elgato
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:47 am Post subject: Craigslist CEO Goes Off on CNN's Amber Lyon |
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Craiglist CEO Jim Buckmaster wrote a feisty blog post aimed at CNN's Amber Lyon. It begins:
I see you’ve now gotten around to requesting an interview with me or a company spokesperson, 90 days after you ambushed our namesake and founder, Craig Newmark, following his May 20th talk on veteran’s affairs and other issues unrelated to craigslist, at a conference in Washington.
You knew Craig was not in management or a company spokesperson, but setting CNN's ethical code aside, you sidestepped company channels in favor of ambushing our semi-retired founder, complete with a misleading "set up" for your surprise questions. Now that CNN has aired your highly misleading piece dozens of times, mischaracterizing your stunt as a serious interview on this subject, and you've updated your "bio" to showcase this rare jewel of investigative journalism, you're ready to try actually interviewing the company itself on this subject.
According to a New York Times piece, most people still decline to use location services. The article says these services (like Foursquare, Gowalla, Facebook Places, etc.) are mainly being used by "young, technically adept urbanites." They cite Forrester Research data, claiming that 4% of Americans have tried location-based services, and 1% use them weekly.
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