Comments on: Shutting down CL personals http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/04/true-colors-are-showing/ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:22:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Gary Hern http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/04/true-colors-are-showing/#comment-200252 Gary Hern Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:22:13 +0000 http://blog.craigslist.org/?p=148#comment-200252 Strange that craigslist was challanged for sexual content ads and MSN, Google, Yahoo, and AOL to mention four out of 4,000 who run pornography listings that run sex sites that advertise for you to answer their come on ads for sex. 70 per cent of sex sites are paid for by women soliciting sex and have been for years. Now that more than 30 per cent of these sites viewed by police agencies to capture criminals I'm wondering why the craigslist people didn't let the police use their site to catch sex offenders? Who advertised more for sex UTUBE or Craigslist? So why was craigslist singled out as solicitation for sex and not the other sites? Strange that craigslist was challanged for sexual content ads and MSN,
Google, Yahoo, and AOL to mention four out of 4,000 who run pornography
listings that run sex sites that advertise for you to answer their come on
ads for sex. 70 per cent of sex sites are paid for by women soliciting sex
and have been for years. Now that more than 30 per cent of these sites
viewed by police agencies to capture criminals I’m wondering why the
craigslist people didn’t let the police use their site to catch sex offenders?
Who advertised more for sex UTUBE or Craigslist? So why was craigslist
singled out as solicitation for sex and not the other sites?

]]> By: Susan http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/04/true-colors-are-showing/#comment-199883 Susan Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:50:17 +0000 http://blog.craigslist.org/?p=148#comment-199883 I recently found...accidentally, that my husband had responded to a personal ad on CL and I was needless to say FURIOUS. I was furious that he did that and I was even more furious that CL had a section that made it so easy for him to do. When I went to check it out I was shocked at the ads I found. Married people looking for a discreet encounter, quickies on lunch break and just blatant offerings for sex. Things like this promote cheating, lying and betrayal. Lets face it, all marriage's have their issues and are hard enough to keep strong without the opportunity to cheat being so available. Why are you married but on CL looking for a chance to cheat. If these services/offers so easily found on CL give a man/woman free and easy "people" then why try to work on your relationship. Maybe if this section wasn't so "easy" then people would focus on their relationship because they couldn't run jump on CL with the click of a few buttons. It wouldn't bother me a bit if that section just disappeared. I recently found…accidentally, that my husband had responded to a personal ad on CL and I was needless to say FURIOUS. I was furious that he did that and I was even more furious that CL had a section that made it so easy for him to do. When I went to check it out I was shocked at the ads I found. Married people looking for a discreet encounter, quickies on lunch break and just blatant offerings for sex. Things like this promote cheating, lying and betrayal. Lets face it, all marriage’s have their issues and are hard enough to keep strong without the opportunity to cheat being so available. Why are you married but on CL looking for a chance to cheat. If these services/offers so easily found on CL give a man/woman free and easy “people” then why try to work on your relationship. Maybe if this section wasn’t so “easy” then people would focus on their relationship because they couldn’t run jump on CL with the click of a few buttons. It wouldn’t bother me a bit if that section just disappeared.

]]> By: Jason http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/04/true-colors-are-showing/#comment-189130 Jason Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:55:54 +0000 http://blog.craigslist.org/?p=148#comment-189130 I was watching CNN and seen how they are trying to get your ads removed. I am on both sides of the field I think Craigslist has its first amendment right freedom of speech. But on the other hand prostitution ads are not good either. I know you guys do your best to screen them but I think a team of 3 or 4 people working in this category would be fitting. This way you can screen all the bad ads offering adult services and cut them off at the knees. This will also help your millions of readers by offering them a safe, family friendly classified that we all can be very proud of. There are more good people out there who use these ads on the up and up and not for illegal activities, Keep up the good fight! I was watching CNN and seen how they are trying to get your ads removed. I am on both sides of the field I think Craigslist has its first amendment right freedom of speech. But on the other hand prostitution ads are not good either. I know you guys do your best to screen them but I think a team of 3 or 4 people working in this category would be fitting. This way you can screen all the bad ads offering adult services and cut them off at the knees.

This will also help your millions of readers by offering them a safe, family friendly classified that we all can be very proud of. There are more good people out there who use these ads on the up and up and not for illegal activities,

Keep up the good fight!

]]> By: The 1% of American Society with a Brain http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/04/true-colors-are-showing/#comment-189111 The 1% of American Society with a Brain Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:18:28 +0000 http://blog.craigslist.org/?p=148#comment-189111 Charlie Knoles Says: April 30th, 2010 at 2:34 pm Cell phones and email are also used for the purposes of prostitution and human trafficking but are much more difficult (and legally thorny) for law enforcement to follow up on than public postings on a website. The only reason these people are up in arms is because craigslist has made a previously invisible black market visible to the public. If the personals are shut down then. Notice what Ben Patterson says: “Over 40 cases in the last 6 months of human trafficking and the sale of minors for sexual abuse on CL have been reported in the news” If not for craigslist these transactions would have occurred elsewhere and no one would have known. This is a classic case of people confusing the messenger for the message. ----------------- The above poster is spot on. Charlie Knoles Says:
April 30th, 2010 at 2:34 pm

Cell phones and email are also used for the purposes of prostitution and human trafficking but are much more difficult (and legally thorny) for law enforcement to follow up on than public postings on a website.

The only reason these people are up in arms is because craigslist has made a previously invisible black market visible to the public. If the personals are shut down then. Notice what Ben Patterson says: “Over 40 cases in the last 6 months of human trafficking and the sale of minors for sexual abuse on CL have been reported in the news” If not for craigslist these transactions would have occurred elsewhere and no one would have known. This is a classic case of people confusing the messenger for the message.

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The above poster is spot on.

]]> By: Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/04/true-colors-are-showing/#comment-181377 Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:08:45 +0000 http://blog.craigslist.org/?p=148#comment-181377 Please keep freedom of speech alive, and the government out of our personal affairs Please keep freedom of speech alive, and the government out of our personal affairs

]]> By: fireball http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/04/true-colors-are-showing/#comment-176527 fireball Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:23:18 +0000 http://blog.craigslist.org/?p=148#comment-176527 I dont believe they should ban them...I use them all the time ...Also to whom ever mentioned is sin (WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE)if you dont like them then quit going there...THIS IS AMERICA........I have met some fantastic people on the personals......Please Keep the personals...we are adults..... I dont believe they should ban them…I use them all the time …Also to whom ever mentioned is sin (WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE)if you dont like them then quit going there…THIS IS AMERICA……..I have met some fantastic people on the personals……Please Keep the personals…we are adults…..

]]> By: B Senseless http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/04/true-colors-are-showing/#comment-176386 B Senseless Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:36:45 +0000 http://blog.craigslist.org/?p=148#comment-176386 and what a tasteful reply to the opponents of the personals this is. i hope they'd all read it, but it's nice to combat ridiculousness with common sense. after all, common sense is what these louder conservative folks claim they have over the supposed liberal street-and-book-wise-ness. and what a tasteful reply to the opponents of the personals this is. i hope they’d all read it, but it’s nice to combat ridiculousness with common sense. after all, common sense is what these louder conservative folks claim they have over the supposed liberal street-and-book-wise-ness.

]]> By: Beth in Arizona http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/04/true-colors-are-showing/#comment-176368 Beth in Arizona Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:09:18 +0000 http://blog.craigslist.org/?p=148#comment-176368 I live in Tucson, and just tried to check the Adult section, and the only result is a half of page of a language that looks like Chinese!! What's going on??? Please fix this! Thanks. I live in Tucson, and just tried to check the Adult section, and the only result is a half of page of a language that looks like Chinese!! What’s going on??? Please fix this!
Thanks.

]]> By: Anna http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/04/true-colors-are-showing/#comment-175886 Anna Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:43:58 +0000 http://blog.craigslist.org/?p=148#comment-175886 This may be a naive question but how does Craigslist make money off of their personals? Does it cost to put them up? This may be a naive question but how does Craigslist make money off of their personals? Does it cost to put them up?

]]> By: jenny http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/04/true-colors-are-showing/#comment-174460 jenny Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:46:51 +0000 http://blog.craigslist.org/?p=148#comment-174460 i met my husband on cl~~ im thankful for the ads! i met my husband on cl~~ im thankful for the ads!

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