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I'm not surprised to read this - but I am surprised that more incidents like this haven't been in the news regarding Craigslist ads.

Did you know that Craigslist ads are ... COMMUNITY MONITORED? The significance of this is that Craigslist administrators/staff DO NOT monitor ads that are posted. Instead, posters/visitors like YOU and ME monitor the ads.

I didn't know this until I was posting ads regarding my massage services in the therapeutic services section and watched them get deleted on an ongoing basis ... in spite of the face that they were completely within Craigslist guidelines. When I inquired in the help forums, it was then that I learned that other posters ... my competition ... were deleting my ads. What was worse was that those answering my questions in the help forums seemed to be major Craigslist members-geeks who do nothing but hang out on the internet and felt impowered to be granted to answer questions in the help forums. The way they responded toward my questions led me to be thankful that I don't work with any of them in real life (because they lacked any hint of judgement/interpersonal skills/common sense). Bottom Line: Craigslist needs to monitor ads itself and NOT leave the responsibility to website visitors & ad posters.

Let me put it another way. How effective do you think law enforcement would be in any U.S. city if there were no police officers ... and the job was left for ordinary citizens to police themselves?

Ken Wong - Honolulu massage therapist