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The greatest social media site is Craigslist
Craigslist forces its users to trust each other. Other social media sites should take note.
In a 2017 Wired profile, Reham Fagiri, the founder of secondhand furniture marketplace AptDeco, in discussing her company’s value proposition references a Craigslist meetup gone wrong and the safety concerns experienced by women during these face-to-face transactions. Perhaps Craigslist’s single greatest cultural contribution, and my favorite place to lurk, is the “missed connections.” The feature has inspired countless copycats, artistic reinterpretations, human interest stories, and analyses (one in particular extrapolated that Monday evenings are the most lovelorn time across the country). I’ll even visit the clunky, dial-up era–style discussion forums, subdivided into topics labeled things like “death and dying” or “haiku hotel,” where a unique penchant for whimsy and romance can be felt deeply throughout.
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