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Am I the only one that was bothered by Craig Shoemaker’s interview with Craig Newmark (craigslist.org)? I was very put off my Mr. Newmark using almost 10 minutes of a 22 minute podcast to stump for Barack Obama. For this podcast, I was interested in learning more about the scaling model for craigslist and what made it a success. Unfortunately, this discussion seemed to get lost in the politics.
I try to stay away from politics on this blog, and I wish that it would also be removed from my other sources of technical information.
Mr. Shoemaker: I enjoy the Polymorphic Podcast and have been a listener since episode 1. Please remember the mission of this podcast, and stay away from presenting highly charged political views on a technology podcast. I’ll get my political news from other sources. Thank you.
I have to admit to not knowing much about craigs list, as it sort of passed us by a little in New Zealand (it certainly has little to no following) - but Craig Newmark did strike me as a little politically charged anyway, after watching a few videos he’s interviewed in.
I have to agree it was a little disappointing - both a richer technological discussion was side-stepped and an opportunity to talk about the future of craigs list and community/civic platforms in general - also any content that’s political in nature obviously doesn’t have much replay/reference value in the future.
I wonder if interviewing the CTO might have been a better candidate for a technological discussion :)