Review – Craigslist Dating
For those of you not familiar with Craigslist, here’s a quick run down. It’s basically pre-ebay online selling. E-classified if you will. As such there is a personals section. Now although most of these are for “NSA” (No Strings Attached) encounters but you can often meet a lot of interesting new people by putting ads up on this site especially for women who seem to have a lot of respondents. Within one day of putting my ad up on Craigslist Melbourne I had over 20 different replies and at least 3 viable respondents I would look at talking to further.
Before I get into pros and cons of this site I should categorize the four main types of respondents you will most likely get to any relationship ad. Please click pictures to see full size.
1. The Creepy Creeperton
Ok so the first type of respondent to any Craigslist ad is the creepy guy. The creepiness could be anything from vividly describing everything they want to do with you, the life he wants to build with you and every deep dark secret he has, he develops crushes way too quickly and you have a sinking suspicion he has an ulterior motive.
And sometimes they have seen previous posts or you’ve answered theirs and they get a little clingy….
2. The Crazed Sex Maniac
This person takes many forms, from casually slipping sex into the email and hoping you don’t notice……
To the married guy hoping to get something on the side…..
Sometimes they tell you in vivid detail what they want but I will spare you that picture…
3. Genuine Replies
Sometimes, just sometimes you will get a guy that has a genuine reply, sometimes they are a bit old or there’s something else you don’t like but you have to gie them credit for replying.
PROS:
It is free
It’s local so you can choose where you want to post it
You meet a lot of interesting people
Fast turn around on replies
Anonymous unless you reply
Cons
You get a lot of creeps
You have to sift through a lot of replies
If you reply you have to give them your email address (though you could make an account specifically for this purpose)
You sometimes get scammers
Overall Rating: 3/5
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