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Craigslist to Start Charging for Some Listings

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the site-abuse-the-same-the-world-over dept.

rufey writes "In the coming months, Craigslist will begin charging fees for some of its listings. New York City real estate listings will be the first to get the fees. Starting on March 1st, it will cost $10 to list real estate on Craigslist for New York City. The fees may not be limited to New York real estate however. Job postings may see fees imposed for various parts of the country. The fees have been proposed as a way to combat the problem of people posting the same thing several times a day to keep their listing near the top of the list."

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  1. craigSlist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    make sure you do not omit the "s" in craigslist.

    otherwise it takes you to a page with porn ads.

  2. This is not a new thing by licamell · · Score: 4, Informative

    Craigslist has been charging for some things, specifically full time job postings in certain areas, for the past couple of years. I think it is a good thing to keep down the number of spam messages that are being posted in certain sections (Specifically jobs and real estate).

  3. Re:Meta-Moderation? by fupeg · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can flag items just as you suggest. Some of the options are "miscategorized", "spam", "prohibited", and "best of." If enough people do it, then it gets removed.

  4. Re:good by IANAAC · · Score: 4, Informative
    Hopefully the money will be put back into the programming of the site. The abusive behaviour could easily be handled with the right programming.

    Still, money's usually enough of a deterrent to stop the majority of the abuse.