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seems to be pretty sleazy: https://www.quora.com/Did-Airbnb-get-sued-for-running-a-robot-on-craigslist-Where-are-they-breaking-the-law-anyways https://www.quor

by trhway 6y ago

seems to be pretty sleazy: https://www.quora.com/Did-Airbnb-get-sued-for-running-a-robot-on-craigslist-Where-are-they-breaking-the-law-anyways https://www.quora.com/Did-Airbnb-get-sued-for-running-a-robo... "What Airbnb did in 2010 and 2011 was to use a bot to spambot to email who had posted short term vacation rental ads on Craigslist. The emails claimed to be from women who liked their listings, suggesting that they try Airbnb. "

blackrock 6y ago
Interesting. Craigslist uses an anonymous email routing mechanism, in order to allow people to contact the ad poster. And vice versa. Does Craigslist actively monitor the messages being passed through? Edit: Why did I get downvoted? It was a legitimate question. It may have deviated from the article subject, but that’s how conversations flow, and how you learn of new things.