The Greatest Social Media Site Is Craigslist (Yes, Craigslist)

Re:The Greatest Social Media Site Is Craigslist (Yes, Craigs... by RunSet on Friday June 28, 2024 @03:13PM (#40824065)

> In 2018, Craigslist permanently shuttered its personal ads section following a federal amendment to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a bedrock piece of legislation that enabled early websites to flourish by removing liability for user-generated content.

https://LokiList.com provides a (somewhat more private) replacement for the lost Craigslist personals. Since websites are now liable for user's content, users can only post text. Users may include a Session Private Messenger ID in their post or share their preferred contact information in their post body.

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Re:The Greatest Social Media Site Is Craigslist (Yes, Craigs... by candiddevmike on Friday June 28, 2024 @04:22PM (#40824863)

I like the conspiracy theory that craigslist was cutting into the sex market by letting workers go direct without any middlemen. That law was passed to maintain the status quo.

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Re:The Greatest Social Media Site Is Craigslist (Yes, Craigs... by senderista on Friday June 28, 2024 @04:25PM (#40824903)

Big Pimp strikes again

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Re:The Greatest Social Media Site Is Craigslist (Yes, Craigs... by labster on Friday June 28, 2024 @04:48PM (#40825136)

Pimpin’ ain’t easy. You need lots of lobbyists and a continual presence on The Hill.

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Re:The Greatest Social Media Site Is Craigslist (Yes, Craigs... by chx on Friday June 28, 2024 @04:51PM (#40825168)

Nah, there are a lot of powerful organizations fighting pornography and sex work in the United States.

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Re:The Greatest Social Media Site Is Craigslist (Yes, Craigs... by rustcleaner on Friday June 28, 2024 @06:02PM (#40825746)

The Anti-Sex League is hard at work tamping down normalcy and overrepresenting [standard-]deviancy.

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Re:The Greatest Social Media Site Is Craigslist (Yes, Craigs... by CleanRoomClub on Friday June 28, 2024 @05:26PM (#40825456)

And yet far more propagating it. I wish the “powerful organizations” fighting pornography were half as powerful as its purveyors.

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Re:The Greatest Social Media Site Is Craigslist (Yes, Craigs... by jmann99999 on Friday June 28, 2024 @05:07PM (#40825316)

For reference, Section 230 still provides liability protection for most types of user-generated content (in the U.S.).

The 2018 ruling was centered on removing these protections related to sex trafficking.

There is still a drumbeat to remove legal liability protections for other types of content but they are not in place yet.

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Re:The Greatest Social Media Site Is Craigslist (Yes, Craigs... by thr0w on Friday June 28, 2024 @05:10PM (#40825339)

Wonder what the difference in traffic was before/after personals got shut down. I've heard first-hand stories about what a scene that was.

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Re:The Greatest Social Media Site Is Craigslist (Yes, Craigs... by animex on Friday June 28, 2024 @05:19PM (#40825399)

In my area, Craigslist has been usurped mostly by Kijiji. The personals section shutdown has spawned many "clones" over the years.

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