OMGoodness, I Love CL MC!!!

Ok, first, Craigs List is (my opinion) a smarmy side of the internet. Where common humanity gets together and can become their most basic selves.

A few years ago we were on a hunt to get a Maine Coon Cat. “Let’s try Craigs List” I said. I found it was more fun reading it than interacting with the people on it. The cat owners desperately trying to shed their cat would become paranoid. One started bullying my daughter online. Or we would have to pick the cat up in a dark alley at 10 PM in a bad city. Weird.

Missed Connections I read because it’s fun to read about strangers (who might be you!!) brushing elbows at real life places you’ve been. Or you know exactly which cute coffee barista they’re referring to! One big LOL!

Eventually the smarminess will catch up to you and you won’t be able to read one more post.

But I will read Best of Craigs List about once a year. Funny!

I didn’t know such a thing existed, and now I feel conflicted about it, and I’m not sure why 🙂

I can understand the “missing connection” type of things back then when we didn’t have the Internet or social media. It was kind of romantic then, when one would seek out a person they were longing after. I wonder why now it just feels really stalker-ish and creepy 🙂

I’m sure people haven’t changed that much, and starting to talk to a person would feel intimidating. I don’t think there’s any difference between men and women when it comes to fear of rejection. I’m sure it can feel safer to post an ad instead of really putting yourself out there. I’ve just become a bit jaded with people connecting over the Internet. It seems like some want instant gratification without any extra effort from their part. It’s pretty much the opposite of romance for me.

Also, I have to say that I really do dislike Craigslist 🙂 I can’t understand it’s appeal. It is like an ugly, old web edition of a newspaper ads column. With all the possibilities with latest web technologies, that’s what people want? Can’t stand it 🙂

Oh, I’m sure it is very convenient considering the content. My issue with it is purely my own fixation with how things should be done 🙂 It always perplexes me why people prefer services and tools that aren’t nearly as user friendly and up to date as some other service. Just like I’m interested in psychology in general, I’m interested in user interfaces in software and web sites, and it annoys me that I can not understand why people gravitate in masses towards websites that look horrible 🙂

Part of me really wants to go on a dating website again, even just for friendships, but I keep talking myself out of it. I think I would rather communicate with people on niche websites (like this one). It’s not just me who becomes jaded on those websites, but it’s everyone else as well, so the communication becomes very shallow and aggressive, and I don’t like that.