Comments on: Craigslist Who Are You Crapping?

By: Frank J

Frank J — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:24:08 +0000

Mitch,

Welcome! I am a fan of CL, but the latest fiasco really didn’t sit well on how it seemed like a play on words.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:44:41 +0000

Everyone seems to be missing the point about what Craigslist was supposed to be. Except in a few instances, it’s supposed to be free advertising, plain and simple. To keep it basically free, you have few employees and allow people to put up whatever they want to put up. They do have something, though, where people can complain about an ad, and then they’ll review it, but otherwise, it was buyer beware.

Overall, I think this crackdown on Craigslist is a dodge. You see the same types of ads in every alternative newspaper in every city, and it’s easy for most people to find what they want elsewhere online. To highlight Craigslist as the main culprit is moronic for most cities in America.

By: Extreme John

Extreme John — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:12:19 +0000

Sites can be monitored, if in fact the site mgmt/owners decide they actually want to monitor it. As pointed out by BJ, Facebook has done an excellent job at keeping Facebook clean, You Tube also does a good job of keeping adult content off of the web as well.

By: BJ

BJ — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:04:10 +0000

Newsweek just did a feature on this very thing. One of the things they mentioned is that Facebook has a group that they call the “nipple cops”, whose job it is to review all the graphics submitted for erotica.

It’s a difficult task. The Facebook “nipple cops” got themselves into a controversy when they censored pictures showing new mothers nursing.

But they have had plenty of successes, and in fact work closely with law enforcement in efforts to find the perverts.

By: Frank J

Frank J — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:02:44 +0000

Jacob,

Thanks for agreeing!

By: Jacob

Jacob — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:13:25 +0000

This change in policy will do very little to change the way that consenting adults hook up on the internet, it will simply change the website people use to do so. As Craigslist has placed increasing barriers like fees and restrictions for those wishing to post in their erotic section, competing sites in the space like Naughty Reviews, which offers free classified ads, have grown significantly. My point is that law enforcement is simply wasting resources with this current campaign as stopping the world’s oldest profession is just not possible in today’s day and age.