An Internet for the People: The Politics and Promise of Craigslist

by Jessa Lingel

Book Overview

How craigslist champions openness, democracy, and other vanishing principles of the early web

Begun by Craig Newmark as an e-mail to some friends about cool events happening around San Francisco, craigslist is now the leading classifieds service on the planet. It is also a throwback to the early internet. The website has barely seen an upgrade since it launched in 1996. There are no banner ads. The company doesn't profit off your data...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691188904
• ISBN13: 9780691188904
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"