Craigslist

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I'll say!

How can Craigslist no longer have personals but Doublelist can?

Was so easy to find someone to fuck with.

I only nib-shitted on CL, being from a small town/area. I was impressed with the number of men self identifying as heterosexual married yet trolling for anon dick and ass.

I liked using it for a while but after a few tries there would always be some pissy queen on there that flagged everyone's posts. No use in trying.

It’s been gone a long time, Definietly missed and unreplaceable.

There was so much straight, married dick and ass on there, it was unreal.

I still miss it, definitely had the best men on there. Since is finished I have barely bothered with sex.

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Correct, R6. Craigslist was unique because it wasn't a "gay" site, like all the ones trying to take its place are. You were able to hook up with a whole world of guys who you would never find on Grindr.

There was a law holding online hosts responsible for human trafficking on their sites. Craigslist, which is not run for profit, didn’t want to have to police personal ads, so it just stopped running them.

Craigslist was wonderful for hookups in SF. Best sex of my life (it helped that I was 20 years younger). I was introduced to my partner by "Uncle Craig". Together since 18 years.

Most of my hookups, beyond count, were from Craigslist. I will always remember it fondly.

Met my dealer on CL 10+ years ago. Continues to be a great, reliable relationship. Got beautiful dining room chairs that I still have.

The furniture dealers on CL could absolutely not be beat.

Huh R14? By "dealer" I assume you mean drugs. How does that get you dining room chairs?

I posted a missed connection for a guy I met at a club. We chatted before getting separated during last call.

He answered and we hung out for a few weeks before I realized he was INSANE

A sibling texted me years ago saying there was a Missed Connections post about me. It was a quasi-ex wondering if I was partnered. It was nicely written but embarrassing nonetheless since they used my name.

The hyper-local sex ads by heterosexuals became an 'Identify the Poster' game for some of us. There was a white guy who badly wanted a black woman to spank him and pinch his nipples. He posted about it weekly for years, with photos of his flabby hairy ass, and droopy tits with clothespins on his nipples, as an enticement. I looked at my neighbors as they walked their dogs, wondering who was defiling his wife's basement laundry room like that.

I had some great hookups on Craigslist. One bad one

I had so much fun sex from Craigslist, it was so easy and the guys were really into it. Was also good when traveling to smaller cities.

"Missed Connections" is now the spot on Craigslist where all of the hook-up stuff is listed. Same type of posts. I posted a number of things there and Never got responses.

Why is Doublelist such a bust? I've tried it several times and it's just like the guys are flaky, don't respond, etc. The guys on CL were down to FUCK and quickly.

True R22. The success rate was very high. But these were different times....when the guys were less anxious, picky, and paranoid and more relaxed and confident.

I quit once the fraus started posting their serena and Lilly outdoor furniture and builder basic light fixtures.

The Best of Craigslist was a hoot!

Yeah fun for years, a shame it got closed down. Wonder where all those married guys meet men now.

R26, in the UK it’s all gone to Fabguys. I meet married men all the time on it. I don’t know how well known it is in the US.

WTF is Craigslist?

Craigslist was only good for liars and closeted homos.

It’s a lie that it was filled with “straight” men. It was filled with closeted ugly gays pretending to be straight in order to attract more guys. Most of these “married” men were either hookers pretending to be straight in order to do less work for more money or ugly guys who were closeted or needed lies to get laid. Most of them would hope that by the time you noticed how pathetic they were you’d just stick around not wanting to waste a whole trip.

So it was only good for delusional closeted men or ugly men who wanted quick sex w indiscriminate partners.

[quote]Did you use it to find hookups back in the day?

Yes, until they stopped carrying personals.

[quote]Do you still check it?

Not for personals or hookups.

[quote]Have you ever posted a Missed Connections ad?

Yes, years ago.

[quote]If yes, did the right person ever reply?

No, not once.

Former law enforcement here.

The downfall of Craigslist may have been prostitution (women). I remember a couple of stings involving Craigslist ads.

The downfall of Craiglist was FOSTA-SESTA, and overreach by the Trump administration, but it's so totally on brand for "former law enforcement" to blame sex workers.

FOSTA-SESTA:

Doublelist would be much better if it had a gallery feature.

r34 Doublelist would be better if they got rid of the personal account. That't too many hoops for closest cases.

I finally had a good DL hookup FINALLY the other day that reminded me of CL. He is a straight presenting Mexican guy that works at Loews who likes plump asses. He asked me to wear a g-string and he rimmed for until I was begging him to fuck me, which he did, with a condom. No kissing, no small talk. It was a nice stroll down memory fuck lane!

My understanding is that if having sex is like going to the bathroom for you, Craigslist was great.

R35 is correct.

Doublelist makes you restister With a phone number, of course most straight men wouldn’t want to risk using it. They liked the complete anonymity of craigslist and the fact that they could easily use fake email accounts without any login.

Yeah doublelist also requires a callback number. Craigslist was easier for men to check and respond to discreetly.

Also, Craigslist had the veneer of being an online classifieds section for things other than sex. Doublelist is known as sex meetup site, and not nearly as wide read as Craigslist.

I think some closeted/married guys moved over to FetLife.

R41 is right in the money. Straight men for years looked at Craigslist for things like buying a used car, job listings, or power tools. They could sneak a peek at the m4m section without needing to go to a hookup website at all.

Craigslist was a blast and is sorely missed. Doublelist is mostly terrible, at least in my metro area; Sniffies is much more like old school cruising with tech and anonymity making it better to me, than DL.

Wish it would come back. Traveling businessmen were the best.

I remember the morning I tried to log on and couldn't. I couldn't believe it then and I still can't.....

Yes I have but I prefer Grindr

There was a lot of hot bi and "str8" cock on there.

Just checked Missed Connections in NYC and nothing M4M or sex related

R47 and r49 - I often wonder where the married and straight NYC hotel visitors find guys nowadays. They used to be all over CL. And as earlier posters have said, the gay apps aren’t going to be touched by the really nervous straight guys.

^^^ Me too. where have they all gone??

I saw a news story this week about a sex trafficking gang operating in Westchester County and the Bronx. It said the accused madam advertised the females in online ads on bedpagedotcom and MegaPersonalsdotcom. I checked them out and saw both sites have 'men seeking men' sections just like old craigslist. It doesn't seem like they are really being used butr if word got out maybe hiorny guys might looking to hook up might start posting there.

The Doublelist in my flyover city is insane, 100s of posts, but mostly bottoms begging for cock.

Craigslist had good straight men traffic because it was used for like 20+ years as a place to find a job, rent an apartment, sell a tv. Straight men who used it over the years could click on the m4m if they were hungry for cock. It will never be the same with any other website unless Craigslist brings back their personals.

That's just for hookups. Where do you find genuine relationships?

Adding to watched threads.

There's a stealth DL thread on Craigslist.

[quote]Straight men who used it over the years could click on the m4m if they were hungry for cock.

You mean if they wanted to find bottoms hungry for their cocks, silly! 🤪