[pickettd]

In contrast to what other people seem to be saying in this thread, I personally appreciated your explanation of the logic behind your decision. It didn't feel sleazy to me and I think I would have been somewhat turned off by a confrontational tone.

I am definitely biased though. I used PadMapper a ton in May when I was looking for a sublet for the summer. Last week I started browsing again for the next apartment and felt the distinct lack of CL listings. Honestly, my solution was to start using PadMapper (for non-CL listings) + another site that shows CL data on Google maps. I can't imagine going back to CL's vanilla interface for apartment searching.

In conclusion, thanks for making an awesome service and good luck with figuring something out with the Craigslist folks.

[elsewhen]

the blog post was changed during the time that comments were being added to this thread. from the original post: "If it takes half of PadMapper’s millions of monthly users 3 hours longer now to find an apartment, that’s over 350 man-years wasted per month, or 5 lifetimes. Sorry for cursing, but fuck that. Seriously, fuck that completely. That really pisses me off….So, effective as soon as I can bring the new code up (almost certainly by the time you read this), I’m bringing the Craigslist search results back."

[jongraehl]

I approve of that as well.

[ericd]

Was that the sleazy-sounding part?