The Gong Show
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Tumblr blog on startups, venture capital, product design and hiring, with posts on Craigslist unbundling and Airbnb.
What HN saysHN links it mainly for the Craigslist unbundling graphic, which commenters say makes the concept immediately clear; the author also asks for credit on the image.
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- 1The Spawn of Craigslist (2010)9 people · 4 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
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- 4Delegation and Hiring in Startups1 people · 14 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 5The Unfortunate Rise of Zero Affordance Interfaces1 people · 10 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 6Sequoia’s RIP Good Times and Their Subsequent Investments1 people · 7 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 7Inexpensive User Testing1 people · 5 points · first shared 2009 · discussion on HN
- 8The IRL Social Graph1 people · 5 points · first shared 2010 · 1 comments on HN
- 9Startups Are Not Zero-Sum1 people · 4 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 10Reason to Not Not Do a Startup: The Idea1 people · 3 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 11Startup Idea: Top 8 Friends Redux1 people · 3 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 12Andrew Parker: Spark Capital's Investment in Quantopian1 people · 3 points · first shared 2013 · 1 comments on HN
- 13The Next Silicon Valley Will Be On The Internet1 people · 2 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 14UberX Drivers are Self-Organizing1 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 15Dumb Users VS Busy Users1 people · 2 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
tbran · 2022-04-12
The graphic in this short article [0] that shows the numerous companies "unbundled" from Craigslist is worth the click and will help you instantly understand the concept.
[0]: https://thegongshow.tumblr.com/post/345941486/the-spawn-of-craigslist-…
minouye · 2011-04-01
For the source of the amazing graphic cited, see the following post:
http://thegongshow.tumblr.com/post/345941486/the-spawn-of-craigslist-l…
yayitswei · 2023-07-05
Would be interesting to compile a "spawn of unix" diagram similar to the craigslist diagram, of startups that carve out niches of unix functionality.
https://thegongshow.tumblr.com/post/345941486/the-spawn-of-craigslist-…
ftp/rsync => Dropbox
suc => Slack
...
dredmorbius · 2020-09-04
That concept traces back to unbundling Craigslist, from 2010:
https://thegongshow.tumblr.com/post/345941486/the-spawn-of-craigslist-…
(That's been submitted to HN but with no traction to date: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&q…
andrewparker · 2020-05-09
This is a clever twist on unbundling. Well done.
Craigslist is misspelled (there is an "s" in it).
Giving me a photo credit would be courteous as the author of that image. https://thegongshow.tumblr.com/post/345941486/the-spawn-of-craigslist-…
imjk · 2011-11-28
As mtgentry replied, Craigslist had a huge advantage in being first to market. But now as Craigslist is being supplanted by more niche focused sites, you better believe that good design will be an integral part of those new sites. Refer to http://thegongshow.tumblr.com/post/345941486/the-spawn-of-craigslist-l…
ojbyrne · 2011-09-07
Kijiji, AirBnB, Cars.com, etc. etc.
See http://thegongshow.tumblr.com/post/345941486/the-spawn-of-craigslist-l…
I think you didn't grasp the phrase "second order effects."