96Bounder30E
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Just a little insight into Craig's list flagging policies.....
This is an exert from the article linked below......
The slight delays in cognitive processing that these haiku cause are valuable. They open a space for reflection, during which you can rethink your need for service. But haiku can't solve everything. Supporting the poems are tens of thousands of users who are willing to devote two or three seconds of time to flag inappropriate ads or forum posts. Too many flags on an advertisement and it will vanish. The staff can lower the number of flags required to vaporize an ad if they want to clean out an especially polluted category, and they can raise the threshold if people grow flag-happy. Users whose listings are flagged off the site get no hint as to what they may have done to attract ire. Instead, they are directed to the "flag help" forum, where pseudonymous volunteers will offer an educated guess while having some fun at their expense. Last spring a baffled user posted a query about why her ferrets-for-sale ad disappeared. Within 60 seconds there was this reply: "Train the ferrets to read the terms of use. Maybe they can help you out next time. Pet sales are prohibited on this site."
An ad can be flagged off the site for any reason. Reject too many people for a job opening and they may flag your ad in spite every time they see it—and every new ad you post, too. Describe yourself as incredibly handsome and cynical date-seekers may flag you as a favor to the innocent. The claim that craigslist, used by millions of strangers, is somehow a democracy begins to be believable exactly here, in the crotchets, irritations, prejudices, and minor forms of harassment that characterize life in a small town where any proposal you make is subject to the judgment of everybody.
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/thewe........gazine/17-09/ff_craigslist?currentPage=1
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bucky
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It's your wife or husband. They don't want a DP, and have enlisted the neighbors to help.
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a1coolmom
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Never start with "DO NOT FLAG"!! It will be flagged almost immediately. Seems most folks think "if it was flagged once, it most need to be again!" Wait 48 hours to repost if you have been flagged. And just for the record, the RV section is for selling, not buying. If you are looking to purchase any item it technically should be listed in "Wanted". There is a "flag help" section in the discussion forums but beware it tends to be answered by smug, arrogant people with too much time on their hands! Trust me, I know this from my experiences. CL's is a great tool but sometimes it can drive you bonkers~
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Dutch_12078
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msmith1199 wrote:Dutch_12078 wrote:Try just using "DP" instead of spelling it out. Those that have one will know what it means, and it might get you around some overly paranoid person or filter that's choking on the word "pusher". Stranger things have happened on CraigsList.
"DP" may get flagged faster than the word pusher. DP is something you may find on the adult side of the website. I won't go into detail but it doesn't always mean Diesel Pusher.
Ok, never having perused that side of CraigsList, I had no idea...
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msmith1199
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I've been a cop a long time so my brain is just filled with these useless little tidbits of information. If you ever search Google for a DP, becareful of the links you click on, you may see something you don't want to see.
2004 National Tropi-Cal T-350, Class A, Triple slide, 330 HP Cat DP.
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Les Curren
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a1coolmom,
Have you checked Craigslist recently? They have changed their rules.
About two weeks ago they made most of their categories "for sale/wanted". And your right about their help section it is a total joke.
This lack of attention by Craigslist people will eventually lead to their removal from the internet. The number of criminal acts connected to Craigslist is attracting the attention of law enforcement and AG offices in different states throughout the country.
There defense so far is "we are not responsible for the acts of others" If that was true, try inciting a riot and see who goes to jail.
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Matthew_B
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Les Curren wrote:There defense so far is "we are not responsible for the acts of others" If that was true, try inciting a riot and see who goes to jail.
They're not inciting a riot.
They may be standing around when someone starts a riot on their property...
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Dutch_12078
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msmith1199 wrote:
I've been a cop a long time so my brain is just filled with these useless little tidbits of information. If you ever search Google for a DP, becareful of the links you click on, you may see something you don't want to see.
Ok, I tried Googling on "DP", and now I'm sorry I did... 
Dutch
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sprint99
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bucky wrote:and have enlisted the neighbors to help.
Not sure I'd want our neighbors to be part of a DP. Then again, who knows what goes on around here when I am gone.
Well, hope the Craigslist situation works out and you find that dream diesel pusher your looking for.
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a1coolmom
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Les, thanks for the heads up about the selling/wanted change. That makes much more sense than the way "wanted" items were listed together previously.
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