Ok, I saw vicpark talking about this not too long ago, but I've never actually had any success on this website. Has anyone used craig's list with any success? And if so, what was the proper way to set up the account? I'm leery about posting a photo on that website.

all I got back was spambots and 1 fat chick.

I've browsed M4W before but have never replied to a craigslist ad. I'm too chicken shit that I'll end up skinless in a ditch with socks on. Socks that I didn't show up to the date wearing.

I get asked out every week so using craigslist isn't necessary. I just go on to laugh at the M4M section.

Yeah, there are rules to online dating that apply to everyone. Usually,

1.) Let people know where you are going.

2.) Meet up in public first.

3.) And as far as Craigslist goes, go to a hotel not a house or a motel.

RedBaron have you ever used a picture on one of your ads?

Yeah... i more or less use the same rules for dating sites... 1 sexy photo, 1 social photo, 1 photo of me doing something cool.

Are these like unspoken rules that everyone assumes? Because I've never had it explained like that. I would probably feel more comfortable if the male poster explained this. Or even better, if he shared concerns about his own well being in the ad.

My experience is kind of bizarre....

I started using it right around the holidays, and since I had nothing better to do I would post an ad in the m4w section, delete it the next day and post a new one (so it would be at the top). I shit you not, I was getting 3-5 e-mails per day I posted it, the wide majority of which were surprisingly from cute girls, and would end up number closing 2-3 of them. This continued until a couple days after New Year's.

After that, the # of responses started trickling down, to the point where a couple weeks ago I was basically getting nothing.

So, idk why, but it seems major holidays seems to spike it. Or maybe it's something about Christmas/winter break/New Year's.

P.S. I was using an outrageous profile btw, like super off-the wall. Not really cocky, just kind of in the I don't give a shit attitude of "You like sake? I fucking love the shit out of sake. I bathe in that shit 24/7" (seriously, this is literally how I talked throughout my whole profile). A lot of girls said it was the funniest shit they've ever read and "just HAD to message me." So this definitely helped in netting the girls who were surfing the section. However, because of the shit results I'm currently getting, it seems to depend on the time of year for how much exposure you're going to get.