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In my opinion it keeps listings looking more professional. Should gender matter here? Use of gender probably also invites bad actors that leads to a disproport

In my opinion it keeps listings looking more professional. Should gender matter here? Use of gender probably also invites bad actors that leads to a disproportionate amount of support work.

josephcsible 5y ago
> Should gender matter here? Isn't it common and normal for women to not want to live with men they don't know?
- robbedpeter 5y ago
  A guy also may not feel comfortable with women he doesn't know. There's less possibility for drama of certain types if roommates are the same gender. There are more risks for women, but knowing the gender of strangers you might room with is a risk minimization heuristic. Craigslist just used a low effort filter to prevent a large number of potentially illegal listings from ever being posted. Saves their moderators from wasting time on idiots. Even if it wastes a bunch of the end user's time, it doesn't cost CL as much to handle complaints as it would handling legal fees.
  - hui-zheng 5y ago
    that's what I am curious. I think maybe the website viewers flagging is not sufficient to prevent the illegal listings. I am curious if anyone knows how the moderators and end-user flagging works and how effective they are in a website at such a scale.
hui-zheng 5y ago
If you think about it more. it does. if the landlord can not provide the gender of the tenant who already living there, they ended up receiving so many inquiries and calls from women from who one of the very first questions is "Is the tenant living there a girl or guy?" Then the landlord has to reply "he is a guy." and then they walk away. It's a waste of everyone's time and effort.
hui-zheng 5y ago
> Use of gender probably also invites bad actors that leads to a disproportionate amount of support work. could you elaborate more how this listing might more likely to lead to bad actors?

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In my opinion it keeps listings looking more professional. Should gender matter here? Use of gender probably also invites bad actors that leads to a disproport

by osivertsson 5y ago

In my opinion it keeps listings looking more professional. Should gender matter here? Use of gender probably also invites bad actors that leads to a disproportionate amount of support work.

josephcsible 5y ago
> Should gender matter here? Isn't it common and normal for women to not want to live with men they don't know?
- robbedpeter 5y ago
  A guy also may not feel comfortable with women he doesn't know. There's less possibility for drama of certain types if roommates are the same gender. There are more risks for women, but knowing the gender of strangers you might room with is a risk minimization heuristic. Craigslist just used a low effort filter to prevent a large number of potentially illegal listings from ever being posted. Saves their moderators from wasting time on idiots. Even if it wastes a bunch of the end user's time, it doesn't cost CL as much to handle complaints as it would handling legal fees.
  - hui-zheng 5y ago
    that's what I am curious. I think maybe the website viewers flagging is not sufficient to prevent the illegal listings. I am curious if anyone knows how the moderators and end-user flagging works and how effective they are in a website at such a scale.
hui-zheng 5y ago
If you think about it more. it does. if the landlord can not provide the gender of the tenant who already living there, they ended up receiving so many inquiries and calls from women from who one of the very first questions is "Is the tenant living there a girl or guy?" Then the landlord has to reply "he is a guy." and then they walk away. It's a waste of everyone's time and effort.
hui-zheng 5y ago
> Use of gender probably also invites bad actors that leads to a disproportionate amount of support work. could you elaborate more how this listing might more likely to lead to bad actors?