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Old 07-28-2016, 08:38 PM  
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Originally Posted by drriley View Post
I've thought perhaps I'd prove a point to them by contracting out to some cheap foreign IT/data contractor in India, or such, to have a team of 5 - 10 people flagging random ads (thousands/daily), rotating IP addresses if need be, to - perhaps - cause such a flood of complaints from customers that Backpage will be forced to turn off "Community" moderation.

Sometimes it takes a heavy hand to make a point, especially when dealing with fraudsters like those who operate Backpage.com.
I really don't think it takes one or two flags. I mean it's only happened to me like 2 times in a couple years. If it's happening to you a lot, then of course you have reason to be concerned. With the rate it happens to me, I have to believe that a lot of people for whatever reason on that particular day got together and flagged my ad. Dirty bitches.

I don't think you are single highhandedly going to force backpage to take away their community flagging. But I'd be all for it if you could.
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