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Craigslist's Success There are groups of people that are ganging up on posters and flagging off anyone's ad they want - they flag rescues, shelters, community information ads, unspayed or unneutered dogs, people who misspell, people who write in capitols, free dogs, all pit bulls, free cats, all ferrets, all services, too high fee, no fee, supplies and much much more. They also regularly “google” people’s phone numbers and email addresses to post more personal information about breeders, “sellers” and who ever else they deem stalk worthy. I, personally, am more interested in the pet section because these are live animals needing homes, but please know that there are general flaggers also that gang up and target people. Competition flagging is another problem on Craigslist. If you are experiencing problems outside of the pet section – please refer to the general flagging forum link below. Also, be sure to contact abuse@craigslist.org if you are being harassed, targeted or slandered in any way. This is their site and they should do a better job of maintaining/moderating and supporting loyal users. This site is community based, so it is important that we quit letting these people decide how things work around here. Whenever I’ve emailed staff they’ve responded with “I need to hear that from more people.” Ask for an increase in the number of flags in your local area to remove an ad and ask that a Term be added addressing Abusive or Team Flagging in their Craigslist Terms of Use. Some of these flaggers are also known to hack the flagging system by using IP proxies to ensure the ads they want are removed. If you visit the forum below you will see that the forum has been recently semi-overtook by unhappy targeted pet posters – help out by joining in the conversations and discussions. Remember to protect your personal information by using an anonymous email through yahoo, hotmail or lycos. Have fun and try not to take any of it too seriously, although animal’s lives are at stake so it can get heated at any time. craigslist.org/forums/?forumID=4915 craigslist.org/forums/?forumID=2626 - For Pet Flagging – help out! Join in! http://craigslist.org/forums/?forumID=5194 - For General Flagging http://groups.google.com/group/craigslistpetsalesflagginggroup - No longer available to the public - ASKED BY CRAIGSLIST TO SHUT DOWN. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/forums/?forumID=3 - The Flag Help Forum ran by vicious anonymous flaggers. Fun to Argue with. http://www.noflagnuts.com - Tips and Tricks to posting on Craigslist, most important tip – REPOST often. www.StopAbusiveCraigslistFlaggers.com is another group that is fighting the pet flaggers, they have put together a great website related to pet flaggers – contact them for more in depth information or to be added to their mailing list. if you'd like to complain privately - email one or all of them @ craig@craigslist.org abuse@craigslist.org clint@craigslist.org Talk soon and keep your emails and forum posts as clean and as short as possible - gets the best response. Feel free to repost this in your community. |