(prostitution) yeah, they are not *directly* charging...

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... but does that mean they don't ultimately profit from the prostitution advertised on the site? apparently, the Connecticut Attorney General doesn't think so... and he may well be right...

Delia

P.S. looks like Jim's claim may be full of air again...: (2nd from last paragraph)"In the New Haven Register, Attorney General Blumenthal is quoted as saying that our company profits from prostitution;" "That is both utterly false and significantly defamatory, as 100% of our revenue comes from paid job listings and broker apartment rental listings. We certainly hope that the attorney general was misquoted or misinformed, and we look forward to an immediate retraction of this false and damaging allegation." [my emphasis] D.

is Mozilla just plain dumb?

it's now 2 posts behind... oh, well... I'd use Explorer if I wanted to keep us with this blog, but it's up to you:) D.

classic craigslist empty bragging: "Multiple language support on craigslist"

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Michael,

As far as I can tell you are not a dummy, so why take such a superficial look at the issue? (I’m assuming you are not withholding from your readers things you are aware of).

Delia

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...yeah, right! if you want to actually do anything on the site, you have to understand English! if you click on any categories on the Quebec site, for instance, the French evaporates once you click on "annonce," equivalent to "post" in English (even the "aide", meaning "help" in French is in...English!)

Delia


P.S. Don't tell Craig that merely translating the interface into different languages does NOT mean they have "multiple language support" (he might through a fit...) -- it merely means they finally did some basic translation... and they didn't even do it all... : they only translated the front page and the general help, FAQ pages... (classic craigslist empty bragging) D.

(prostitution) Jim up to his old tricks again: pulling percentages out of his hat...

Jim (8th paragraph):"Misuse of Craigslist for illegal purposes is absolutely unacceptable to us. This month we implemented new screening procedures for erotic service ads, which have dramatically improved compliance with our terms of use, and reduced the volume of such ads by up to 80 percent."[my emphasis]

Delia

P.S. finally, somebody who's in position to do something about it understands what's going on...

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (3rd paragraph): "I'm astonished and appalled by Craigslist's refusal to recognize the reality of prostitution on it's Web site - despite advertisements containing graphic photographs and hourly rates, and widespread public reports of prostitutes using the site" also...(4th paragraph) "[craigslist] has a moral if not possible legal responsibility to assure that it avoids serving as a conduit for prostitution and other illegal activity. My office will weigh all options, including possible legal action, if the site fails to curb content clearly prohibited by its rules." D.

image preview: will craigslist ban it, also? (just because...)

like it banned Listpic? and never came up with its own version although users were hurting... (they did a rudimentary knock-off on a very limited scale and then forgot about it... well, the community hasn't! just see the first comment) D.

again, were are all those millions going?

instead of being spent on finding ways to prevent horible things like this... D.

silly Mozilla: won't post my last entry...

MORE: alright! it's posted now... (looks like all I had to do was cuss at it...) D.
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the March 18th one... (Explorer showed it right away... I posted it a couple of days back ) D.