Quote Originally Posted by CanIScrapIt View Post
those dreaded 'curb alerts.' "If the post is still up, it’s still there!" BULL ****
People have good intentions, but Curb Alerts are really a terrible waste of resources...people's time, fuel, and heaven forbid somebody has an accident driving through an unfamiliar neighborhood. Not to mention the potential for problems upon arrival; curb alerts can lead to fights, and also can be used to lure people to bad situations.

I flag them. It's in the upper right hand corner of CL. It says PROHIBITED. I have no qualms about clicking that because curb alerts are not in line with the spirit of the CL community.

I once posted a curb alert myself, years ago. It kept getting flagged. I didn't know why, and I went through a lengthy learning process via the CL forums. Many avid CL forum users despise curb alerts, or anything that resembles a curb alert. I was told, "the Craigslist community has flags, and they don't hesitate to use them, especially for curb alerts." Now it takes a certain number of flags to kill a listing, but in the Free section, it doesn't take many.



So I say flag those curb alerts.