The official changes and legal wrangling originally reported here, with updates; now we have the brand new funky face of Craigslist’s (now discontinued) Erotic Services section. More creative, less imagery, and looks a lot less safe. Snip:
Craigslist may have officially shut down its Erotic Services section in favor of a less prostitution-friendly “Adult” area, but what prostitution did exist on the site is still alive and well. Not only that, but the changes may have made the world’s oldest profession a little more dangerous for working girls, at least according to those who do business on the site.
The Erotic Services section used to be rife with listings containing nude or semi-nude pics and explicit descriptions of the available services. To those who have ever seen it—or the back of practically any local magazine over the last several decades—it’s obvious that these listings ultimately amount to the exchange of money for sexual gratification. The new “adult” section (link NSFW) barely changes this. Instead of $5 to make an Erotic Services listing, those who provide adult “services” now must pay $10 and have each post reviewed by a Craigslist moderator before it’s posted to the site.
A quick browse through the adult section in the Chicago area shows that prostitution listings are still widely available, just with more vague, toned-down language and PG-13 images. The ladies (and men, when you can find them) who post listings here are still trying to play by the new rules… (…read more, arstechnica.com)
Image by Richard Kadrey.
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