Rocky1
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Originally Posted By: rletts77I just checked it out. That's good stuff!
How does ones ad get flagged? Is it by a "moderator" or is it a, anyone that looks at it can flag it thing?
Anyone that looks at the ad can flag it, choosing one of a number of reasons for flagging it. It is supposed to be reviewed by a moderator after the fact, however not all of them have a brain either.
Originally Posted By: Mr Potato HeadI think it's automated. If there are a certain number of flags it gets bumped off. I'm guessing a few left wing nuts get together and email their friends when a firearm or something they object to shows up and it's gone in a few hours or less. Unless it's vague what it is.
It has been my experience that on the first flag of a post, the post is placed in an inactive state, the individual that placed the ad is notified, and they are allowed to repost the ad if the post isn't spam or isn't in violation of the Craigslist rules. If it's flagged again however, they will remove the ad and it can't be edited or reinstated.
As for it requiring several people to remove it... It only takes one in reality. I don't know whether they're tracking IP address on the part of the individual flagging ads, but I would assume they have to, to prevent abuse in flagging items posted. If they aren't, the same indivudal could simply flag the ad 3 - 4 times and it would be locked down. If they are logging IP address, that doesn't present much of a challenge either since every connection logs a different IP. You flag from your home computer, access the neighbors' open wireless connections and flag it again, access it via your cell phone, your spouse's cell phone, the kids' cell phones, and you've just created a stack of IP's flagging the ad, all by one individual. And, that's without getting even a little technical.
If one wanted to get technical, which I'm sure the anti's do go there as it's a valuable tool for use on forums where one might be banned and want to come back and harass you over and over and over, you'd use an IP cloaking program to mask the IP address, and then you could sit there and flag ads with random IPs until [beeep] froze over.
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I'd review the Craigslist rules and see if offering a predator or better yet a pest removal service to farmers and ranchers constitutes a violation of Craigslist Rules. If it doesn't, I would contact their customer service department and file a complaint about the ad being removed. Again, speaking from personal experience, Craigslist customer service is top notch!! We had a competitor using derogatory comments about our product and explicitly using our name in his ad, and within an hour of e-mailing customer service and filing a complaint, that ad was not only gone, but it has never again reappeared.
How does ones ad get flagged? Is it by a "moderator" or is it a, anyone that looks at it can flag it thing?
Anyone that looks at the ad can flag it, choosing one of a number of reasons for flagging it. It is supposed to be reviewed by a moderator after the fact, however not all of them have a brain either.
Originally Posted By: Mr Potato HeadI think it's automated. If there are a certain number of flags it gets bumped off. I'm guessing a few left wing nuts get together and email their friends when a firearm or something they object to shows up and it's gone in a few hours or less. Unless it's vague what it is.
It has been my experience that on the first flag of a post, the post is placed in an inactive state, the individual that placed the ad is notified, and they are allowed to repost the ad if the post isn't spam or isn't in violation of the Craigslist rules. If it's flagged again however, they will remove the ad and it can't be edited or reinstated.
As for it requiring several people to remove it... It only takes one in reality. I don't know whether they're tracking IP address on the part of the individual flagging ads, but I would assume they have to, to prevent abuse in flagging items posted. If they aren't, the same indivudal could simply flag the ad 3 - 4 times and it would be locked down. If they are logging IP address, that doesn't present much of a challenge either since every connection logs a different IP. You flag from your home computer, access the neighbors' open wireless connections and flag it again, access it via your cell phone, your spouse's cell phone, the kids' cell phones, and you've just created a stack of IP's flagging the ad, all by one individual. And, that's without getting even a little technical.
If one wanted to get technical, which I'm sure the anti's do go there as it's a valuable tool for use on forums where one might be banned and want to come back and harass you over and over and over, you'd use an IP cloaking program to mask the IP address, and then you could sit there and flag ads with random IPs until [beeep] froze over.
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I'd review the Craigslist rules and see if offering a predator or better yet a pest removal service to farmers and ranchers constitutes a violation of Craigslist Rules. If it doesn't, I would contact their customer service department and file a complaint about the ad being removed. Again, speaking from personal experience, Craigslist customer service is top notch!! We had a competitor using derogatory comments about our product and explicitly using our name in his ad, and within an hour of e-mailing customer service and filing a complaint, that ad was not only gone, but it has never again reappeared.
