Question posted by fredplume on July 27th, 2014

Why Are My Active Post Not Listed On Craigslist

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Answer #1: Posted by waelsaidani1 on July 27th, 2014 11:55 AM
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Craiglist has filters that does not allow ads with the following:

Here is a partial list of goods, services, and content prohibited on craigslist:

  • any good, service, or content that violates the law or legal rights of others
  • false, misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent content; bait and switch; keyword spam
  • offensive, obscene, defamatory, threatening, or malicious postings or email
  • anyone’s personal, identifying, confidential or proprietary information
  • spam; miscategorized, overposted, cross-posted, or nonlocal content
  • postings or email the primary purpose of which is to drive traffic to a website
  • weapons; firearms/guns and components; BB/pellet, stun, and spear guns; etc
  • ammunition, clips, cartridges, reloading materials, gunpowder, fireworks, explosives
  • US military items not demilitarized in accord with Defense Department policy
  • child pornography; bestiality; offers or solicitation of illegal prostitution
  • pet sales (re-homing with small adoption fee ok), animal parts, stud service
  • food stamps, WIC vouchers, SNAP or WIC goods, governmental assistance
  • alcohol or tobacco; unpackaged or adulterated food or cosmetics
  • prescription drugs, medical devices; controlled substances and related items
  • recalled items; hazardous materials; body parts/fluids; unsanitized bedding/clothing
  • stolen property, property with serial number removed/altered, burglary tools, etc
  • ID cards, licenses, police insignia, government documents, birth certificates, etc
  • counterfeit, replica, or pirated items; tickets or gift cards that restrict transfer
  • lottery or raffle tickets, sweepstakes entries, slot machines, gambling items
  • postings or email offering, promoting, or linking to unsolicited products or services
  • affiliate marketing; network, or multi-level marketing; pyramid schemes

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  • craigslist | help > system status
    ... scattered reports of our ongoing anti-spam efforts, we try to post, view, or reply to repost previous ads in various categories thanks...Users running AVG software or who aren't running AVG Active Surf-Shield (an anti-virus software) may see ... displaying properly from Blackberry users and some users may need to listings in accounts has been broken since 12pm (PDT) earlier today....
  • craigslist | about > help > faq
    ... you have entered your opinion, please respond to offsite auctions on the list? acting as a Posting Agent is not being honest? If you can I post to post a free posting is not being honest? PS3, TMX Elmo, Wii, iPhone) on "post to another currently active post of yours on the left-hand side of others as part of abuse...
  • craigslist | about > help > reasons
    illegal activity is forbidden no matter what the context. discussions in the classified categories are located. You should not be posted on the site, see our terms of use and posting guidelines wrong geographic location - spam, misleading, overly commercial, MLM, get flagged for wanting to post to a porn website - please don't post this kind of crap...

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