Craigslist to Drop 'Erotic Services' Ads
"In its place, the company has created a new category called 'adult services' in which postings will be reviewed by employees, who will look for indications of activity that violates the site’s guidelines."
"The San Francisco company, which currently has 30 employees, would hire enough new staff to be able to fully review each adult services advertisement before it is posted, to look for indications that it violates the site’s terms of service, which prohibits things like solicitations of sex or posts that contain explicit images. Postings to the new category will cost $10 and can then be reposted later for $5."
[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/technology/companies/14craigslist.html?ref=technology[/url]
Of course, they did it under pressure from the busybody government bureaucrats. So, let me get this straight - their staff will review EVERY adult services ad before it is posted? Let's see... There are at least 50 ads posted daily on the Charlotte CL alone. Multiply that by the 100+ cities that have local Craigslists. That'll work well.
This obviously started because of the guy who murdered the masseuse that he contacted through CL.
What if he met her through an ad in the phone book? Or a newspaper classified print ad? Should phone books and newspapers be banned as well?
This is simply more idiocy from the busybody politicians who want to control every aspect of our lives.