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05-13-2009 #1
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NO More erotic service section on CRAIGS LIST
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090513/us_nm/us_craigslist
I knew it right after that girl got murdered in Boston that was the last straw, oh well i personally thought it sucked and fake pics were used most of the times.
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05-13-2009 #2
Re: NO More erotic service section on CRAIGS LIST
Originally Posted by rico87
And maybe its easier to withdraw from life
With all of its misery and wretched lies
If we're dead when tomorrow's gone
The Big Machine will just move on
Still we cling afraid we'll fall
Clinging like the memory which haunts us all
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05-13-2009 #3
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Re: NO More erotic service section on CRAIGS LIST
Originally Posted by SarahG
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05-13-2009 #4
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Well, owners of Exotics.com and Eros.com must be jumping for joy. Al Goldstein would have been thrilled and Screw Magazine might have been around longer if LE cracked down on the Village Voice and other inexpensive alternative ad sites.
Do not really see how much of an impact this is really going to have. As mentioned Exotics and Eros are still around, so are any number of other Internet sites, some free and others lower cost than the majors.
While it is tragic the girl in Boston was killed, sex workers have been harmed and or murdered from meeting dates through various outlets. This has happened ever since there has been hoeing, and sadly is a risk one takes when meeting a strange person. Indeed several girls have gone missing and or murdered in NYC merely by going to a nightclub and meeting "Mr. Goodbar", no sex work involved.
Several problems with CL's plan come to mind at once.
How is CL going to determine whom is a "legitmate" adult entertainer? Once they begin asking for certian information, CL will become liable for protecting same. Also it could backfire if even after this latest attempt there still isn't a meaningful reduction in traffic. After all nothing has worked so far, and by routing all adult adverts through a CL employee, CL now will have the same responsibility as perhaps print media and certianly Eros/Exotics.
Really boggles the mind how much funds and effort goes into "fighting" what by and large is a market place of consenting adults.
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05-14-2009 #5
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Originally Posted by Shining Star
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05-14-2009 #6
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The ads might pop up elsewhere on CL (e.g. casual encounters) but the Attorney Generals vowed to monitor the site and prevent that. We'll have to see how it plays out.
CL erotic was sometimes annoying -- ~50% of the ads used fake pics, and you never knew if you'd find Fred Flintstone in a wig. On the other hand, there were girls who either couldn't afford Eros, or didn't want to go "big time" or were part-timers. Some real gems in that group. How else to find them if CL is killed ?