Craigslist trying to cut down on crime? What?

Craigslist trying to cut down on crime? What?


That’s right; Craigslist finally took some action to become a little more ethical in their business.

Craigslist has now introduced a charge to post in the Erotic Services section of their website. They now actually require people to have an account and pay with an actual credit card to verify the posters identity.

I personally think Craigslist took some awesome action in an effort to clean up their site.

However, many disagree.

I was reading a blog where Craigslist said they would be working with the police and provide information as required when they received a subpoena. They want the illegal activity gone from their site altogether.

The prostitutes posting on the blog were screaming bloody murder. Here are some of the claims they have made because Craigslist wants to charge a fee…

1) They put me out of business.

A) Are you serious? How sad are you to think that prostitution is your only source of income.
B) Try getting a real job. Of course you could not work for 100-200 an hour at a real job but at least you could have your own self respect.
C) Seriously, if you charge 100-200 an hour you’re telling me you cannot afford to pay $5.00 to place your ad to continue to post?

2) Let’s boycott Craigslist; they are now the internet police.

A) Get real. Craigslist is open to the public to view and any child of any age could log into their site and see your porno pictures that are posted there everyday. I’m glad to see they are finally trying to clean up the site some.
B) Craigslist is only doing what is required by law. If they get a subpoena, they have to turn over the information the police request or they face criminal charges as well.
C) Any other site requires an account to join and payment would also have to comply with any subpoena, this is not just Craigslist. But it seems some are not smart enough to figure this out on their own.
D) Craigslist clearly stated they would comply with subpoenas, if criminal activity continued.

3) I provide a legal service.

A) Well if you are providing a legal service, then why are you even concerned? Sounds like the services you provide may not be as legal as you claim.
B) If you violate no law, then you cannot be arrested. But hundreds of people claimed they were put out of business because of a $5.00 fee. How sad.

4) I think this was one of my all time favorites, I will move to another country because Craigslist put me out of business.

A) Thank God. We don’t need you here. Move as soon as possible and let us know if prostitution is legal where you move to, that way we can send the rest of the out of work prostitutes there to work with you.
B) If it is legal in the country you want to move to you should have no problem finding work. lmao.


If you get the chance you should read the blog about Craigslist.

The link to the blog is here

If you dare to read how pathetic people are, here is a good place to read about them.

It’s sad that once again people want to take all their personal responsibilities and blame Craigslist for their problems in life.

I wish we could see responses from other sites as well that allows ads like Craigslist and see what their response would be when they were asked about what action they take when they get a subpoena.

I thought about emailing some of the companies myself so I could post the responses.
I might end up doing that at some point but for right now I will just sit back and continue to laugh at how pathetic some people actually are.