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by j_s 4523 days ago
This type of behavior is often swept under the rug in the startup world, eg. Airbnb hijacking Craigslist:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=261024

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Until the link above is fixed, try this article for an overview:

How AirBnB Became a Billion Dollar Company http://davegooden.com/2011/05/how-airbnb-became-a-billion-do...

TLDR: Dave Gooden setup a honeypot on Craigslist to test whether AirBnB staff were creating fake Gmail accounts to spam Craigslist users & suggest they should post their vacation house listings on AirBnB instead.

Ha, copy + paste fail caused no doubt at least in part by my (self)righteous indignation!

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2610240

You linked to European Common Lisp Meeting 2008...
wrong link? (European Common Lisp Meeting 2008)
Shhhh ... AirBnB and Uber are "Disrupters."