The way I see it is that they have been so prevelent in there spamm that only a moron would reply to one . If we all just stopped replying to them. Put a specific phrase request in the subject. Delete anything that says anything other than that phrase, then the spammers would not benefit period, and they would have to find another way to slime people, or better yet, forced to go out and get a REAL job. The only reason they exist is because people are stupid enough to reply to there crap. If you see a link they send to another site, delete the e-mail. If they request that you go to an age verification site, then delete that e-mail because those sites are scams, and they will suck your credit card dry if you give them that info. Nothing is "FREE" If users on Craigslist want to really combat these pathetic liars, then you just delete, delete, delete! Real people will give real answers and will NOT ask you to go to another site, so that is the best way to get rid of them. Ignore them,and they will go away. Do I support a fee to advertise on CL...IF it is another way to ad to the demise of the spammers then I say yes to that idea!
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The way I see it is that they have been so prevelent in there spamm that only a moron would reply to one . If we all just stopped replying to them. Put a specific phrase request in the subject. Delete anything that says anything other than that phrase, then the spammers would not benefit period, and they would have to find another way to slime people, or better yet, forced to go out and get a REAL job. The only reason they exist is because people are stupid enough to reply to there crap. If you see a link they send to another site, delete the e-mail. If they request that you go to an age verification site, then delete that e-mail because those sites are scams, and they will suck your credit card dry if you give them that info. Nothing is "FREE" If users on Craigslist want to really combat these pathetic liars, then you just delete, delete, delete! Real people will give real answers and will NOT ask you to go to another site, so that is the best way to get rid of them. Ignore them,and they will go away. Do I support a fee to advertise on CL...IF it is another way to ad to the demise of the spammers then I say yes to that idea!