On the flipside of this backpage was an excellent resource for law enforcement to setup stings. On other services such as Humaniplex you had to have an account

On the flipside of this backpage was an excellent resource for law enforcement to setup stings. On other services such as Humaniplex you had to have an account and you had to have safety ratings from providers to participate, that made it extremely hard for law enforcement, backpage's lack of ratings and open ended nature made it an ideal vehicle for law enforcement sex trafficking stings ironically.