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by sbf501 1429 days ago
I've heard similar things from some female friends of mine who use Craigslist for anon hookups. They've had to move to other websites, of which there are plenty.

I don't think 'killed' is the right word, it just wasn't the right platform.

> Back in the day, I would pursue Craigslist when I was bored and needed something.

Back in the day when I lived in NorCal, I would receive Craiglist via email every week to find out what shows were playing in San Fran, because that's all it was. It's like what happened to SXSW: it used to be for music, now it became some weird tech behemoth.

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> now it became some weird tech behemoth

And coincidentally Craig Newmark is a billionaire.

>I've heard similar things from some female friends of mine who use Craigslist for anon hookups.

Wouldn't that fall under the "prostitution" part of the title? From what I understand there isn't/wasn't an actual dating section it was all prostitution ads for years.

It wasn't dating, it was just for hooking up. No money exchanged.