Human Verification Is A Mechanism To Prevent Spamming On Craigslist

HUMAN VERIFICATION IS A MECHANISM TO PREVENT SPAMMING ON CRAIGSLIST Is this legitimate ? What does this mean ?

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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on June 24th, 2012 6:39 PM

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Yes, it's legitimate. It means that by requiring you to complete the Capcha challenge Craigslist is preventing submission by spamming robots.

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