each other out.

So I thought I should give back, started a simple CC list. telling people about what I thought were cool events, usually arts and technology, like Joe's Digital Diner or the Anon Salon, which was a party fundraiser for a local theater, highly entangled with the very earliest Burning Man. And I never got involved with that. Because I realized that I'm not a burner at heart. Yeah.

So I thought I should give back, started a simple CC list. telling people about what I thought were cool events, usually arts and technology, like Joe's Digital Diner or the Anon Salon, which was a party fundraiser for a local theater, highly entangled with the very earliest Burning Man. And I never got involved with that. Because I realized that I'm not a burner at heart. Yeah.

So I thought I should give back, started a simple CC list. telling people about what I thought were cool events, usually arts and technology, like Joe's Digital Diner or the Anon Salon, which was a party fundraiser for a local theater, highly entangled with the very earliest Burning Man. And I never got involved with that. Because I realized that I'm not a burner at heart. Yeah.

But this mailing list started growing via word of mouth. And I started asking for more stuff than just events. Like if people wanted to sell something, if people had a job or an apartment.

But this mailing list started growing via word of mouth. And I started asking for more stuff than just events. Like if people wanted to sell something, if people had a job or an apartment.

But this mailing list started growing via word of mouth. And I started asking for more stuff than just events. Like if people wanted to sell something, if people had a job or an apartment.

Yeah, it was literally an email CC list. And that broke at 240 addresses. I had to use a listserv. I had to give the thing a name. I'm very literal as a nerd. I wanted to call it San Francisco Events since it was still mostly that. Yeah, I don't have much of an imagination. Well. But then I was going to call it SF Events. People around me told me they had given the name Craigslist.

Yeah, it was literally an email CC list. And that broke at 240 addresses. I had to use a listserv. I had to give the thing a name. I'm very literal as a nerd. I wanted to call it San Francisco Events since it was still mostly that. Yeah, I don't have much of an imagination. Well. But then I was going to call it SF Events. People around me told me they had given the name Craigslist.

Yeah, it was literally an email CC list. And that broke at 240 addresses. I had to use a listserv. I had to give the thing a name. I'm very literal as a nerd. I wanted to call it San Francisco Events since it was still mostly that. Yeah, I don't have much of an imagination. Well. But then I was going to call it SF Events. People around me told me they had given the name Craigslist.

They told me I had accidentally created a brand. Then they explained to me what a brand is because I was that naive. They were right, called it Craigslist. Just kept growing increasingly for the first three years, just me. And how often was the list going out? Whenever somebody had something, I would send it out. Okay.

They told me I had accidentally created a brand. Then they explained to me what a brand is because I was that naive. They were right, called it Craigslist. Just kept growing increasingly for the first three years, just me. And how often was the list going out? Whenever somebody had something, I would send it out. Okay.

They told me I had accidentally created a brand. Then they explained to me what a brand is because I was that naive. They were right, called it Craigslist. Just kept growing increasingly for the first three years, just me. And how often was the list going out? Whenever somebody had something, I would send it out. Okay.

If I was lucky, it could be, let's say, something worthwhile a few times a day. Oh, nice. Okay. The deal is not that big, but let's say high value. And I was being careful. I didn't want to spam anyone. Right. And it just kept growing via word of mouth. And we've never really done any advertising. Yeah. I've never seen it.

If I was lucky, it could be, let's say, something worthwhile a few times a day. Oh, nice. Okay. The deal is not that big, but let's say high value. And I was being careful. I didn't want to spam anyone. Right. And it just kept growing via word of mouth. And we've never really done any advertising. Yeah. I've never seen it.