Later on in 1995, I remembered that I was a programmer

1995年后期，我想起我是个程序员，

and that I could turn code into HTML, so i would be able to do instant publishing.

可以写超文字标记语言，我可以将这些列表即时发表，

It suddenly occurred to me that I could write code and that I could make Craigslist into a Web site

忽然间我觉得我可以编写一些代码，可以把Craigslist做成一个网站，

where the code would do most of the work for me.

在网站上代码可以替我做大多数工作。

Was making the move from the listserve to a Web site a big transition for you?

从列表服务到网站是一个大转变吗？

Not much at first.

一开始不是。

People started using the site, but the mailing list was still the big deal then for users.

人们开始使用这个网站，但那个时候，大量的人们在使用邮件列表，

In a sense, back then it was not much different than it is now.

从某种意义上讲，在那个时候，二者之间的差别不像现在那么大。

At that point, the mailing list was still more popular than the Web site, but I have no idea when the crossover occurred.

那时邮件列表仍然要比网站流行，我也不知道真正的转换是从什么时候开始的，

I’m guessing in the early 2000s.

我猜想大约是2000年初。

You began this on a whim.

你心血来潮做这个，

Was leaving your job at Schwab a risky thing or are you a person who doesn’t have such fears?

那么离开嘉信理财是一次冒险吗？或者你是不是一个对此并不畏惧的人？

The first three years of Craigslist I ran this by myself and it somehow built critical mass.

头三年我自己做，那时是最关键的时刻，

At the end of 1997, there were three milestones hit:

1997年底，遇到三个里程碑，

hitting a million page views a month; then the folks from Microsoft Sidewalk wanted to run banner ads on the site.

第一，月浏览量超过100万；第二，微软想在Craigslist 上放条幅广告，

And at market rates, that would be all the money I needed to live.

从市场的角度，那些钱正好可以帮助我发展下去，

So I figured, hey I’m an overpaid programmer, I don’t need the money,

但转念一想，我写程序赚得已经不少了，我自己并不缺钱，

and many banner ads are pretty dumb, so I decided not to run them.

而且那时的条幅广告都是无声的，于是我决定不放广告；

And the third milestone, [occurred when] a few people approached me about running Craigslist on a volunteer basis.

第三个里程碑是，几个人找到我，要义务加入到Craigslist的运营中，

I tried that in 1998，where we would all work together on a volunteer basis.

我1998年尝试那样做，那时我们都是义务去做，

We tried it，but it failed.Things just didn’t get done.

我们努力了，但失败了，那样行不通。

It just started slowly dying.

Craigslist开始露出衰亡的迹象。