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Craiglist CEO Jim Buckmaster now admits he's a jerk

By Owen Thomas, 7:10 PM on Fri Apr 4 2008, 1,691 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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"There was no need for me to act like a jerk." — Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster, finally admitting what everyone else had long thought about him, in defending his efforts to shut down a blog critical of Craigslist [Craigslist Blog (the official one)]

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