Craigslist S.

For a long time, apparently, Craigslist has had problems with replying to ads. My problems just started several weeks ago.

They have locked down their forums, however (my email address is apparently not good enough for them), and so, I can't echo other people who have also been recently locked out of replying.

People, if you want to post something, please put the contact info in the body of the post.

The blame for this problem has been laid on the innocent users, with comments in the forum blaming users as abusers and that's why they are getting this mysterious "something went wrong" message. I am not an abuser or a scanner. In fact, I hardly ever use Craigslist.

In my investigations, I also read that users were being arbitrarily punished if they looked like they weren't local. This matched my experiments. With much struggle, I got another, distant internet address. I had the same error when I tried near my locale (with a distant internet protocol address) but the foreign local neighborhoods actually were reply-able (with the new address).

Since this problem has been an issue for so many years, and there is a pattern of blaming the victims, silencing the victims, and arbitrarily punishing random users who look out of line, I cannot recommend this website. To Craigslist, apparently, the users are not the customers or even the products, they are the enemy, to be fought and denied service to. This insane level of hostility to its customers should be enough to put Craigslist out of business.

If you are a lawyer, I encourage you to pursue legal action against Craigslist, for their discriminatory practices. If you were wronged by Craigslist, you should seek justice.

If you know of an alternative website, please use it instead.