# Doesn't craigslist have standards? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 8, 2005, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-craigslist-have-standards/302907 "2005-05-08T07:05:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-craigslist-have-standards/302907/1 "2005-05-08T07:05:51Z")
I’m really shocked that this ad got posted in the first place. Sounds creepy. [http://losangeles.craigslist.org/m4m/72227366.html](http://losangeles.craigslist.org/m4m/72227366.html) Safe for work, unless your workplace has a rule that you can’t look at text ads. It’s really more creepy and strange than anything else. (Oh, and I’m not sure that this would go in The Pit – so I put it here – mods, move if necessary.) ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-craigslist-have-standards/302907/2 "2005-05-08T07:18:05Z")
I think it’s pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-craigslist-have-standards/302907/3 "2005-05-08T07:19:19Z")
I’ve seen worse on there in the past. So I’m guessing that the answer to your questions is “no”. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-craigslist-have-standards/302907/4 "2005-05-08T07:53:37Z")
Wow in my neighborhood, too. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Kenneth\_Noisewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@Dr.Kenneth\_Noisewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Kenneth_Noisewater)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-craigslist-have-standards/302907/5 "2005-05-08T13:11:11Z")
Anyone can post anything on craigslist and they usually do. Their only standards exist through the flagging buttons up at the top. They can’t monitor every post (as a frequent browser I find myself flagging all the time). I doubt they would be as popular or casually entertaining if the most desperate of human emotions were against their standards. Their TOS are [here](http://austin.craigslist.org/about/help/faq.html#prohibited). ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-craigslist-have-standards/302907/6 "2005-05-08T13:17:14Z")
Free will and all that… ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-craigslist-have-standards/302907/7 "2005-05-08T13:21:49Z")
Is this legally advisable? ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-craigslist-have-standards/302907/8 "2005-05-08T21:55:25Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Is this legally advisable? Are you referring to the craigslist posting or to my posting here? ---
**Author:** ![jimpatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@jimpatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimpatro)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-craigslist-have-standards/302907/9 "2005-05-08T21:59:50Z")
I think he meant his asking “Is this legally advisable?” ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-craigslist-have-standards/302907/10 "2005-05-08T22:10:02Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > Are you referring to the craigslist posting or to my posting here? The craigslist posting. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-craigslist-have-standards/302907/11 "2005-05-08T22:36:13Z")
First reaction: HAW HAW HAW HAW Then: Gaw, I hope he’s not serious. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-craigslist-have-standards/302907/12 "2005-05-09T03:55:38Z")
> [@The Weird One](#): > > Then: Gaw, I hope he’s not serious. If you spent more time on CL, you’d probably realize that it’s a joke. Of course, if you spent that much time on it, you’d probably also want to write in asking people to beat some sense into you. Speaking of which, I’ve got to go… ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-craigslist-have-standards/302907/13 "2005-05-09T04:36:02Z")
> [@jimpatro](#): > > I think he meant his asking “Is this legally advisable?” [Neo] Whoa [/Neo] ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-craigslist-have-standards/302907/14 "2005-05-09T10:53:30Z")
White, heavy, male in California in the fifth year of the Second American Century. What possible reason could this guy have for being depressed? Come out to the Real World and see how lucky you are!