Freemium…what double speak! (6)
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Apr 29, 2026 7:33 AM UTCI put an add on Craigslist once for a 10 mile ride home. He decided we should go to his place and get high. It was a distance there and we got high then he got weird and left the room. Next thing I hear is the clicking of the breakers being flipped. Now I'm in total darkness in a place I don't know thinking about breaking a window to get out. He made a lot of noise in the dark but wouldn't respond to me. I blindly ran down a hallway to get to the door. There was snow on the ground and I had only one shoe but I left anyway. -
Apr 29, 2026 11:15 AM UTC
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I put an add on Craigslist once for a 10 mile ride home. He decided we should go to his place and get high. It was a distance there and we got high then he got weird and left the room. Next thing I hear is the clicking of the breakers being flipped. Now I'm in total darkness in a place I don't know thinking about breaking a window to get out. He made a lot of noise in the dark but wouldn't respond to me. I blindly ran down a hallway to get to the door. There was snow on the ground and I had only one shoe but I left anyway.
Now that’s wild! I never heard of anyone trying to hitchhike via Craigslist. And not to mention his weirdness killing any buzz you might’ve been trying to get. Set and setting, but the setting sounds like a nightmare.
I’d only read the Craigslist dating ads, I tried answering some of their jobs ads, but I don’t think I got more than a few interviews, but a whole lot of spam crowded into my email after that.
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Apr 29, 2026 12:18 PM UTCYeah I used to advertise for pnp sex parties on Craigslist and had a lot of people show up. Nothing around today really is like it cause so many people read it. I get on here and there is hardly anyone from Joplin on here. I met a lot of bizarre people too. If you want to hear how that story ended up let me know. It's just kinda long and how I got home was just crazy
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Apr 30, 2026 7:47 AM UTC
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Yeah I used to advertise for pnp sex parties on Craigslist and had a lot of people show up. Nothing around today really is like it cause so many people read it. I get on here and there is hardly anyone from Joplin on here. I met a lot of bizarre people too. If you want to hear how that story ended up let me know. It's just kinda long and how I got home was just crazy
Yeah, I wonder whatever happened to the Craigslist dating section? At least, I read the Rants and Raves section.
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May 6, 2026 7:54 PM UTCI remember wasting time on personal ads in the paper before wasting time on the internet.
People still ask for rides on craigslist.
Craigslist ended the mingling because of lawsuits, yet mingling continues through these various sites with no better results.
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I’d love to hear from anyone who’s experienced these older ways, including personal ads in the paper or actual pickup joints, as in singles bars designed just for that.