It seems like you are overvaluing the 'expertise' required to do what PadMapper did.
It makes perfect sense for Craigslist to want to do this entirely in-house, because the barrier to feature parity with a site like PadMapper isn't very high. And now PadMapper can't pull the rug out from under Craigslist and win over the userbase.
It makes perfect sense for Craigslist to want to do this entirely in-house, because the barrier to feature parity with a site like PadMapper isn't very high. And now PadMapper can't pull the rug out from under Craigslist and win over the userbase.