gwern comments on The Craigslist Revolution: a real-world application of torture vs. dust specks OR How I learned to stop worrying and create one billion dollars out of nothing - Less Wrong

47 Post author: Kevin 10 February 2010 03:15AM

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Comment author: gwern 10 February 2010 11:00:51PM 0 points [-]

What investors?

"It is believed to be owned principally by Newmark, Buckmaster, and eBay (the three board members). eBay owns approximately 25%, and Newmark is believed to own the largest stake."

Given how eBay got its own Craigslist clone and is suing them, I'd say CL is far from long-run profit maximizing.

Comment author: CarlShulman 10 February 2010 11:27:36PM 0 points [-]

I wasn't familiar with the lawsuit, that's good evidence.

Comment author: Kevin 10 February 2010 11:39:48PM *  0 points [-]

Yeah, eBay is a hostile shareholder. I believe Craig gave an early employee/cofounder 25% of the company in a verbal agreement and that verbal 25% later became worth a lot of money.