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One of the themes of Web 2.0 (if there is such a thing) is that all of the data that gets aggregated by Web applications and social networks can be a very powerful thing, and can in some cases justify giving services away for free — provided people who use those services agree to l
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1 year ago
you raise some interesting points here, and this is precisely why we have been investing recently in the development of licenses that are intended to encourage sharing, use and reuse of data in much the same way that Creative Commons does for 'creative works'.
The mesh of clickstream, attention, intention, recommendation, and more is incredibly powerful, and it seems naive of Craigslist to (appear) to suggest otherwise, although I can admire their intentions in not wanting to 'abuse' data contributed by their users.
Explicit use of a license for those data would clarify things for all concerned, probably offer craigslist an additional revenue stream, and definitely create opportunities for an enhanced user experience.
See http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2007/10/open_... for pointers to the draft license and more.
1 year ago
that's vague and ambiguous: what's "generally" doing in that statement? re: "we *generally* don’t view information submitted by our users as data to be used for other purposes" (my emphasis); as usual, I think you are taken for a ride...
Delia
P.S. take care, anyways! D.