Last time I was on Craigs List – there was such a thing called “Terms of Use” that addressed all of this and more – This is a vehicle by which individual parties post their own content, not the opinion or author by Craigs List
How did this even get this far? Does anyone know if they have an “electronic signature” feature for “I Accept” before you post anything?
If so, wouldn’t this have prevented this frivioulous case in the first place?
I dont see how this is frivilous. For years the multi million dollar industry of classified adds was dominated by newspapers.
Somehow politicians probably passed this anti-discrimination law back in the 60’s. It seems like it would only make sense that this law applied to Craigslist as well. Even though it is a very stupid law. Remember you can just sign your life away with one click of a mouse on a website, I dont care what the terms of use policy is.
In fact maybe now the strugling newspaper industry could get the law changed.
Either that, or you can bet some liberal minority from Chicago will push a law to go after Craigslist.
The difference is the newspaper knowingly prints the ads. On craig’s list there isn’t anyone who checks over ad’s before they are posted to determine if they are discriminatory or not.
And in response to the earlir question, no there is nothing you have to check saying you accept the terms of use, anyone can post anything. The only check I have seen is a button to report ad’s that you find discriminatory or offensive.
There really isnt any difference. Local papers could do the exact same thing as Cragislist. Just say oops, we fired most of the staff to save money and now no one looks over the adds. We do it just like c-list, except its on actual paper.
Its funny, they only have 30 workers, they really cut into the journalism industry, but instead we hold the papers to a higher standard.
No wonder they are going out of business.
Those are good jobs too, its sad.
What if I lie in a personal add and rip someone off, how come we cant sue the newspaper then? Because its not racist? What a stupid law from a by-gone era.
I don’t think the Fair Housing Act is a “stupid law from a bygone era.” If you haven’t been denied a place to live because of your race, religion, etc. count yourself lucky. Racism still goes on today and any person, place, or website knowingly or unknowingly promoting it should be ashamed. C-list should take a hint from the lawsuit & change its rules of use to combat such blatant racism.
In some situations, I think it would be interesting to know if a landlord or seller is racist. Then we would know who to avoid.
Americans should have a right to reveal themselves as @ssholes if they so desire.
Certainly numerous benefits have come from anti-discrimination laws. However, regarding advertising, more information (positive and negative) is better than less information. If you’re enough of an idiot to say in your ad “no minorities”, by all means, I think you should be able to do so.
How do retirement communities get around the “no kids” thing? Or do they?
Minorities? what qualifies as a minority these days anyway? I am a divorced, white, female with a child. In my general local area, I am a minority. In the entire country, maybe not so much.
If I owned a piece of property, I think I should be able to rent it to whoever the hell I want or DON’T want to. If I don’t want a black person or Hatian person or white person renting from me, they I feel that it is my right to say no, go find another place to live. Stereotypes still play a huge role in how we think even though most of us don’t admit it. I don’t think it is being racist or discriminatory, it’s my personal preference to rent to a certain catagory of person. Maybe I only want single parents or married people or chinese, female ex-cons. If I own the property, it should be my right to rent it to whoever I want.
Anyway, good for Craig’s List. I sold a futon within 10 minutes of it being posted. Can’t do that in any newspaper!
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What a fantastic ruling. Glad to see there are a few clear headed judges out there.
It’s refreshing to see a sane judgement handed down; good for them.
Last time I was on Craigs List – there was such a thing called “Terms of Use” that addressed all of this and more – This is a vehicle by which individual parties post their own content, not the opinion or author by Craigs List
How did this even get this far? Does anyone know if they have an “electronic signature” feature for “I Accept” before you post anything?
If so, wouldn’t this have prevented this frivioulous case in the first place?
If not, would it open up to futures?
I dont see how this is frivilous. For years the multi million dollar industry of classified adds was dominated by newspapers.
Somehow politicians probably passed this anti-discrimination law back in the 60’s. It seems like it would only make sense that this law applied to Craigslist as well. Even though it is a very stupid law. Remember you can just sign your life away with one click of a mouse on a website, I dont care what the terms of use policy is.
In fact maybe now the strugling newspaper industry could get the law changed.
Either that, or you can bet some liberal minority from Chicago will push a law to go after Craigslist.
The difference is the newspaper knowingly prints the ads. On craig’s list there isn’t anyone who checks over ad’s before they are posted to determine if they are discriminatory or not.
And in response to the earlir question, no there is nothing you have to check saying you accept the terms of use, anyone can post anything. The only check I have seen is a button to report ad’s that you find discriminatory or offensive.
There really isnt any difference. Local papers could do the exact same thing as Cragislist. Just say oops, we fired most of the staff to save money and now no one looks over the adds. We do it just like c-list, except its on actual paper.
Its funny, they only have 30 workers, they really cut into the journalism industry, but instead we hold the papers to a higher standard.
No wonder they are going out of business.
Those are good jobs too, its sad.
What if I lie in a personal add and rip someone off, how come we cant sue the newspaper then? Because its not racist? What a stupid law from a by-gone era.
I don’t think the Fair Housing Act is a “stupid law from a bygone era.” If you haven’t been denied a place to live because of your race, religion, etc. count yourself lucky. Racism still goes on today and any person, place, or website knowingly or unknowingly promoting it should be ashamed. C-list should take a hint from the lawsuit & change its rules of use to combat such blatant racism.
Evil thrives when good people do nothing.
In some situations, I think it would be interesting to know if a landlord or seller is racist. Then we would know who to avoid.
Americans should have a right to reveal themselves as @ssholes if they so desire.
Certainly numerous benefits have come from anti-discrimination laws. However, regarding advertising, more information (positive and negative) is better than less information. If you’re enough of an idiot to say in your ad “no minorities”, by all means, I think you should be able to do so.
How do retirement communities get around the “no kids” thing? Or do they?
Romy – The fair housing act is cool – Making the local paper enforce it – Not cool. Thats what I was reffering to.
Minorities? what qualifies as a minority these days anyway? I am a divorced, white, female with a child. In my general local area, I am a minority. In the entire country, maybe not so much.
If I owned a piece of property, I think I should be able to rent it to whoever the hell I want or DON’T want to. If I don’t want a black person or Hatian person or white person renting from me, they I feel that it is my right to say no, go find another place to live. Stereotypes still play a huge role in how we think even though most of us don’t admit it. I don’t think it is being racist or discriminatory, it’s my personal preference to rent to a certain catagory of person. Maybe I only want single parents or married people or chinese, female ex-cons. If I own the property, it should be my right to rent it to whoever I want.
Anyway, good for Craig’s List. I sold a futon within 10 minutes of it being posted. Can’t do that in any newspaper!