EVEN MORE: Matthew,I'm just curious... how do you suppose ebay got more than 25% of craigslist? that wasn't Craig's / craigslist's story was it? Delia
why on earth aren't people pointing this out? I mean, The New York Times, Reuters, Associated Press... they must have noticed the difference, no? D.
little detail: ebay hasn't *always* claimed they got 28.4 % (which is closer to 30% than 25%) , they initially claimed it was "approximately 25%" (ebay press release at the time), which fit Craig's/craigslist's story. I find it intriguing that according to the complaint, Craig&Jim diluted ebay to 25.01% (which definitely qualifies as "approximately 25%" as ebay initially said...) D.
just to clarify: according to ebay's complaint, craigslist did subsequent dilutions of ebay's share of craigslist: the dilution to 25.01% came about in 2005 when employees were given stock options(top of 2nd page with a footnoted eplanation); further dilution to under 25% happened more recently and prompted ebay's law suit.
MORE: Thanks for commenting, Anonymous! I didn't publish it because I really think we need to wait and see... watch the fight :)... hear everybody out... who knows, a miracle might happen *lol* (as I was saying, it should be pretty entertaining...) D.
(almost) all details -- parts are redacted -- in full glory...
Delia
P.S. it should be very entertaining to see the fallout of all this ...:) D.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
(Wikipedia page on "Craig Newmark") God god! Craig is deciding what links are valid?
re: Craig: The links are valid; how does one get this corrected? (...) "Thanks, I see the correction!"
this is an embarrassment for Wikipedia and for Jimmy for having allowed it (I must assume he's well aware of it) -- might just as well save themselves some time and trouble and just plain ask Craig what would he like the page to include and not include...
Delia
P.S. hmmm... I can't help but wonder if Craig "paid up" for Jimmy's help... (the way Rachel Marsden appears to have had...) D.
this is an embarrassment for Wikipedia and for Jimmy for having allowed it (I must assume he's well aware of it) -- might just as well save themselves some time and trouble and just plain ask Craig what would he like the page to include and not include...
Delia
P.S. hmmm... I can't help but wonder if Craig "paid up" for Jimmy's help... (the way Rachel Marsden appears to have had...) D.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
wondering if techdirt got it... you'd think it would have said...
... what was the conflict between craigslist' story and ebay's story...
techdirt: (2nd sentence) "The details of what happened were never made entirely clear (and there are some conflicting stories about those details)" [my emphasis]
Delia
P.S. did they just mean Craig's story (craigslist) and Owen's story (valleywag) were in conflict?
techdirt: (2nd sentence) "The details of what happened were never made entirely clear (and there are some conflicting stories about those details)" [my emphasis]
Delia
P.S. did they just mean Craig's story (craigslist) and Owen's story (valleywag) were in conflict?
Friday, April 25, 2008
Wikipedia page on "Craig Newmark": is Craig's actual sexual orientation relevant to the topic?
again... he made it a public matter when he talked about it to the press; it's certainly of interest to the public if he lied about it...
the Wikipedia editor's position is bizarre... I mean, not having a reliable source would have been a perfectly good reason at this point but keeping the whole issue of Craig having lied about it - if this is what's going on -- off Wikipedia because... well... he's known for founding "craigslist"! and how would having lied about his sexual orientation help?*lol* well, it would actually hurt! both Craig's image and the image of craigslist... but what is Wikipedia? a PR-service for those profiled?
re: (under "sexual preference") It's hard to see that help the article, even if sourced. He's best known as the founder of craigslist; how would his sexual orientation benefit that? —EncMstr 01:21, 23 March 2008 (UTC) -- EncMstr
Delia
the Wikipedia editor's position is bizarre... I mean, not having a reliable source would have been a perfectly good reason at this point but keeping the whole issue of Craig having lied about it - if this is what's going on -- off Wikipedia because... well... he's known for founding "craigslist"! and how would having lied about his sexual orientation help?*lol* well, it would actually hurt! both Craig's image and the image of craigslist... but what is Wikipedia? a PR-service for those profiled?
re: (under "sexual preference") It's hard to see that help the article, even if sourced. He's best known as the founder of craigslist; how would his sexual orientation benefit that? —EncMstr 01:21, 23 March 2008 (UTC) -- EncMstr
Delia
Thursday, April 24, 2008
(ebay and craigslist) ebay's side of the story
why isn't the press getting ebay's side of the story?... most articles let Jim have the last word...
found one exception
Reuters: (10th paragraph) An eBay spokeswoman said the disputed board actions concerned "corporate governance issues" and did not involve Kijiji. (this appears to be countering some of Jim's wild speculation)
Delia
P.S. Gina's article is not bad overall but she appears to be under Craig/craigslist's spell (like a whole lot of other female reporters... and not only female): (4th paragraph) "Craig Newmark, who runs the company in a famously open-minded style"--> this is a subjective, personal, take on things... (not an objective observation) so it really has no purpose in a report like this... (except to embarrass the writer... and the wire service...) D.
(Mozilla helper: (ebay and craigslist) ebay's side of the story)
found one exception
Reuters: (10th paragraph) An eBay spokeswoman said the disputed board actions concerned "corporate governance issues" and did not involve Kijiji. (this appears to be countering some of Jim's wild speculation)
Delia
P.S. Gina's article is not bad overall but she appears to be under Craig/craigslist's spell (like a whole lot of other female reporters... and not only female): (4th paragraph) "Craig Newmark, who runs the company in a famously open-minded style"--> this is a subjective, personal, take on things... (not an objective observation) so it really has no purpose in a report like this... (except to embarrass the writer... and the wire service...) D.
(Mozilla helper: (ebay and craigslist) ebay's side of the story)
(Alexa) craigslist slips some more...
...it's currently just 12 in the U.S (was 7th at its best)
Delia
P.S. rankwise, it is doing better around the world (45 currently, had been 65 at one point)-- was this a result of adding over a hundred sites recently? D.
Delia
P.S. rankwise, it is doing better around the world (45 currently, had been 65 at one point)-- was this a result of adding over a hundred sites recently? D.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
(ebay and craigslist) some of Jim's apparent ramblings start to make sense...
EVEN MORE: see comments to this entry
MORE: (4th comment to a prior entry)
re: Jim: "Ensuring the future well-being of craigslist and the craigslist community is admittedly very important to us."
did craigslist issue more shares? (and thus dilute ebay) -- if so it looks like they can't possibly win... not while raking in estimated $100 mill or so this year alone while spending precious little... (what kind of "sound financial reason" could they realistically claim to have had? -- good post otherwise...)
Delia
MORE: (4th comment to a prior entry)
re: Jim: "Ensuring the future well-being of craigslist and the craigslist community is admittedly very important to us."
did craigslist issue more shares? (and thus dilute ebay) -- if so it looks like they can't possibly win... not while raking in estimated $100 mill or so this year alone while spending precious little... (what kind of "sound financial reason" could they realistically claim to have had? -- good post otherwise...)
Delia
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