sappatoti
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ORIGINAL: subfever A couple months ago, the Adult Gigs section in the Chicago area suddenly morphed into sexually-oriented, play-for-pay contact section. It was only a short time ago, when ads like these would have been quickly flagged and removed. At the same time, the number of posted ads in this section has exponentially increased. It seems as though either the self-appointed guardians of CraigsList all left at once, or CraigsList modified their flagging system. In either event, Adult Gigs now has a very sleezy look. A high percentage of these ads now explicitly offer cash for sexual acts, and could be law enforcement's dream, if LE wanted to go fishing for a few easy busts. The same has happened to the Craigslists in a number of cities I occasionally peruse. I think I remember a while back about Craigslist beginning to charge posters to the "Services" section a nominal fee, if they were asking for payment in exchange for their services (and who wouldn't if you're trying to drum up business?). I haven't researched this but from reading a number of posts in the "Rants and Raves" section, which seems to anecdotally mention it, I just figured there was some element of truth to it. [... edited to add ...] Perhaps those who wish not to pay the fee are moving their ads into other areas where the fee is not a problem? I've seen the same types of "pay for play" ads, though uniquely worded, appear in the "Personals" section as well. Quite annoying. Where DID all those über watchdog flaggers disappear to anyway?
< Message edited by sappatoti -- 3/31/2009 8:50:28 AM >
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