Googling the term brought me to the Vendor Lock-In Wikipedia page, but no page just for “lock in”, even though that’s a common term for this sort of thing. However, the “see also” section mentions Path Dependence, which mentions the Bandwagon Effect, which is the perfect term for the Craigslist phenomenon.
These aren’t all quite the same thing, but they all seem related. They all highlight different aspects or special cases of similar phenomena.
Nice catch!
Googling the term brought me to the Vendor Lock-In Wikipedia page, but no page just for “lock in”, even though that’s a common term for this sort of thing. However, the “see also” section mentions Path Dependence, which mentions the Bandwagon Effect, which is the perfect term for the Craigslist phenomenon.
These aren’t all quite the same thing, but they all seem related. They all highlight different aspects or special cases of similar phenomena.
There is also network effect