Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response to FOSTA

Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by delbel on Friday March 23, 2018 @02:42AM (#16655644)

I screwed up and accidentally chambered two 12ga shells in my Remington 870, it was a potential dangerous accident but found video to help me safely un-f the situation. Also I found a "bug" that allowed me to shoot, under a strange condition, my 9mm when the safety was on. Found out what not to do on youtube to avoid that situation. Also couldn't figure out what this knob was on my 10/22, turns out its a critical feature after finding it on youtube. This sucks I won't be able to find this type of information literally typing the gun model and the name of the problem to see a video to help me out as easily as yesterday.

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Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by odammit on Friday March 23, 2018 @03:06AM (#16655742)

Go start GunTube and make a buck or two!

I was reading earlier today people are uploading their gun vids to PornHub.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-21/youtube-b...

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Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by amyjess on Friday March 23, 2018 @05:08PM (#16662641)

> I was reading earlier today people are uploading their gun vids to PornHub.

Funny thing is, my coworker and I were talking about this earlier today... we ended up agreeing that it wouldn't be surprising at all if PornHub ends up creating an SFW site under a different name (VidHub?) for things like this.

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Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by bootlooped on Friday March 23, 2018 @06:36PM (#16663227)

It already exists: it's called Full 30. I am guessing not a lot of people use it because it's not YouTube.

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Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by midgetjones on Friday March 23, 2018 @05:52AM (#16656431)

These problems can also be avoided by not owning guns.

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Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by humanrebar on Friday March 23, 2018 @07:48AM (#16657005)

And you can avoid gross plumbing problems by not owning a plunger. You can have professionals with plungers deal with that.

Frankly, it's a privilege to able to rely on public and paid services to protect you and your property. Not everyone gets the same service levels and not everyone can afford to pay to fix the problem.

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Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by midgetjones on Friday March 23, 2018 @10:24AM (#16658442)

And do those professionals need access to YouTube tutorials to see how to use the plunger?

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Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by cableshaft on Friday March 23, 2018 @10:52AM (#16658739)

My Dad, who used to build houses professionally and has been renovating his own house recently in preparation of selling it, told me the other day "Check Youtube before doing anything around the house. There's so much information there, tips, tricks, things I never encountered back in the day."

So yeah, I would imagine they probably do watch some videos on their profession on there, like I watch videos about game design and programming on there sometimes.

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Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by humanrebar on Friday March 23, 2018 @05:57PM (#16662935)

You're missing my point. I'm arguing that self-defense is like a plunger... something you don't want to be without when you need it. And, like plumbing problems, it's a privilege to say "well, just have a professional deal with your violence problems".

But, yes, there are a few extra steps to unclog a bathtub with a plunger. YouTube videos are pretty handy there.

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Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by vuln on Friday March 23, 2018 @10:28AM (#16658495)

I'm sure.like any professional they use the tools at their disposal. There are new makes and models coming out every year. Why wouldn't a professional use YouTube as a reference? Would a programmer get scoffed at for referring to stack overflow?

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Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by slouch on Friday March 23, 2018 @09:53AM (#16658098)

How many times have firearms been fired on your property in an act of protection? When was the last time?

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Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by nickysielicki on Saturday March 24, 2018 @04:11AM (#16665461)

Have you ever encountered a wild bear?

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