This guy is always top posting on my local craigslist.

[JBM1976]

http://harrisburg.craigslist.org/ele/1544777191.html

To me it looks like nothing that great, and every day or two he removes his listing and repost it on the top.

 

[jsixis]

have to admire the storage

 

[fenacious]

Whole lotta nothing there.

 

[Bob Clobber]

Happens here, too. This guy's been trying to get his $49 for months.

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/ele/1542328170.html

 

[Sam Cogley]

No price, and posting all the time - flag it for overposting.

 

[JBM1976]

beleave me I have flagged it. also people in my area post free scrape metal hauling under the free area and I keep flagging that also.

 

[SoCal Sam]

Flag away!

 

[AnalogDigit]

Nothing really spectacular. Lot of old receivers with digital tuners. I see a Pioneer SX-60 receiver in there. It's a good receiver, but nothing worth getting excited over.

 

[geespot]

I have a stack in my basement but mine are DVD changers and tape decks.

 

[outlawmws]

If he's doing it every day, flag it; if it's every two or three days,

 

[Sam Cogley]

If he's doing it every day, flag it; if it's every two or three days,

Every two or three days is still well in excess of CL's rules for ad reposting.

 

[usedto]

Actually, according to what I read, if he deletes the original post, there's nothing wrong with re-posting.

 

[Urizen]

Actually, according to what I read, if he deletes the original post, there's nothing wrong with re-posting.

I just read the TOS, and this appears to be correct.

"v) post non-local or otherwise irrelevant Content, repeatedly post the
same or similar Content or otherwise impose an unreasonable or
disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;

w) post the same item or service in more than one classified category or
forum, or in more than one metropolitan area;"

 

[Sam Cogley]

I just read the TOS, and this appears to be correct.

"v) post non-local or otherwise irrelevant Content, repeatedly post the
same or similar Content or otherwise impose an unreasonable or
disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;

w) post the same item or service in more than one classified category or
forum, or in more than one metropolitan area;"

I don't see anything there about it being OK to post the same thing repeatedly if you delete the old posts.

http://www.craigslist.org/about/help/flags_and_community_moderation

spam/overpost - posted too frequently, in multiple cities/categories, or is too commercial

I remember seeing some specific time limits in the CL rules in the past, but they seem to have been removed.

 

[Urizen]

As I see it, if there's only one post remaining, it's not repetitive.

Then again, I see this as a violation:

"z) use any form of automated device or computer program ("flagging tool")
that enables the use of craigslist's "flagging system" or other community
moderation systems without each flag being manually entered by the person
that initiates the flag (an "automated flagging device"), or use the
flagging tool to remove posts of competitors, or to remove posts without a
good faith belief that the post being flagged violates these TOU;

 

[boreas]

No price, and posting all the time - flag it for overposting.

Yes, I think that violates the TOS.

John

 

[Sam Cogley]

Not listing a price is a violation of the TOS, too. The repetitiveness isn't the only problem.

 

[SPL db]

Looks like my local Goodwill stores. Wouldn't bother me any, I'd just pass his listing by and move on.

Scott

 

[RickB]

Or, how about a local here that thinks they have a jewel....this thing gets posted at least once a week....

A $5 turntable at best:

http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/ele/1545197981.html

 

[stereofanboy]

I tend to think the word otherwise in Urizen's post means that the problem with repetitiveness is the strain on the infrastructure. If the old post is gone, then there is room for a new one, right?