Craigslist is a classified advertisements website that started as a local newsletter in San Francisco and now hosts listings for over 450 cities worldwide. It allows users to post classified ads in categories like housing, jobs, items for sale, services, and personals. Each Craigslist site focuses on a specific community and is largely moderated by community members themselves. While it started as a personal project, Craigslist incorporated in 1999 and continues operating as a for-profit company. One challenge is preventing scam artists, like buyers who overpay for items. Craigslist states it will work with authorities on illegal activity and can remove users who violate its terms of use.

1. How Craigslist Works
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2. Introduction to How Craigslist Works
● Craigslist.org, originally a San Francisco
Community electronic newsletter, is now one
of the most visited English language Web
sites, with local classifieds for more than
450cities worldwide.
● The site's main function is to host claddified
ads that cover practically every category you
can think of, including housing, job postings,
items for sale,services and personals.

3. The Craigslist Network
● Each craigslist site focuses on a specific
community. Originally, craigslist only listed
classifieds and announcements within San
Francisco.
● Becouse community members largely
moderate the sites, craigslist employees can
focus their attention on coordinating
transactions for job and housingposts,
helping members troubleshoot problems and
responding to reports of abuse orillegal
behavior

4. Craigslist Financials
● Craigslist started as a pet project but
blossomed into a full-fledged company.
● In1999, craigslist intocoporated as a for-
profit organization.
● The company also purchased the domain
craigslist.com to prevent anone from buying
it and misleading craigslist members.

5. Craigslist Controversy
● One of the biggest challenges for the
craigslist community is weeding out scam
artists.
● One scam that has popped up in several
craigslist communities involves a buyer
overpaying for an item.
● The teams of use on craigslist make it clear
that the site has nothing to do with
thecontent users post, that it will work with
authorities cases involving illegal activity and
that violating the site's terms can result in

6. Craigslist's terms of use include a
long list
● Abusive unlawful, discriminatory, harmful,
harassing, defamatory or libelous language
● Post that reveal someone else's private
information
● Job posts that violate Equal Employment
Opportunity laws
● Housing posts that violate the Fair Housing
Act
● Scam ads