User:Cornthwaite/Macclesfield Forum

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Macclesfield Forum
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URL	http://www.macclesfieldforum.co.uk
Commercial?	No
Type of site	Forum
Registration	Free

Macclesfield Forum is an online discussion forum which serves the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire. It includes sections for news, events, reviews, recommendations, local groups and classifieds.

1 Description
2 Background
3 Significant events for Craigslist
- 3.1 Related media
4 Criticism
5 References
6 External links
- 6.1 Official sites

[edit] Description

The service was founded in 1995 by Craig Newmark for the San Francisco Bay Area. After incorporation as a private for-profit company in 1999, Craigslist expanded into nine more U.S. cities in 2000, four each in 2001 and 2002, and 14 in 2003. As of September 2007, Craigslist had established itself in approximately 450 cities in 50 countries.

[edit] Background

Craigslist world headquarters in San Francisco's Sunset District

Having observed people helping one another in a friendly, social and trusting community way on the Internet, the WELL, and Usenet, and feeling isolated as a relative newcomer to San Francisco, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark decided to create something similar for local events.^[1]

[edit] Significant events for Craigslist

In January 2000, current CEO Jim Buckmaster joined the company as lead programmer and CTO. Buckmaster contributed the site's multi-city architecture, search engine, discussion forums, flagging system, self-posting process, homepage design, personals categories, and best-of-Craigslist feature. He was promoted to CEO in November 2000.^[2]

[edit] Related media

In 2003 Michael Ferris Gibson filmed the documentary 24 Hours on Craigslist.

In November of 2007, Ryan J. Davis directed Jeffrey Self's solo show 'My Life On The Craigslist' at Off-Broadway's New World Stages.^[3] The show focuses on a young gay man's sexual experiences on Craigslist and was so successful that it will return to New York by popular demand in February of 2008.^[4]

[edit] Criticism

In July 2005, the San Francisco Chronicle criticized Craigslist for allowing ads from dog breeders, and thereby allegedly encouraging the over breeding and irresponsible selling of pit bulls in the Bay Area.^[5]