Has anyone here posted an ad there, in the dating section? I was looking through the ads last night and noticed there are some seemingly normal requests there.

If you did post one, did you get much "real" response?

I answered a few adds there when I first went on-line.

I met 3 men from there. I dated one of them for almost 6 months. We're friends now.

You always hear such stigma attached to it. The ads I looked at seemed just like things you hear from mingle. There was one I was wanting to reply to......maybe I will.

Heather,

I read them for a month or so. I figured out which ones were the good ones and which were the flakes.

Good luck!

Found some nice escorts on there

They held a trial for the Craigslist murderer at the same court house at the same time as my divorce!

Yikes!
Yeah, that stuff does scare me a bit.

Silly man. I'm not paying for a date!!!..

And here i thought all the news crews were there for my divorce

HA! It's always about you isn't it?.....

Maybe I'll not respond after all......that creepy stuff...hmmmmmm, I dunno.

News reports awhile ago seem to advise against it...it apparently is being used for some pretty unscrupulous stuff by some dangerous people ... luring victim kind of stuff ...

Not sure how many states were involved ...

Just be smart

I've never gone into their personal/dating ads on there, I just attempted to post an ad on there for a friend who wanted to find a good home for her dog...what a nightmare... After about 8 attempts to get a simple ad posted I just gave up.

The bad news that I've heard about were prostitutes looking for business.
You could answer a mans post/ad without posting one of your own.

There is nothing normal about craigslist; this certainly applies to making new "friendships".
However, the craigslist "friend-search" experience may be far more positive for a woman than for that of a man. You won't have to write each response off from the get-go...you'll actually get to have a face-to-face first...
If you're a man, your inbox will be stuffed with countless msgs from obvious prostitutes/crack-hos...>delete< >delete< >delete<!!!
If you're a woman posting on craigslist, get an appealing response, agree to meet at a popular restaurant which would generate lots of witnesses in the event you disappeared, arrive in separate cars and park in a conspicuous area (for Gods' sake, not BEHIND the restaurant near the dumpster!) always keep your pepper spray at the ready, let him pull off first after lunch, THEN ensure he isn't following you...
...then yes, you MAY NOT wind up floating face-down in some body of water somewhere. Scared YET??? Good, you may yet survive the experience.
You should meet the guy like this around ten times, just to be sure.
You'll get far more than you bargained for on craigslist.
However, it is very useful for finding stuff to buy (legal, that is)!

Be very wary of Craigslist.
Every predator with a brain cell creeps around in there.

I like reading the ads for a good laugh, but not sure I would ever contact one of them.

I agree.
I think if you are very, very careful it would be ok, the best thing is that they would be from your community not all the way across the country.

I would have never ever thought to check out Craigslist for a man, or a date.. orr aaaaaa french hornn... orr a ummm... set of tea cups..


Even the job listings are shady.

Yea me too

The place creeps me out!!