Craigslist shuts down "adult services" worldwide

iwwr · on Dec 28, 2010

I'm pretty sure you can take out personals ads in most newspapers. Craigslist is receiving undue heat for something that has been going on for a long while.

Requiring identification and moderator verification is something no newspaper and potentially no other website is going to do.

JoeAltmaier · on Dec 28, 2010

Agreed. Craigslist didn't invent sex-for-sale, and they may be no more responsible for it than the internet.

Its futile to try to stem it - folks will just list it under 'pets' or some such.

JoeAltmaier · on Dec 28, 2010

As somebody famous was quoted in Victorian England: Sure its going on. Just not in the street where it scares the horses.

Or some such. Anyway, yes they should remove the category. No its not going to go away.