Stupid is as stupid does
Posted on September 10, 2006
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Sex Baiting Prank on Craigslist Affects Hundreds
Recently, a blogger named Simon Owens ran a social experiment on Craigslist. He wandered into the “Casual Encounters” section of the personal ads where countless men and women were soliticing for no-strings-attached sex and wondered, Is it really that easy? As a test, he composed several ads with different permutations of assumed identity and sexual orientation: straight/bi men/women looking for the opposite/same sex. He then posted it to New York, Chicago, and Houston, and tallied the results.
Overwhelmingly and instantly, the ads from the fake women looking for male partners were inundated with responses, sometimes several per minute. All the other ads received lukewarm responses, at best. These results weren’t surprising, but some of the observations were… Many of these men used their real names and included personally identifiable information, including work email addresses and home phone numbers. Several admitted they were married and cheating on their spouses. Many included photos, often nude.
His first conclusion was very reasonable: “If a really malicious person wanted to get on craigslist and ruin a lot of people’s lives, he easily could.”
Naturally, someone did and I’m not providing the link!
The link above is safe for work but some of the links in the article refer you to NSFW, sexually explicit images of naked men. You have been warned!
I’ve no comment except to say, men are sooo stupid and Only in America.
P.S. I like Craigslist for it’s best of. But before you click on that link…here’s the disclaimer:
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If you’ve gotten this far and you’re offended, tough, because I warned you already!
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