i202 Fall 2010 School of Information, UC Berkeley

Earlier this year, Craigslist, facing bad publicity and legal pressure, changed its "erotic services" category to "adult services". The site now charges $10 for each ad, and manually reviews each ad to ensure guideline compliance. When I originally read this article - and never having used that part of Craigslist (I tend to stick to the PG part) - I wondered if a name change would change anything at all?

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/technology/companies/14craigslist.html

Author: Kate Smith