Craigslist Agrees to Curb Prostitution Ads

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/technology/internet/07craigslist.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

by timr • 18 years ago

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vaksel• 18 years ago

there goes 50% of craigslist traffic

Hexstream• 18 years ago

All traffic is not worth the same to Craigslist.

[edited for clarity, there was an unintended double-meaning]

briansmith• 18 years ago

...from which they received 0% of their revenue. A smart move.

kqr22• 18 years ago

This could be a good opportunity for someone to take over this market from Craig's List.

Maybe an 'uncraigslist.com' : a site willing to do everything the normal Craig's List won't.

fallentimes2• 18 years ago

And maybe give the UI a slight upgrade.

hollerith• 18 years ago

Some people like the (minimalistic) UI very much better than the UI of most buy-and-sell web sites.

omnipath2• 18 years ago

Basing a business on an illegal activity isn't the wisest thing in the world to do.

cabalamat• 18 years ago

Then host the site in a country where prostitution is legal.

kirubakaran• 18 years ago

You could incorporate in Nevada...

josefresco• 18 years ago

Yeah it didn't work for Napster or YouTube ... oh wait

corentin• 18 years ago

Quite the contrary; black market companies usually are very profitable (if you're able to deal with the risk).

JulianMorrison• 18 years ago

Hacker News, step into the vacant market!

alecco• 18 years ago

"[...] and that's how the cyber-pimps took over until now."

joem• 18 years ago

My roommate is a prostitute who advertises on Craigslist, and it basically slowed her down for one day, because she didn't have enough money in her checking account.

That is now fixed. Business as usual... for $10/ad ...

Craigslist Agrees to Curb Prostitution Ads

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