Nerd alert

I was a nerd in high school and still like to think I am, though I get caught up in the faux-hipster stuff occasionally. But if I could be a tried-and-true nerd, I think I might want to mirror Mr. Craigslist ... maybe.

We talk in class about how Google often sounds too good to be true, but the altruisms of Mr. Craigslist seem to be on a whole new level. If, as Wired makes it sound, Craigslist is potentially worth billions (in a sale), then Mr. Craigslist is sitting on a mountain of cash. Yet he distributes his possible wealth and refuses to cave in to questioning about his reasoning?

Is he being, as the article put it, "coy"? Or is he hiding something? And why are we so skeptical of his motives? Can't a nerd just be a nerd? Can't a self-proclaimed good guy just be a good guy?

Still, I can't help but wonder what will happen to Craigslist if and when it does cave? Will it be picked apart and shuffled off like a Pinto to an old car lot? Or will it remain, in all of its sinfulness and simplicity, a beautifully archaic platform of success?

Aside from the simplistic threads, the would-be cashier's check scams, the lingering hookers and the pornographically inclined desperation seekers, it's a pretty valuable site. Forty-nine million Americans every month can't be wrong ... can they?