Craig Newmark talks to the Chron: Killing disinfo is a "pain in the butt"
The SF Chronicle's Alan Saracevic interviewed Craig Newmark this week about Craigslist. Skip the prelude — "this digital media revolution we're in," "changing landscape" — and the intro — you know Craig's story, right? — and dive into the real conversation. Here's the short version, and here's the half-hour interview.
Highlights:
- Craig opens with the "I'm a customer-service rep" line. It'd be a tired quirk-note by now if he weren't actually doing customer service 40 hours a week.
- It's cute when Craig says "ain't."
- It's less cute when Alan says "adjunct."
- Craig doesn't want to kill the papers, he wants to live in happy harmony where everyone wins. Can you tell he's from San Francisco?
- "I do enjoy the sound of my own voice," says Craig. So do we, Craig, so do we!
- Editing out intentional disinformation on the forums is, says Craig, a "pain in the butt."
