Cyberspace Reels at Craiglist Sex Shocker
• Amorous Web, Cyber Sex
Jason Fortuny’s The Craigslist Experiment inspired tremendous huffing and puffing among journalists. The experiement netted some very silly people:
Jason Fortuny described the exercise as “The Craigslist Experiment”, after posting to the thriving part of the commercial bulletin board called “Casual Encounters” - meeting strangers for sex in two US cities. Fortuny said he designed the exercise as a prank. The photographs made the respondents instantly recognizable, while a small number used their work email addresses, including a staffer at Philips and a Microsoft contractor.
Net prankster lays bare ‘Casual Encounters’
Craiglist has also surfaced in the news as - surprise! - a virtual red light district:
The women’s posts advertised “girlfriend experiences” and asked for payment in “ro$e$” or “125 donations.”