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Obviously driving prostitution underground and out of reach of researchers will improve the lives of sex workers. Prostitution is a very recent industry and was

Obviously driving prostitution underground and out of reach of researchers will improve the lives of sex workers. Prostitution is a very recent industry and was invented by the internet

cft 9y ago
I know several people who met and got married with children on CL. It was a normal dating site, and it also has(d) "strictly platonic" and "missed connections"- all of it is shut down now. Are dating sites/Tinder next? We will miss the days when internet wasn't like cable TV.
- lovehashbrowns 9y ago
  It was definitely fun to find dates and quirky people on there. I was finding it especially useful now that I'm in a new city and just looking to meet new people.
  - rhodry 9y ago
    I feel ya dude. I just moved to an entirely new city, and being in my 30's, meeting new people outside of work just isn't what it was in college. I met some pretty cool girls there. Yea, lots of creeps and prostitutes, but there were real people on there too if you took the time to screen them.
- puzzle 9y ago
  Missed connections seems to have moved to "Community". [edit: moved as in "CL took it out of personals and relocated it altogether", not that users repurposed an existing forum]
  - deleted 9y ago
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- daturkel 9y ago
  I loved browsing the strictly platonic section looking for sweet/bizarre/novel posts, but it was definitely full content that was _not_ platonic.
  - antonvs 9y ago
    You just have a narrow definition of 'platonic'. :)
blattimwind 9y ago
> Prostitution is a very recent industry and was invented by the internet This statement ranks fairly high up on my "List of Hackernews' Statements that are indeed Very False". It would be more apt to say that regulating and banning prostitution is a recent idea (recent as in "the last 100 years or so").
- always_good 9y ago
  Both of their sentences were meant sarcastically. I think people often use sarcasm to trot out trite topics because it seems less labored than restating such a popular point of view in earnest.
  - blattimwind 9y ago
    Oh well, not sure how I failed to pick up on that. I'll just blame it on the early hour and be on my way.

Obviously driving prostitution underground and out of reach of researchers will improve the lives of sex workers. Prostitution is a very recent industry and was invented by the internet

cft 9y ago

I know several people who met and got married with children on CL. It was a normal dating site, and it also has(d) "strictly platonic" and "missed connections"- all of it is shut down now. Are dating sites/Tinder next? We will miss the days when internet wasn't like cable TV.

lovehashbrowns 9y ago
It was definitely fun to find dates and quirky people on there. I was finding it especially useful now that I'm in a new city and just looking to meet new people.
- rhodry 9y ago
  I feel ya dude. I just moved to an entirely new city, and being in my 30's, meeting new people outside of work just isn't what it was in college. I met some pretty cool girls there. Yea, lots of creeps and prostitutes, but there were real people on there too if you took the time to screen them.
puzzle 9y ago
Missed connections seems to have moved to "Community". [edit: moved as in "CL took it out of personals and relocated it altogether", not that users repurposed an existing forum]
- deleted 9y ago
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daturkel 9y ago
I loved browsing the strictly platonic section looking for sweet/bizarre/novel posts, but it was definitely full content that was _not_ platonic.
- antonvs 9y ago
  You just have a narrow definition of 'platonic'. :)

blattimwind 9y ago

> Prostitution is a very recent industry and was invented by the internet This statement ranks fairly high up on my "List of Hackernews' Statements that are indeed Very False". It would be more apt to say that regulating and banning prostitution is a recent idea (recent as in "the last 100 years or so").

always_good 9y ago
Both of their sentences were meant sarcastically. I think people often use sarcasm to trot out trite topics because it seems less labored than restating such a popular point of view in earnest.
- blattimwind 9y ago
  Oh well, not sure how I failed to pick up on that. I'll just blame it on the early hour and be on my way.