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Craigslist Auto-Flagging when Posting?

by shockwave
6 replies
Wow, this is a first. But then again, I'm not a big user of CL.

I literally posted an ad, and then went to my email for the confirmation. When I clicked on the link that said the ad was live, the page said the ad had been flagged for removal!

I realize ads can be flagged, but that was literally within 2 seconds of posting the ad.

Has this happened to anyone else?
#autoflagging #craigslist #posting
  • Profile picture of the author Marvin Johnston
    It happened to me three times when I was posting an ad for a free activity I was putting on before I figured it out. In my case, they just didn't like or allow the link to a .com site.

    BTW, each time I reposted with a variation, they considered it a duplicate post.

    It normally takes a few minutes before the ad actually goes live. So my guess is you are doing something in your post that violates some written or unwritten guidelines.

    Marvin
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  • Profile picture of the author Arzak
    There's auto-flagging software people use.
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  • Profile picture of the author IMUniversity
    Theres some banning goin on craigslist it seems. Its happening to me as well Its not software
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    • Profile picture of the author TheConfidenceMan
      There's a new insta-flag filter which happens automatically when you post. It seems to be linked to the IP of the account. Once the acct is hit with it, the acct is toast.

      What IP are you guys using to post....

      home ISP, proxies, what?...
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      • Profile picture of the author IMUniversity
        Originally Posted by TheConfidenceMan View Post

        There's a new insta-flag filter which happens automatically when you post. It seems to be linked to the IP of the account. Once the acct is hit with it, the acct is toast.

        What IP are you guys using to post....

        home ISP, proxies, what?...
        Been doing business IPS, VPS, VPN, proxies.. so do you think they do a perma ip ban?

        If the acct is hit with it, can you make a new acct?
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        • Profile picture of the author chizel21
          anyone having any luck around this? 70-80% of all my ads are getting autoflagged
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          waiting till i get a feel for everything here before I enter a witty signature....
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