  Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 1453 Registered: 04-2006 |
Does anyone here use craigslist? I noticed that Detroit is one of the only major cities not listed under the US cities quick link column on craigslist's homepage. I know a lot of people in other cities who swear by this site, but I get the impression that it isn't widely used in metro Detroit (with the exception of Ann Arbor). Am I right? | ||
6nois Member Username: 6nois Post Number: 444 Registered: 11-2006 |
I use it quite a bit, and there seems to be alot of stuff, and apartments. I have however noticed a lack of job postings on craigslist. I think metro Detroit has less use than other areas but I wouldn't say it isn't widely used. | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 1317 Registered: 07-2004 |
All the people who would use Craigslist leave for other cities is my guess. | ||
Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus Post Number: 1925 Registered: 06-2006 |
It was listed until fairly recently... | ||
Lakesuperior Member Username: Lakesuperior Post Number: 194 Registered: 06-2005 |
i use it all the time-- and i know lots of other people who use it in detroit, too. i don't know why detroit disappeared from the quick cities links though... | ||
Slider Member Username: Slider Post Number: 20 Registered: 06-2007 |
I use it all the time, but I have noticed that there are more "quality" postings in other cities. i.e. the jobs postings are primarily scams. That said, I still find it very useful and check in on it daily. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 1454 Registered: 04-2006 |
It was listed until fairly recently... I haven't seen it in at least a year. Last summer I listed something on Detroit's craigslist to sell. I sold it in Detroit through that site, but even then the link wasn't there. | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 2046 Registered: 10-2003 |
Maybe Detroit isn't on the quicklink city list because it's not a major city? And what's so hard about clicking on "Michigan" first, and then "Detroit metro" when the next web page comes up? As for usage, I sold a car on Craigslist Detroit. Yeah, it works. People read it. (Message edited by Fury13 on August 24, 2007) | ||
Higgs1634 Member Username: Higgs1634 Post Number: 158 Registered: 10-2005 |
and the backlash from having the temerity to say Detroit is not a "major city" in 3....2....1.... | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 1456 Registered: 04-2006 |
^Eh, at least it has an identity... | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 2050 Registered: 10-2003 |
"and the backlash from having the temerity to say Detroit is not a "major city" in 3....2....1...." Yeah, yeah, yeah. Bring it on. | ||
Rfban Member Username: Rfban Post Number: 163 Registered: 02-2004 |
YOU WANT BACKLASH? HERE YOU GO, Up until early summer of 2006 craigslist had “Detroit” in their main list of cities on the front page along with all the other cities. What happened was someone thought it was unfair to say “Detroit” when they did not live in Detroit proper. For the obvious reasons it was changed to “Metro Detroit,” which I assume didn’t fit into their criteria so they just left it out. I remember when this happened and it pissed me off. I tried to sign the city back up using their (at least at that time) request for new city feature-- it never happened. The really frustrating aspect of this whole thing is that we have just as many hits as St. Louis, Chicago, and in some cases more than cities put together e.g. Orlando, Austin and Portland, just to name a few. —COME ON… Are we that fucked UP! Why do we even pick up on this stuff? Are we really getting screwed by the whole country? It’s almost like people from outside the region can’t even comprehend the mess we have here, so they just stay away & don’t get involved. Here is the Craigslist forum on the topic from that time. http://forums.craigslist.org/? ID=53908600 | ||
Belleislerunner Member Username: Belleislerunner Post Number: 343 Registered: 12-2003 |
I still don't follow the logic. If you click on Washington DC - you then further subdivide into Nova, DC or MD. Three distinct states/districts. Couldn't they do the same with Detroit - Detroit, OC, WC and MC? But until then I'm fine with the extra stroke of finger exercise... | ||
Rfban Member Username: Rfban Post Number: 164 Registered: 02-2004 |
Pisses me off, JUST PISSES ME OFF. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 1457 Registered: 04-2006 |
That was interesting. Was that the only CL discussion about it? The thing is, little things like this really do have an impact on how outsiders perceive the city. For such a high traffic site like CL, it really is worth metro Detroit's while to have a "Detroit" quick link on the main page. | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 1319 Registered: 07-2004 |
I may be misinterpreting this dustup, but, we lost the Detroit category just so somebody selling a car in "Bingham Farms" doesn't have to be associated with bad old Detroit? | ||
Rfban Member Username: Rfban Post Number: 165 Registered: 02-2004 |
YEP! | ||
Rfban Member Username: Rfban Post Number: 166 Registered: 02-2004 |
We were the 20th city to be added to Craigslist, yet now don't even have a prominent face on its' main page. 3/1995: SF Bay Area 6/2000: Boston 8/2000: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, San Diego, Seattle, Washington DC 10/2000: Sacramento 4/2001: Atlanta, Austin, Denver, Vancouver 10/2002: Miami, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Phoenix 4/2003: Dallas, Detroit, Houston, London, Toronto 11/2003: Baltimore, Cleveland, Honolulu, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, St. Louis, Tampa Bay 1/2004: Montreal, Providence 2/2004: Nashville, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Columbus, Fresno, Hartford, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Norfolk, Orlando 9/2004: Albuquerque, Anchorage, Boise, Buffalo, Memphis, Salt Lake, Santa Barbara, Manchester, Edinburgh, Dublin, Melbourne, Sydney 11/2004: Albany, Amsterdam, Bangalore, Eugene, Inland Empire, Monterey Bay, Omaha, Orange County, Ottawa, Paris, Reno, San Antonio, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Spokane, Tokyo, Tucson, Tulsa YA, YA, YA, ETC… whatever. | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 1528 Registered: 02-2007 |
http://www.craigslist.org/cgi- bin/emailForm.cgi maybe if we all pitch a fit | ||
Rfban Member Username: Rfban Post Number: 167 Registered: 02-2004 |
By the way, Thank you for this thread Iheartthed--it's appreciated. Here is another one for ya. http://forums.craigslist.org/? ID=55638092 | ||
Leland_palmer Member Username: Leland_palmer Post Number: 351 Registered: 08-2004 |
I've always just typed detroit.craigstlist.com | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 1529 Registered: 02-2007 |
i am trying to find a counter, rfban, how do know we get as many hits as chicago? | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 1530 Registered: 02-2007 |
i am trying to find a counter, rfban, how do know we get as many hits as chicago? | ||
Dhugger Member Username: Dhugger Post Number: 184 Registered: 03-2005 |
I attended a lecture by CRAIG Newmark at Cranbrook last year. He lived in the metro Detroit area during the mid 1980's. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 1458 Registered: 04-2006 |
>http://forums.craigslist.org/? ID=55638092 That one was just ridiculous. Not only does CL divide NYC metro up by city, but they divide NYC proper up by borough and then further divide it by neighborhood! | ||
Rfban Member Username: Rfban Post Number: 168 Registered: 02-2004 |
I think we should put it under Harassment  | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 1459 Registered: 04-2006 |
I attended a lecture by CRAIG Newmark at Cranbrook last year. He lived in the metro Detroit area during the mid 1980's. I think he did graduate studies at U-M, or something like that right? | ||
Rfban Member Username: Rfban Post Number: 169 Registered: 02-2004 |
Even more of a reason, He did know about "Metro Detroit." | ||
Rfban Member Username: Rfban Post Number: 170 Registered: 02-2004 |
“i am trying to find a counter, rfban, how do know we get as many hits as chicago?” That’s the thing, it used to show you the amount of items passing though. I actually just noticed today it’s not there. It is possible it has been gone for some time. | ||
Xd_brklyn Member Username: Xd_brklyn Post Number: 288 Registered: 10-2003 |
The forum thread referenced above is dated 12/9/2006. I'm sure I saw "Detroit" listed sometime this year. I know because when I saw it was listed under "US Cities", I felt a little pride knowing Detroit was still up there with Boston, Chicago, Dallas, etc. It may seem like a small thing, but CL is huge and even a little front page real estate there is a big deal. Well, maybe it was last year when I saw it listed there. In any case, this really typifies the worst of the suburb/urban divide and I don't need to say anything more about the results. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 1461 Registered: 04-2006 |
^I'm pretty sure Detroit hasn't been on that list in a while. I'm on CL a lot and I noticed that it was gone about a year ago. Since then I have checked periodically to see whether they have added it back or not. I remember when Ann Arbor was on that list too. I think Detroit got the ax first... | ||
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 4083 Registered: 10-2003 |
Craig is from Detroit. Back in the quiet anonymous BW [before the web] days, my wife used to cut his hair in our Highland Park house. Try guilting him out.  | ||
Mackcreative Member Username: Mackcreative Post Number: 93 Registered: 08-2006 |
I always type detroit.craigslist, but use it quite frequently to find things, I've never sold anything though. I think it's pretty successful, I listed our garage sale, and have had emails all day from people trying to come ahead of time. | ||
Crystal Member Username: Crystal Post Number: 26 Registered: 05-2007 |
We buy and sell on craigslist all the time. We live in Green Oak Township (Livingston County) but buy and sell on the Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Flint lists. Sometimes Jackson, Flint and Central Michigan, as well, if the item is special enough. We have always assumed Detroit means Detroit area, Ann Arbor means Ann Arbor area, etc. craigslist is a wonderful way to buy and sell. You can post photos on your listing as well. | ||
Cabasse Member Username: Cabasse Post Number: 55 Registered: 01-2006 |
i found my apartment in brush park on craigslist. i bought an ultraportable toshiba portege laptop (worth around 600 bucks) for just over 200. i traded my sprint fusic for a blade a couple of weeks ago. selling a crappy ikea desk and a palm pilot for cheap right now. craigslist is the shit. | ||
Yvette248 Member Username: Yvette248 Post Number: 874 Registered: 10-2006 |
Well the old divide-and-conquer surburbanites have succeeded yet once again in demoting our entire community. Sad, sad, sad. (p.s. I think being the 11th largest city in the country DOES qualify us as being MAJOR. That was really a knuckleheaded comment.) | ||
Rfban Member Username: Rfban Post Number: 172 Registered: 02-2004 |
This isn't about how great Craigslist is, I agree, It's absolutely wonderful-I buy 85% of everything on it. But, The real question is why is Detroit not on the main list of cities? Why are we the only city to have a metro in front of our name? Obviously other cities have Metros--why are we singled out? | ||
Karl Member Username: Karl Post Number: 9559 Registered: 09-2005 |
Lowell: I believe, and will assume others might join me, that you are the best to contact Craig. He's been in your house, comeon. You know better than anyone here that there is no "cost" with having "Detroit" listed - and help him list it in such a way that it denotes our great area so that "Bingham Farms" (remind me to avoid it, whereever it is) can have their own exclusive (WASP?) segment of CL. Remind Craig that at 2 times in our history, Detroit was the wealthiest city on the planet. Remind Craig that he benefited from that wealth. Remind Craig that you'll be reporting back here whatever he does (or doesn't) do to give this struggling area a little dignity, dignity that won't cost him a dime. Side note: Rbfan, other than your f-word (which I was almost convinced was justified) I certainly admire your "spunk" for lack of a better word. Detroit needs more like you, thanks. LOWELL - You've been given your mission, please report back when it is accomplished! | ||
Rfban Member Username: Rfban Post Number: 173 Registered: 02-2004 |
Thanks Karl, It upset me a bit, I Didn't mean to offend anybody. I agree, Lowell stands a good chance of turning this around, but so do we. I also believe undoubtedly Craig would turn this around if he read this thread. (Message edited by rfban on August 25, 2007) | ||
Tammypio Member Username: Tammypio Post Number: 147 Registered: 04-2005 |
I love craigslist. We sold a car on craigslist. I bought a table and chairs ($20!), a curio cabinet, a handpainted cabinet and a small desk on craigslist. A good friend of mine purchased his stove and refrigerator from a craigslist ad I found for him (and they are in great shape!). Finally, I put an ad on the pet section of craigslist and found the dog we adopted! | ||
Yaktown Member Username: Yaktown Post Number: 210 Registered: 02-2006 |
Only on DYes would people complain about this! Wahh, Detroit's not on the cities list. You already should have it bookmarked anyway. Back on topic, I peruse the free section every day. CL is an interesting concept but it's not the greatest website ever. | ||
Rfban Member Username: Rfban Post Number: 174 Registered: 02-2004 |
It's not about having it bookmarked, it's about principal! | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 2080 Registered: 10-2003 |
Well I sent an e-mail, for what it's worth. | ||
Malcovemagnesia Member Username: Malcovemagnesia Post Number: 45 Registered: 12-2005 |
Craig is no longer involved in CraigsList, fwiw. | ||
Karl Member Username: Karl Post Number: 9568 Registered: 09-2005 |
Malcove, regardless - methinks he could still solve it with one phone call. | ||
Lefty2 Member Username: Lefty2 Post Number: 35 Registered: 07-2007 |
Damn, those Palo Alto snobs Dissing the D again! Now FastCo. saying were too Slow. Whats next, companies don't want to move here because houses are affordable and our talent pool is well educated? | ||
Titancub Member Username: Titancub Post Number: 72 Registered: 08-2006 |
C'mon guys, this isn't anything to be upset about. There are legitimate slights of Detroit but this is beyond hyper-sensitive. Overall CL is GREAT site. I hadn't been on there up until the past year or so and have had a ton of success with selling furniture, getting sports/concert tix, selling a used car, etc. | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 309 Registered: 02-2007 |
Detroit doesn't show up on many Weather quicklists either.. Titan, agreed. | ||
Craggy Member Username: Craggy Post Number: 266 Registered: 10-2003 |
I've sold two cars on Craigslist. Its always worked for me. | ||
Rfban Member Username: Rfban Post Number: 175 Registered: 02-2004 |
That's nice; this isn't about over-sensitivity, it's common practice. What if I start forgetting about you here and there--would that feel good? Come on! What is so hard to understand We have a population well over 4 million and yet_______?? we aren't even given the respect of our name alongside others. I guess the real question is did we bring this upon ourselves or was it brought upon us? Maybe a little of both. | ||
Cabasse Member Username: Cabasse Post Number: 56 Registered: 01-2006 |
jim buckmaster, ceo, from ann arbor. any chance he might've had a bit more to do with it? http://www.craigslist.org/abou t/management.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Buckmaster (Message edited by cabasse on August 25, 2007) (Message edited by cabasse on August 25, 2007) (Message edited by cabasse on August 25, 2007) | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 3037 Registered: 12-2005 |
Wow. That Jim Buckmaster is one guy I'd like to meet. Craig's List is based in San Francisco, right? Do they have offices in Michigan? | ||
Terryh Member Username: Terryh Post Number: 467 Registered: 11-2006 |
Most of the women advertising on erotic services should be walking John R and 7 mile. Some are decent though. | ||
Fareastsider Member Username: Fareastsider Post Number: 557 Registered: 08-2006 |
Detroit is often ignored by the rest of the world/country in my opinion. Funny though I think that Detroit has/does in many ways run the world(not a car pun) Seriously! |
