What does the black flag mean on Craigslist? A Craigslist flag marks Craigslist advertising as inappropriate, and if enough people flag the ad, it will be automatically removed.
You can also contact Craigslist about inappropriate content — or recommend posts for Best of Craigslist, a kind of Craigslist Hall of Fame.
Click the small star to the left of the posting title upper left in grid view. It should turn yellow. Facebook Marketplace. A flagging political campaign is running out of steam, losing the energy it needs to be successful. How to delete a Craigslist post Open your email inbox. Search for the automated email from Craigslist. Enter the email and password you used to create the listing.
Click the link of the posting you want to flag. A post can also get flagged or ghosted if you list a car that already has a live ad, so it's best to keep track of your vehicles over a period of time before you post it. If you're trying to post your entire inventory on Craigslist, then your posts will most likely get flagged. Smaller car dealers can get away with listing their entire inventory on Craigslist if they have anywhere between 20 to cars and distribute their posts across different areas and over several days.
Craigslist automatically monitors the IP addresses of where posts originate, so if they notice that too many posts are coming from the same IP, then those listings will get flagged for removal. Craigslist does this to prevent one person from spamming their site with too many ads at once. Many car dealers at single locations only have one IP address to work with, so using the same IP address to post on Craigslist is often the cause of flagged posts. To aggressively advertise on Craigslist, you will need use multiple unique IP addresses.
You can do this manually, or make use of an automated Craigslist posting service to do it for you. Aggressive competitors from the same area may try to use an automated Craigslist flagging program to have your listings taken down. But to use these programs, they'll have to find and insert the specific URL of the listing into the program. When you post early in the morning or late at night, you make it more difficult for people to directly target your posts. One rule that is often broken is that an ad can be assigned to only one geographic region and only one category — cross-posting is not allowed.
The links to flag a post are on the top right corner of each advertisement. You have a choice of four reasons to flag. Click on the "Miscategorized" link if the ad is in the wrong category or discusses other ads.
Click the "Prohibited" link for posts that violate the Terms of Use or posting guidelines. The third link is for spam and over-posting; choose this one if you find multiple instances of the same ad or if the ad is blatantly commercial. The last link is totally different — you can use it to positively recognize an ad as memorable or funny, and you can view these "Best of" postings on the Craigslist site.
Craigslist automatically removes any free classified ad that has a number of flags. Likewise, Craigslist staffers review paid ads that accumulate flags, and those found to be in violation are removed. Some ads and postings may be rewritten to conform more fully to the guidelines.
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