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Sceire - i find your reaction to CL hilarious. its just online classifieds. you act like its a forum for degenerates.

Posted by Guy (aka lostatlimbo) Jul 22 '09, 14:38

no different than the Nickel Ads, just more robust, up-to-date and with photos.

we have at least a dozen employees here that responded to our job postings on CL.

it is the first place (though not the only place) I would look for a job.

every house i have lived in over the past 10 years has been found on CL.

i own furniture found on CL. as well as instruments, gifts, etc etc etc.

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I agree with Guy on this. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 14:45
*shrug* whatever. - Stephen Jul 22, 14:43 40
- I think your understanding of the usage of craigslist is wrong........ - ty97 Jul 22, 14:51
- I've hired our last 2 nannies through Craigslist. -- nm - pmb Jul 22, 14:51 3
  - Discussion over. Admit you don't know what you're talking about, Sceire. -- nm - mara Jul 22, 14:53
  - ^^ known degenerate. -- nm - b. Jul 22, 14:53
  - How do they hide the track marks on your kids' arms? nm - Dignan Jul 22, 14:52
- In this tough economy, it would be foolish to shun CL for the reasons you state. Esp for Stacey, which is the origin of this topic. -- nm - con_carne Jul 22, 14:49
- i don't use it myself, but i know good people who do for above-board purposes. - b. Jul 22, 14:49 7
  - nmbeveryone - Stephen Jul 22, 14:58 2
    - i'm done. -- nm - b. Jul 22, 15:00
    - I'm not offended, I just find your view of the site laughably inaccurate. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 14:59
  - and craigslist as a site has a very good, efficient system for eliminating a lot of the fraudulent, exploitive, or otherwise 'unclean' stuff - Guy Jul 22, 14:50 3
    - this is true. the degenerates keep to their own little holes there. - znufrii Jul 22, 14:51 2
      - so to speak -- nm - ty97 Jul 22, 14:52
      - *sets down joke road flares* -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 14:52
- degenerates like "veterinary assistant", "property manager", or "network engineer"? (three job titles I grabbed from SF CL posted today) - Reagen Jul 22, 14:47 1
  - SF? I think that 'veterinary assistant' is code for stage manager at a donkey show. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 22, 14:52
- i disagree - i don't think it's 'largely known as a forum for degnerates" - everyone i know uses it. to promote a service (pet sitting, etc), buy - Andie Jul 22, 14:45 23
  - Only me? woohoo! - Stephen Jul 22, 14:47 2
    - i wouldn't say only you, but it's only you here. - b. Jul 22, 14:52
    - when was the last time you visited CL? Have you ever? -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 14:48
  - agreed, I'm the freak for not using it. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 14:46
  - Granted, sell electronics = those I ripped out of car dashes...but still. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 22, 14:46 18
    - just out of curiousity - if you wanted to get rid of some crap, but not enough for a garage sale, would you actually run an ad in the newspaper? -- nm - Guy Jul 22, 14:47 2
      - Hell no. I've used CL. I just am in joke mode. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 22, 14:48 1
        
        oh. heh. carry on then. :) -- nm - Guy Jul 22, 14:49
    - you guys seriously don't understand craigslist (which is fine, whatever.) -- nm - Andie Jul 22, 14:46 14
      - I'm kidding with all this. I didn't realize CL was so heavy in jobs, but at the same point, I'd use whatever I could - Will Hunting Jul 22, 14:49
      - they both sound like crotchety old men talking about that degenerate rock and roll music. haha -- nm - Guy Jul 22, 14:47 12
        
        like the people who refuse to join FB? -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 14:47 11
        
        ahem. -- nm - b. Jul 22, 14:50 1
        
        I'm just teasing. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 14:52
        
        much more so, because craigslist has a very useful purpose whereas FB is more of fun and entertainment -- nm - Guy Jul 22, 14:48 8
        
        it's getting to be a must for networking. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 14:52 6
        
        alot of companies ban it so I coubt you mean work networking -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 14:55 3
        
        i read a story the other week that some companies who had banned it have subsequently reinstated access due to business uses. - b. Jul 22, 14:57 1
        
        here it is. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 22, 14:59
        
        I do mean work networking. it depends what business you're in. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 14:57
        
        fair point - it has its usefuleness as well, but not in the general purpose sense that CL does -- nm - Guy Jul 22, 14:54 1
        
        it's not exactly the same, that's why it's an *analogy*. -- nm - loosilu Jul 22, 14:55
        
        FB is quite big in journalism circles as a way of finding contacts. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 14:49
Yeah, I'm pretty offended. I thought this place was the forum for degenerates. -- nm - Qale Jul 22, 14:43 2
- ST is for sexual deviants - Pippy Loves Scotty Jul 22, 14:43 1
  - ST is nothing if not repetetively sexually deviant. -- nm - mara Jul 22, 14:50
for the job I have now, I was basically monitoring four sources full-time - Beryllium Jul 22, 14:40

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Sceire - i find your reaction to CL hilarious. its just online classifieds. you act like its a forum for degenerates.

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