About a month ago we decided to foster kittens. This time of year, also known as kitten season, a lot of them end up getting put down. So we thought the least we could do is take in a few of the fuzzies and find them homes. I mean, there kittens. They’re cute. How hard could it be?

Enter Craigslist. EVERY post has been flagged. And flagging on Craigslist means your post is deleted. Anyone can do it. So I go to the CL Flagging Forum to get some guidance as to why and only end up more frustrated. Age of the kittens, re-homing fee too little, re-homing fee too much, verification of vetting, etc. The advise of the moderators is as random and arbitrary as the flagging. And there’s no documentation to back any true rules as to what you can and can’t do.

My only thought is that some type of functionality needs to be build into the flagging process that notifies the post creator as to WHY their post has been flagged & removed. Than at least we would be able to know if we’re breaking a CL rule. And any random, inconsistent flagging could be at least documented.

My apologies for the rant. But we really are frustrated. CL has been a great online resource for us and it suck to have to abandon it when it could be very helpful.