http://mathewingram.disqus.com/enMon, 11 Jun 2007 01:30:32 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/06/08/craigslist-blocking-a-leech-or-a-feature/#comment-1314551Unaware of the bandwidth issues? That seems rather disingenuous. Someone capable of writing such an app would have a good feel for how much bandwidth is involved in serving all those images.Ed KohlerMon, 11 Jun 2007 01:30:32 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/06/08/craigslist-blocking-a-leech-or-a-feature/#comment-1314550Probably a better way to implement this add-on (in hindsight) would have been to demo the system to the higher-ups at craigslist and find out how they could work together, rather than setting up a service that causes an increase in the server traffic by a factor of 20.<br><br>Alternatively, if Listpic had implemented a solution that only loaded the servers an additional 10%, but had added significant value, craigslist might have been much more open to the idea, and possibly even an acquisition.<br><br>It sounds like the craiglist community liked the idea -- and since that's what is driving the site (mostly), it seems likely something like listpic will happen.Alex BeamishSat, 09 Jun 2007 14:05:56 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/06/08/craigslist-blocking-a-leech-or-a-feature/#comment-1314549So...where's the blogosphere outrage like we saw directed against Amazon/Alexa when they cut off the leechers at Alexaholic?StuFri, 08 Jun 2007 20:39:48 -0000