Craigs list... no more "erotic" section?

[Guest S**r***e]

So it looks like the Erotic and Adult section of CL is gone for Ottawa. Anyone else notice this?

[Megan'sTouch 23875]

WHOA! :shock:

[Platypus 104]

Hi Sixernine I checked and yep, it's been removed from the front page. You can still access via /ers, but I'm guessing that will be gone too in a couple of days. Kind of like a circus leaving town for the last time... Met some interesting people on there, but overall not really worth the risk.

Platypus

[Guest ba**a*****00]

Am I crazy, or is there no longer an "erotic" section on NB Craigs list?

[PistolPete 61421]

Just googled it...and so is Toronto..Calgary..Vancouver

[tantric 350]

it will probably be in the paper Saturday, I never heard that this was going to happen.

[Megan'sTouch 23875]

So the politicians really think this is going to stop human trafficking?

[LuxeMulvari 65764]

ya i went to post my add its gone in ottawa too.

[Guest *D E**a]

I can't access it either...cries..it is forever gone?

[goose2ca 458]

Actually it is still there, but the link is off the CL main page. If you google it, or go back in your browser history you can get to it. You could bookmark it and get back to it that way.

[Boomer 33202]

Can still get there at http://ottawa.en............ca/ers/ but it's not being updated

[Capital Hunter 18263]

That is true, but the last ad was posted at 7:57 pm, almost an hour ago. Likely no more ads can be placed in this section and since it is not limited to Ottawa likely it is a coordinated action by CL admin.

[bigteddybear4u 162]

it seems to be missing from Halifax as well

[Megan'sTouch 23875]

I followed the bookmark, and you cannot post. The last entry was from 2:32pm today. It's over.

[Guest *D E**a]

I tried to post and it goes to 404

[Juice 2105]

How typically stupid of the government to pick on CL -- how many other websites advertise SPs?? As if anything will be solved

[spud271 47779]

I am not surprised this has happend at all. The Canadian Government has placed a huge amount of pressure on CL to remove the erotic section for some time. They were bound to cave from it eventually.

[bangminton 145]

I have had many fond memories of CL Erotics, going back a few years. It may not be for everyone but it sure did its job. I hope other sites will step up to fill the void.

[bounty40 100]

I had a browser tab open to it for hours, refreshing every now and then and there were no updated since after 7pm tonight. I switched to the main page it was gone. So is the adult gigs section as well.

 

Will they get ride of casual encounter too because anyone can post there just as easily? Of course as was stated there are so many other places to post. Like the deliciously sexy ladies here on CERB!! :)

[Capital Hunter 18263]

Even the brower history is gone now. I can't see the past ads anymore!!. In my view the ads will be just shifted to other sites in time.

[Rachelle Reigns 4828]

Try Backpage girls OR the casual encounters on CL..we knew this was coming I thought it was dec 1st....

 

I basically only use it when in K-town, so I''m not too upset BUT I know many girls that make their living off of it!

 

Again backpage girls....

[Cowboy kenny 50799]

Yes it's gone. However the problem of underaged and trafficked women still remains. Which was the root of the problem. There will be other options for massage attendants and service providers to advertise, give it time. Meanwhile sites like cerb will hopefully thrive with more traffic for quality providers while the traffickers, scum and fakers fade away.

[JoyfulC 132299]

I think the problem was that cl took a totally "hands-off" community moderated strategy. This played into the hands of criminals & fraudsters, and was often used against legit advertisers. I advertised with them and will now need to find an alternative to their convenient "enroute" advertising that worked so well for me. But overall, I'd rather see our advertising handled by responsible professionals. I never paid a cent for my cl ads, but they took their toll on me in so many other ways.

[kingBong 93]

They are arguing that CL is a place for human trafficking. I don't know if this is true. I have never come accross some form of human trafficking in CL.

[mod 135639]

http://ottawa.en.craigslist.ca/ers/ Looks like it's gone? Am I jumping the gun?

 

I have removed craigslist from the censor as I can't find the erotic ads area any longer.