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Craigslist Agrees With State AGs To Curb "Erotic Services" Ads
The New York Times reports that Craigslist has reached an agreement with 40 state attorneys general to tame its notoriously unruly "erotic services" listings. Clever diplomacy: according to the article, Craigslist "said that it will charge erotic services vendors a small fee for each ad — about $10, Mr. Buckmaster said — and require that they use a credit card for the payment. It will donate the money to charities that combat child exploitation and human trafficking. This, theoretically, will let the company confirm not just a phone number but also an identity." I hope they work on cleaning the weird spammers from the ordinary personal ads, too.
Some are real - it's all about being careful and cross referencing with other sites (like TER or BD). I mainly "hobby" during business trips, where I don't know the local landscape. I use (or I guess, used, past tense) CL for the quantity and a good representation of who is still in business and active. These are the ones I can xref to other sites and narrow my search to 1 or 2 final candidates. It works (or used to) well, I've gotten my fix on nearly every business trip the last 4 years.
... how many /.ers are pro prostitute.
It is less "pro prostitute" and more "anti restrictions." The government should not stop me from doing anything! (Unless it is someone else doing it to me)
Prostitutes are almost always victims in several reguards.
And making it illegal only makes that worse, which was his point.