For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure that it's intentional on Craigslist's part. Due to the first come first serve nature of a lot of the free listings, it mean

For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure that it's intentional on Craigslist's part. Due to the first come first serve nature of a lot of the free listings, it means that 'honest'/non-tool assisted users would never get a look in.