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Later on in 1995, I remembered that I was a programmer
1995年后期，我想起我是個程序員，
and that I could turn code into HTML, so i would be able to do instant publishing.
可以寫超文字標記語言，我可以將這些列表即時發(fā)表，
It suddenly occurred to me that I could write code and that I could make Craigslist into a Web site
忽然間我覺得我可以編寫一些代碼，可以把Craigslist做成一個網(wǎng)站，
where the code would do most of the work for me.
在網(wǎng)站上代碼可以替我做大多數(shù)工作。
Was making the move from the listserve to a Web site a big transition for you?
從列表服務到網(wǎng)站是一個大轉(zhuǎn)變嗎？
Not much at first.
一開始不是。
People started using the site, but the mailing list was still the big deal then for users.
人們開始使用這個網(wǎng)站，但那個時候，大量的人們在使用郵件列表，
In a sense, back then it was not much different than it is now.
從某種意義上講，在那個時候，二者之間的差別不像現(xiàn)在那么大。
At that point, the mailing list was still more popular than the Web site, but I have no idea when the crossover occurred.
那時郵件列表仍然要比網(wǎng)站流行，我也不知道真正的轉(zhuǎn)換是從什么時候開始的，
I’m guessing in the early 2000s.
我猜想大約是2000年初。
You began this on a whim.
你心血來潮做這個，
Was leaving your job at Schwab a risky thing or are you a person who doesn’t have such fears?
那么離開嘉信理財是一次冒險嗎？或者你是不是一個對此并不畏懼的人？
The first three years of Craigslist I ran this by myself and it somehow built critical mass.
頭三年我自己做，那時是最關(guān)鍵的時刻，
At the end of 1997, there were three milestones hit:
1997年底，遇到三個里程碑，
hitting a million page views a month; then the folks from Microsoft Sidewalk wanted to run banner ads on the site.
第一，月瀏覽量超過100萬；第二，微軟想在Craigslist 上放條幅廣告，
And at market rates, that would be all the money I needed to live.
從市場的角度，那些錢正好可以幫助我發(fā)展下去，
So I figured, hey I’m an overpaid programmer, I don’t need the money,
但轉(zhuǎn)念一想，我寫程序賺得已經(jīng)不少了，我自己并不缺錢，
and many banner ads are pretty dumb, so I decided not to run them.
而且那時的條幅廣告都是無聲的，于是我決定不放廣告；
And the third milestone, [occurred when] a few people approached me about running Craigslist on a volunteer basis.
第三個里程碑是，幾個人找到我，要義務加入到Craigslist的運營中，
I tried that in 1998，where we would all work together on a volunteer basis.
我1998年嘗試那樣做，那時我們都是義務去做，
We tried it，but it failed.Things just didn’t get done.
我們努力了，但失敗了，那樣行不通。
It just started slowly dying.
Craigslist開始露出衰亡的跡象。
