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The Craigslist Cantata: a performance of humor and human longing
4 sale, bby shoes, nvr worn That might be how Hemingway would write it now, if he were writing it on Craigslist. Craigslist? Yes: Craigslist is to human longing as the Great Library of Alexandria was...
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Craigslist hoax comes at expense of N-Control
N-Control can’t catch a break from the Internet. You may remember the game controller company from its legendary public relations disaster in December of last year. Now the company has become the...
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David Copperfield answers just about everything on Reddit
Want to read Reddit but don’t have the time? Our daily Reddit Digest highlights the most interesting or important discussions from around the social news site—every morning. It's an entertaining...
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Pin the News: Where did my followers go?
Each weekend on Pin the News, Josh Davis of LL Social and Lauren Orsini of the Daily Dot analyze the latest Pinterest happenings and provide insider tips for making the most of the network. Have you...
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Craigslist parent buys son new computer for "choosing to be straight"
Every day, the Daily Dot finds something that people on Facebook are sharing and, in turn, shares it with you—with a little explanation. Here's today's share. The Internet has a way of finding...
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How Craigslist helped an unemployed family start a successful business
When the economy tanked in 2008, so did the construction company Joe Raineri worked for. The large remodeling jobs in San Jose, Calif., dried up, and smaller jobs were few and far between.“Joe isn’t...
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Connecting through classifieds: The saga of “Craigslist Joe”
Show of hands: How many people have ever used Craigslist to find something they need? Now keep those hands up if you've ever taken a minute to actually get to know someone with whom you've made a...
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Craigslist drops the banhammer on PadMapper—again
Craigslist seems to have taken a leaf out of Twitter’s book by restricting third-party access to its listings. As a result, it will be a little more difficult for people to find an apartment through...
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Craigslist data provider countersues classified site
Just who owns the data on Craigslist? Data-scraping company 3taps is countersuing Craigslist in an attempt to dislodge the ad company’s alleged monopoly control of its data. The anti-trust suit argues...
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Craigslist adds maps feature after shutting out competing sites
Craigslist is getting a lot more useful when it comes to searching for a new crib, with the addition of a map view. However, the feature comes at the expense of shutting out other popular services...
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Supreme Court to decide the fate of eBay, Craigslist
Even if you don’t usually monitor political news, you’ll want to keep a close eye on the upcoming Supreme Court case Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley and Sons; the court will start hearing oral arguments on...
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@Sweden curator selling account on Craigslist
For $10,000 you can now control Sweden—or its official Twitter account, anyway. The @Sweden account is controlled by a different Swedish citizen each week, and this week’s curator, Christian Blodkorv,...
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New Yorkers use Craigslist to skirt gas rationing rules
Craigslist is known as a place to swap hook-up stories, but a New Yorker is using it for something just as essential to share: license plates. In a message posted to the “Items wanted” category on the...
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Man forced to pay child support after donating sperm on Craigslist
It goes without saying, but be careful with your sperm on the Internet. A Kansas court has ordered a man to pay child support for a daughter he fathered after responding to a Craigslist ad from two...
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The second-greatest Craigslist pepper spray caper of all time
Police in New York City are looking for a man who pretended to sell a laptop on Craigslist only to pepper-spray the would-be buyer in the face and steal his cash. It all transpired the morning after...
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"Star Trek" fan trolls everyone with geeky Craigslist ad
One man's parody of every negative, obsessive joke you've ever heard about Trekkies went right over everyone's heads this week, with hilarious results all the way down."Nothing weird is going to...
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Did Spokane shooter post a warning to Craigslist?
The night before he picked up a pistol and charged out into the middle of a Spokane Wash., street, Jacob I. Dorfman apparently sat down at his computer and penned a public Craigslist rant."I guess...
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9 Craigslist users trying to get laid during Winter Storm Nemo
Winter Storm Nemo is barreling down on the Northeast, ready to bury Boston and New York in feet of snow. While most people are preparing for the horrors of a three day weekend by tweeting about it ad...
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Petition supports your right to resell your stuff online
Supreme Court justices don’t have regular deadlines, the way ordinary workers do. So there’s no knowing when the court will announce its decision in the landmark Kirtsaeng v. Wiley case—could be...
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Teacher fired after using school email for Craigslist hookups
A sexy special education teacher in New York City is learning how not to coordinate an online hook-up after he used a school email account to peruse Craigslist's hookup section. Matthew Maleski, who...
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