Hey, Craigslist, Where Did My Ad Go?

More slime from 4k9dk1h5e0a3s6m2fr7l8b4w7g6z2p. The forums are for users. One in a million posts from staff are clearly marked as such. You have never seen a staffer do what you allege to be a common problem. Many posts in help desk forum are from pranksters, trolls, and just plain incompetent surfers. That's in addition to some legit issues. It's a relatively open forum. As for monopoly, that's not even laughable.
— April 15, 2011 6:27 p.m.

Hey, Craigslist, Where Did My Ad Go?

"And you're not very credible either." I'm not the one complaining, and I did offer to meet "ruth" in that cl forum with any real help issue. "ruth" may use any registered handle she likes, as may you, "4k9dk1h5e0a3s6m2fr7l8b4w7g6z2p". But you're obviously only about slime and smear tactics, so good luck with those. In fact, no personal info is required to post in cl-help desk forum (unless you're on a subnet being used to attack the site). Beyond that the only info needed is a disposable email address with which to open an account. Paranoia ain't pretty, bud. There are no staff posting in the forums except the very rare gold/amber handles readily identifiable as staff -- one in a million, roughly (yes there are stats). So "CL team" is a fiction on your part, but yes some users do drop in often, though I doubt you can prove 24/7. What's your angle anyway -- for all that trash talk??
— April 15, 2011 6:21 p.m.

Hey, Craigslist, Where Did My Ad Go?

Sorry, ruth, but you don't say what handle, so your allegation is not credible. Also please don't mis-attribute -- the cl-flag help forum is not the same as the cl-help desk forum, and neither forum claims to be anything more than a user to user forum. So, don't expect other users to be able to solve any alleged problems of craigslist management. In point of fact the odds are that flagging complaints are unjustified. So the "burden of proof" is on the complainer. People who complain about a free service, without even bothering to follow forum or posting guidelines and the formal TOU ... just what kind of respect do they deserve when they show up with assumptions, arrogance and "attitude"? Anyway, the offer is open to Mr. Deegan or any other user of craigslist. YMMV but try not to poison the well. Say hello if you "see" me in the cl-help desk forum.
— April 1, 2011 1:36 a.m.

Hey, Craigslist, Where Did My Ad Go?

An amusing story which bears little resemblance to the facts in general and fails in some facts in particular. Congratulations on a trivial hit piece written from ignorance if not worse. Your star witness is the one who wrote “Who ever you are just go away please.… TRY GETTING A LIFE.” http://craigslist.org/forums/?ID=181020257 Right? Yes, flag help can be rowdy but it DOES represent "folk wisdom". Also, your star witness failed to follow forum guidelines both times he started a thread there. That never helps a serious request for help. It also seems from what little you both say that he had been abusing the site for some time while he was "making a killing" or some such. Your own anecdote is amusing but ambiguous or worse. You were trying to sell a used bike on craigslist for 3x what a bike shop would pay for it?! Surely you jest, Shirley! And you gave up when you say your post "disappeared" after you got one flakey inquiry (to your grossly overpriced "item")? This is literally unbelievable, as are other things you wrote. "As of this writing, Craigslist has not responded to my questions about what, if anything, they are doing to address the situation." Which situation? That there is a lot of trash talk on the web? LOL! That you couldn't post a new ad for your bike? No staff support for free ads. That your star witness evidently had been abusing the site for a long time and was "banned" (his term which doesn't fit common craigslist terminology at all) for 90 days? To paraphrase his own words, "Get a life!" I invite you to post on the cl-help desk forum under a registered handle, to discuss any problems you have, or had, using a craigslist site. http://craigslist.org/forums/?forumID=9 Sign me, Not On Staff
— March 31, 2011 10:08 p.m.