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The number of employees listed in the article (50) is quite out of date (2017). I could not find a more recent source but that doesn't mean there isn't one. There has been a lore that Craiglist is run with a small number of employees, but clearly their number has grown. In 2006 it was 23, ^[1] and in 2022 Craig Newmark said "It’s in the 10s" ^[2] (i.e. fewer than 100).

Glassdoor currently lists the company as having "51-200" employees. Would that be a better number to include in the side bar since that 2017 number is 7 years old? ^[3] -- 107.190.43.119 ( talk) 03:47, 15 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Ironically, trying to add this info resulted in threats of an edit war and bans. My change was reverted supposedly because forums cannot be cited, violating REVERT ONLY WHEN NECESSARY: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Revert_only_when_necessary If the citation is the only issue, why not leave up the rest? Literally the next sentence is worse, uncited entirely. The problem of course is this only happens on the forums. Further, the reverter went on my talk page to threaten a ban.

Original addition: " Some users allege the Missed Connection section has had lower requirements for removal, and is effectively just a trash bin for personals violations, or at best a miscategorized services reference section (without any evidence), likely resulting in discrimination as otherwise identical (just race, gender, etc. differences) and proper Missed Connection ads are left up for weeks. ^[4] "

Very next sentence: " Some users allege that flagging may also occur as acts of vandalism by groups of individuals at different ISPs, but no evidence of this has ever been shown. Flagging can also alert Craigslist staff to blocks of ads requiring manual oversight or removal. ^[5] "

Note the reference in that next sentence doesn't even exist, and is used throughout the flagging section!

" Flagging does not require account login or registration, and can be done anonymously by anyone. ^[5] Postings are subject to automated removal when a certain number of users flag them. The number of flags required for a posting's removal is dynamically variable and remains unknown to all but Craigslist staff. ^[5] Some users allege that flagging may also occur as acts of vandalism by groups of individuals at different ISPs, but no evidence of this has ever been shown. Flagging can also alert Craigslist staff to blocks of ads requiring manual oversight or removal. ^[5] "

Then this gets flagged, effectively, the irony...

Should I remove that entire paragraph then, since it is just as "bad" as my addition? I am discussing here first.