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Craig's List gone PC ?

Henry0Reilly
I was going to list a rifle locally on Craig's list and found that the sporting goods category states, "No firearms or weapons, please."

This is the first time I've seen that and I don't know how long it has been going on.

Is this new policy across the board at CL or do local moderators make the call?
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  • Permanently deleted user
    Not new! CL has had that policy for some time now!

    Remember it is ran by the gay community in San Fransisco![xx(][xx(][xx(]
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  • dongizmo
    It has always had that restriction as far as I know.
    You get flagged, so it depends on your local readers. I see a lot of firearms listed as "hunting equipment"[:D] once it gets flagged relist with new wording and use another e-mail address[:D]. I have learned to check the sporting goods and contact a seller before it gets deleted.
    Don
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  • SuburbanNoize
    ive sold a lot of gun stuff on there, mags, grips, and bought lots of stuff, a handgun, ammo... You have to be very vague in your add. Should look something like this


    Title: 45 for sale
    Body: Email for details.
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  • Henry0Reilly
    http://tippecanoe.craigslist.org/bar/408952451.html
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  • Rockatansky
    It's been that way since day one. Craig lives in SF and they probably just don't want and never wanted any legal repercussions.
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  • SuburbanNoize
    just a little factoid: Craigslist was originally a Male for Male networking site, it becam wildly popular in SF and the classifieds were added later.
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  • Rockatansky
    quote:Originally posted by SuburbanNoize
    just a little factoid: Craigslist was originally a Male for Male networking site, it becam wildly popular in SF and the classifieds were added later.


    That's interesting. Never heard of that.

    Another factoid: eBay owns 25% of CL.
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  • dolfan
    I see firearms and ammo listed frequently on the Miami CL.

    Most are vague, like suburban stated.
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  • Henry0Reilly
    quote:Originally posted by dolfan
    I see firearms and ammo listed frequently on the Miami CL.

    Most are vague, like suburban stated.


    Yeah, I was aware of several references to firearm listings at CL and I still think this addition to the "sporting goods" section is relatively new.
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