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ladyofthemansion

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Re: Backpage and Cracker general discussion
« Reply #435 on: 04 May 2018, 07:04:13 pm »
You won’t be able to do chargeback on the bitcoins but if you paid Cracker directly with card for funds before Viva withdrew then you are entitled to do a chargeback.
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Re: Backpage and Cracker general discussion
« Reply #436 on: 04 May 2018, 08:58:57 pm »
You won’t be able to do chargeback on the bitcoins but if you paid Cracker directly with card for funds before Viva withdrew then you are entitled to do a chargeback.

I did use cracker directly before they removed the card payment system. I give it a try but seems months back.

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Re: Backpage and Cracker general discussion
« Reply #437 on: 05 May 2018, 12:18:06 pm »
WOW! and now craigslist "therapeutic section" in europe has been removed too!!

WTF is goin on??  ???

now people post those ads in other sections of  "Services"...
I tried CL in the past and to me it is not good (I am not UK based).
Might the removing be related to sesta/fosta and/or the new European laws on privacy?

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Re: Backpage and Cracker general discussion
« Reply #438 on: 05 May 2018, 12:47:35 pm »
now people post those ads in other sections of  "Services"...
I tried CL in the past and to me it is not good (I am not UK based).
Might the removing be related to sesta/fosta and/or the new European laws on privacy?

The new EU laws on privacy have nothing to do with FOSTA, in fact they're the total opposite. Why would CL remove a  full section that offers services that 1) are perfectly legal in europe and 2) doesn't make the directory liable for it's content (thanks to EU law) I have no idea. Me thinks it has more to do with protecting CL as a brand. You have to remember that nowadays CL are getting all their money from the US paid sections: real state section in the big cities, plus car ads, plus the employments section. Whe're talking thousands of daily ads at 25 dollar per ad. That's almost 125000 US dollars a day in profit. the therapeutic section in Europe was free (so no income from there) and it had the potential of hurting their brand so they got rid of it. Makes sense to me.

The good ol days where you could sell a pram and a blowjob in the same directory are long gone. Times are changing, laws are changing and we just need to adapt. :)
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ladyofthemansion

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Re: Backpage and Cracker general discussion
« Reply #439 on: 05 May 2018, 01:00:29 pm »
The ladies have moved to the beauty section in Craigslist lol.
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Re: Backpage and Cracker general discussion
« Reply #440 on: 05 May 2018, 02:11:40 pm »
The new EU laws on privacy have nothing to do with FOSTA, in fact they're the total opposite. Why would CL remove a  full section that offers services that 1) are perfectly legal in europe and 2) doesn't make the directory liable for it's content (thanks to EU law) I have no idea. Me thinks it has more to do with protecting CL as a brand. You have to remember that nowadays CL are getting all their money from the US paid sections: real state section in the big cities, plus car ads, plus the employments section. Whe're talking thousands of daily ads at 25 dollar per ad. That's almost 125000 US dollars a day in profit. the therapeutic section in Europe was free (so no income from there) and it had the potential of hurting their brand so they got rid of it. Makes sense to me.

The good ol days where you could sell a pram and a blowjob in the same directory are long gone. Times are changing, laws are changing and we just need to adapt. :)

Hi Ana, many thanks for your explanation. I also agree that CL wants to protect its brand...
Concerning privacy: in my opinion, CL has its own approach when it treats sensible data... but I do not want to derail from the thread so I stop here  :) xx

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Re: Backpage and Cracker general discussion
« Reply #441 on: 05 May 2018, 02:13:25 pm »
The ladies have moved to the beauty section in Craigslist lol.

also small biz ads lol

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Re: Backpage and Cracker general discussion
« Reply #442 on: 05 May 2018, 03:13:20 pm »
Hi Ana, many thanks for your explanation. I also agree that CL wants to protect its brand...
Concerning privacy: in my opinion, CL has its own approach when it treats sensible data...

Yes, and they're probably making money from that too (but like you said I won;t get into it as to not derail from the topic) ???
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Re: Backpage and Cracker general discussion
« Reply #443 on: 05 May 2018, 03:16:29 pm »
also small biz ads lol

yes, and if they continue eliminating sections they'll be left with no directory  ;D
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Re: Backpage and Cracker general discussion
« Reply #444 on: 16 May 2018, 07:04:32 pm »
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Re: Backpage and Cracker general discussion
« Reply #445 on: 16 May 2018, 08:25:03 pm »
...The reason I'm writing it on the Backpage thread is that we're seeing what has been happening after SESTA/ FOSTA.
It impacted badly safety and livelihood of those in the USA.

If you lost your income after closing down of Backpage, consider taking action and sending an email...

Exactly.  I still can't get over what has happened to BP. 

In the thread that you have linked, it says that proponents of the Nordic model are sending in as many submissions in response to the inquiry as possible.  The more of US fighting back, then, the better, I say.  (I have sent in a submission).

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Re: Backpage and Cracker general discussion
« Reply #446 on: 16 May 2018, 09:42:47 pm »
Thanks for the reminder, I will send mine in too

ladyofthemansion

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Re: Backpage and Cracker general discussion
« Reply #447 on: 30 September 2018, 08:37:56 am »
Yesbackpages now on Google page 1 for New Jersey. May only be a matter of time before it takes off here.
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