Craigslist
Craigslist is a for profit business but they use a.org domain.
Although this is legal and admissible under ICANN rules; it appears to me that it is misleading to the public.
Still makes money off illegal sex and prostitution; craigslist/ebay charges for "therapeutic services" ads that are often a decoy for prostitution ads.
Discriminates against people who post legitimate ads and abuse people with no recourse and shady practices
Is a de-facto monopoly. No competitor seems to come even close in terms of geographical reach and number of ads and users. Monopolies in the United States hurt consumers. The government needs to force this company to be broken up. The fact that Ebay owns a stake in Craigslist as it is possible that there is some type of coordination between Ebay and Craigslist. Craigslist / Ebay stifles innovation and competition by contributing to create an environment where competitors cannot compete fairly.
Since Ebay bought Craigslist, Craigslist has changed. I have been a Craigslist user for many years and now Craigslist engages in many shady practices such as
A) phone blacklisting with no notification to the user
b) ad "ghosting" with no notification to the user
c) customer service that does not respond and does not act when alerted of abuse or errors or does not reply to inquiries
d) online help desk that is full of craigslist employees mixed with craigslist volunteers who at times harass those who ask questions
I do not think that craigslist blacklisted my phone number as some users complain on the internet but something similar happened with my ads; i posted two perfectly fine ads. 1 to sell a camera and 2 to sell a scanner and craigslist ghosted them.
What it means is that the ads show as active on my account but no one else can see them or find them in search results. I find other users who have similar ads to mine that can be viewed right now and searched.
I emailed craigslist through their online form but of course no reply and no action. "Ghosting" is just one of craigslist discriminatory policies. Also another discriminatory policy is "phone blacklisting"; the reason why it is discriminatory is because craigslist will not notify the person whose phone was blacklisted via email because they know that they would be hit
by a million lawsuits.
Craigslist is run like a scam operation; they discriminate against some people and hurt fair competition and innovation; when will the government or some attorney intervene?
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