Comments on: Manual Screening Matters

By: Alida Antonia Cornelius

Alida Antonia Cornelius — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:35:43 +0000

In your terms of service, you state that offensive material is prohibited.
However, in “men seeking men” and “casual encounters” and “women seeking men” and “men seeking women” photos of genitals and photos of women semi-nude are posted with their phone numbers. To me, this is offensive, therefore you are not abiding to your own terms of service. Kids can see this stuff and may lead them to the people who post.
If Craigslist was a good site, they would not need these categories.
I want to start a class action suit against you for posting pornographic material which is easily accessible to kids on the street looking for ways to make money in prostitution.
You don’t need these categories.
You suck.
Craigslist can be a viable site without the sex categories.
If I were the legislation of every state, I would close down your site.

By: China Doll

China Doll — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:32:50 +0000

I was posting on the CL adult services and it was always next to impossible to get an add through even with only a face pic and phone number!! Other adult posting sites allow anything to go through, full nudity, sex acts, etc. At least CL made an effort, frustrating as it was. I think that Law Enforcement should find something better to do with taxpayers money then to waste time arresting 2 consenting adults meeting in private! Complete BS!

By: roxanne

roxanne — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:02:28 +0000

I agree with Ms Maria. I also ran an escort service for years in Vegas and was myself in awe of the public being barraged by adult cards,fliers and pamplets practically forced upon any passerby,adult age or not. Yet we did not see cnn stalk the crews doing this. I have personally known escorts and was one myself for years by choice and it IS in fact true that among all of the internet sites we use for advertising,craigslist had the strictest guidelines and did their best to monitor these ads. Maria is right. Now the same procurers of youth can just find other avenues less mindful to make their $. A sad day,indeed, when our rights are taken due to media journalist’s sensationalist tactics. Fight back, Craigslist !

By: Brian G Valentine

Brian G Valentine — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:44:53 +0000

Manual screening does matter. So just put adult services ads back in and manually screen them!

My wife made her flower and garden services business work thanks to Craigslist. This was free and my wife and I are appreciative of Craigslist.

So why should my wife be allowed to advertise a garden service and another adult providing a service to be someone’s companion for an hour or a day or however long they want not have the opportunity?

All because of some little punk making an ass out of herself on TV and some hare-brained politicians with embarrassing “secret thoughts” that they assume other people are afflicted with?

The COMMUNITY filters out frauds and human-rights violators. They do it because they are a lot more interested in the well-being of others than trashy little wenches with an addiction to being the center of attention and politicians interested in proving to the world that they have no sordid “secret thoughts” that “lesser people” might be burdened with.

I’m angry, and plan to keep yelling about unfairness

By: Kevin Abatross

Kevin Abatross — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 16:44:56 +0000

I truly believe that CL should fight, not just for the rights of free speech, but for that of keeping an industry like this in the public eye. Let the evil doers post and leave not only an electronic trail, but a financial one as well. CL works with law enforcement and various agencies to provide a safer community for the sex trade industry.

As the world’s oldest profession, we know its not going anywhere. Making it legal is not an option nationwide, but doing our best to monitor it is something we can at least try. What better way than publicly, through community patrolled means in a trackable environment.

Furthermore, let the people decide. So far, I see nothing but support for CL, and nothing but hate from those misinformed and of political wanting. And how many of those politicians and lawyers have secerely used CL, or similar adult service sites, but publicly damn it.

Witch-hunt anyone?

By: Dominque

Dominque — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:10:48 +0000

I am one of the ladies who made the choice to post on CL in the adult services section. I didn’t do this lightly. I am a mature woman, with grown children. Though I have only done this type of work for a couple of years it allows me a freedom I have never had in the work force before. I have no pimp, no management. There are no children involved in this and no one is being exploited. I offer a service to adult men who wish to hire me.
I’m sure the attorneys general from those 17 states feel pretty full of themselves that they were able to shut down the adult services section of CL.

As long as there has been humans on this planet there has been some sort of trade between men and women for the things they each want. The men will seek out what they desire and the ladies will find some way to advertise their services and the bottom line is that $45 MILLION dollars of revenue that was going to CL will now be going some other place.

I hope that CL figures out a way to allow the ladies to advertise their services, either through the legal system or increase the cost of advertising to fund a legal defense should the attorneys general decide to take the matter to court.

No one wants a huge legal battle but sometimes you have to take a stand rather than running away.

By: Mario

Mario — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:12:30 +0000

A story from a random guy…
I used CL to look for nice ladies to spend time with.
I met a few really sweet ladies who were just trying to support a family. Thye were clean. they did not do drugs and they were able to raise kids and be there for them when they needed to be and work their own hours.
My life cosists of caring for my wife full time, who has alzheimers and cancer. I am with her pretty much all the time and I care for her every need with a little help from hospice, which, as things progress, will become more intense. I need an outlet sometimes. A treat, if you will. I DO NOT need anyone tracking me or trying to get into a relationship or ringing my phone, so I make a choice to pay a lady for an hour of her time and go my merry way. That, and a golf game now and then. So, sue me.

By: C

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:56:28 +0000

Now the ladies and gents migrate elsewhere to pursue their business at hand. If people don’t like it they need to revert back to the dark ages. No, wait! It existed there too! lol

There is ALWAYS a way.

If we want to see more of it ON THE STREETS (VERY UNSAFE and in public view) on our drive with the kiddies to Mickey D’s, then just keep whining about it being on the internet and shrinking back to the point of pulling it down as a site owner.

Prostitution is a victimless crime. Arrest 2 people who are doing something privately agreed on between them, and hurting no one else???… And don’t get me started about the whole “cheating” thing. Men will find a way and at least a prostitute is not dragging on his ankle after, wrecking his home life. She is paid for her time and to remain discreet. she is regularly tested and practices safe sex. Go find THAT on a bar stool.
Most women men “pick up” elsewhere will want a relationship, (a baby will seal the deal she thinks)… she has probably had unprotected sex with a few or more men and there is always drama and she will blab.
Go ahead and beat me up for this.. most of you know it is true.
We are all entitled to our own opinions and this is obviously mine.
If you do not like to see it, then put your head back up into your anal cavity and DON’T LOOK!

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:35:34 +0000

Obviously Mr. Newmark does not have the GUTS to leave the US and run this site from Sweden, Amsterdam, or the open sea.

By: yelo

yelo — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:48:35 +0000

Victims? Protect the children? CL is the enemy here? wtf are these legal hustlers smoking!? And all the idiotic parents out there lamenting the loss of their babes’ innocence - would you wake up and smell the coffee?!!! If you expect a web-site to do the policing for you, then it speaks volumes of your parenting. Stop being such whiny morons and learn to use internet filters. Its not rocket science! I agree with the comment above - its like banning Big Macs to prevent people from eating beef.
Oh and the ‘moral police’ that we have crying for blood are a bunch of losers that cannot stop sticking their ugly noses into other peoples’ businesses. This is a free country (or so I thought) and people have a right to do as they please - esp if they are ADULTS. So much for that, hypocrites the lot. And the media doesn’t really care, they are more interested in bashing CL since CL totally whomped their behinds in classifieds. Its so tacky that it would be funny if it were theatre. Sadly its all about the money and moral one-upness. These miserable nincompoops don’t really care, that ’so-called care’ is just one bloody facade.
Go CL! Put that section back on!