The Internet has proven to be a
good place to meet people with Craigslist being one of the more productive
sites. No matter if your purpose of meeting people is to network, find people
who share similar interests, find romance or to discuss important issues,
Craigslist will help you discover the people you're looking for.
Even though
Craigslist will help you meet others in numerous ways, this article will
concentrate only on networking and using Craigslist as a dating service. There
will also be a section specifying some precautions you need to take when trying
to meet others online.
Networking With Craigslist
Craigslist has proven to be an
excellent place for networking with people with similar interests. The most
obvious place to start networking is the discussion forums on Craigslist which
provide a very large range of subjects. No matter your interest you'll most
likely find several other people discussing it. If not just jump in and ask a
question or make a statement to get a discussion going.
Most times you can just
read through the postings on a subject of interest and you'll find someone who
shares your interest and may be interested in further conversation. All of the
posts on each of Craigslist discussion forums include a contact email address
for the person who made the post. You'll find that people either use a private
email address or the anonymous email address provided by Craigslist.
Any forum
user can use these email addresses to contact those they wish to speak to
further or they can respond publicly on the discussion forum instead.
Craigslist Dating Opportunities
Many people log into Craigslist
looking for potential romantic partners. Craigslist advertising is like
newspaper and dating services where you can read advertisements others have
left or put on your own advertisements searching for potential matches.
These opportunities
are also offered by Craigslist in their personals section which offers many
options for all types of adults. It is significant to note that Craigslist does
place some extra limitations on what is allowed to be advertised beyond the
terms of use Craigslist has established for the website.
These extra
restrictions include limiting use of the section to persons over the age of 18
and forbidding people from impersonating other people in their advertisements.
Precautions Concerning
Craigslist Personal Ad Posts
The dating picture is generally
one that requires a high amount of caution. The call for caution is magnified
in situations where the possible dates are getting together through an online
resource like Craigslist advertising. This is due to the fact that the Internet
does allow persons a certain amount of anonymity which may allow them to
intentionally or unintentionally misrepresent themselves.
The highest degree of potential
danger in the use of the personals category of Craigslist is that the person
you are meeting might be someone who wishes to harm you physically. By setting
a few ground rules this potential problem can be greatly reduced. First of all
it's imperative to arrange for meetings to take place in a busy, public place
rather than an out of the way place.
Another important thing is to avoid
divulging any private information like your address or phone number. By doing
this you will keep anyone that might wish to harm you from locating you.
The last caution for anyone
using Craigslist advertising to meet a potential date is not to be too hasty in
judging other persons you meet on the Craigslist personals as you need to keep
an open mind. While it is possible for you to meet the perfect person
immediately, it is more likely that you will get many replies from persons who
are not even close to what you have in mind.
Take your time and don't set your
expectations too high or too low. If you have already been looking for a while
then you know it will probably take some time to find your perfect match.
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