Issues with Craigslist, Including Flagged Posts and Accounts

If you are looking for general assistance setting up ShowMojo with Craigslist, please see our Post a Listing to Craigslist and Forward the Replies Back to ShowMojo article.

Flagged Craigslist Listings

If you are having flagging issues, this is the article for you.

Craigslist uses a lot of questionable methods to try to determine who might be abusing their system. These include:

  • Too much use of html (the little that Craigslist still permits).
  • Creating too many posts at once.
  • Creating posts that look too similar.
  • Using the same url too often.
  • Personally-identifiable characteristics of the poster (such as geographic location based on ip address).

There are most certainly other triggers as well. But these seem to be the most common and well-known.

Suspended Craigslist Account

If you do have a suspended Craigslist account, and you need another ShowMojo Auto-Reply Email Address to create a new Craigslist account, check out our article: Use Multiple ShowMojo Auto-Reply Email Addresses.

A Final Note

We believe ShowMojo usage is 100 percent compliant with Craigslist’s terms of use. If you believe your other activity on Craigslist is 100 percent compliant with Craigslist’s terms of use, and your posts are still being flagged or deleted, then we strongly encourage you to contact Craig directly at craig@craigslist.org.

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