I was checking out some of the job postings locally on Craigslist, flagging away at the usual overposts and complete scams…then I started to notice that a bunch of them had text in a very light color.
Check it out and try high lighting the area where text goes, you can read it better:
I did some minor sleuthing by googling some of the text in the first link and it brought me to this:
It’s talking about Simón Bolívar…which, yeah, totally makes sense. Anyone know what gives? It this supposed to be subliminal or something? Is this an effective sales tactic?
Sorry if I posted this in the wrong spot (mods - please move if I’m not even in the ballpark)…it just seemed a bit lame for GQ…
There’s just a bunch of random text included on some job listings on Craigslist. They made the font of this random text pale enough to be barely visible.
I was just wondering what the point of doing that was. If it was an attempt at a subliminal message; or as SanibelMan said, to bypass spam filters, or what exactly the practice stems from.
It’s to bypass filters that prevent multiposting in classified ads across different cities. It’s employed by dealers in categories that are intended for individuals. such as furniture sales.
Btw, if you’re looking for a job via Craigslist, try posting a professional-looking but heartfelt ad in the Resumes section. I did that, and got three inquiries from it. One of them led to an actual full-time job which I started the other day. It couldn’t hurt to try.
I just heard about this world wide web thing last Thursday and thought I’d check into it and see what all the hubbub is about.
I’ve probably been on the internet longer than you have. I have just never received an email that I opened that had that text in it like this…or else I probably would’ve asked that question a decade ago. Perhaps I have one helluva spam filter.
My question has been answered, and for that, I thank you all.
:rolleyes: What an arrogant and unnecessary statement. You don’t even know me. I wasn’t trying to get into a pissing contest, I was asking an honest question. It’s hard for me to imagine someone being online for more than a couple months and not encountering this. Since your registration date was only a few months ago I thought it prudent to ask.
I’m not into pissing matches, either, believe it or not. I didn’t sign up for the SDMB on the same day I started using the internet…I doubt most people do.
I asked the question because I didn’t know the answer to it, which was what I thought this message board was for.
I didn’t find anything arrogant in my statement, and certainly didn’t intend it to be arrogant. If anything, I thought I was being cheeky. Honestly, I was a little insulted by your statement, especially after my question had already been answered politely…I probably shouldn’t have been so snappy back.
I’ve been deeply involved in the internet since 1989, and the World Wide Web since Day One, and I’d never seen this kind of thing until I read the OP and saw those examples.
Me neither. But then again, I have my Mozilla set to “easy on the eyes” and it doesn’t work for me at all. It’s all visible until I put it in Explorer, and I see it (but again for the first time ever).
