[arbuge]

The title is a bit off in my opinion. AirBnB could be said to have stolen Craigslist's traction, but that really doesn't apply to examples like Youtube making sharing videos possible on MySpace. Youtube added value to MySpace and made it a better platform; AirBnB on the other hand added value to landlords and tenants - at the expense of Craigslist.

[austenallred]

It's a subtle difference, but I would call it "siphoning traffic."

[jhonovich]

"It’s important to note that Craigslist doesn’t allow external services to post listings there and Airbnb had to go out of its way to simulate that feature."

The author might make a good politician.

[cinquemb]

These claims always make me wonder: do sites really expect others to follow their rules (assuming nothing is signed to make such contracts binding legally?) if one is technically able to subvert them or are these in place to cover their own six?