Unlike the earlier fear that Wikipedia is on the decline, this one seems serious. Outsourcing bogus Craigslist ads is a staple of sites like Rentacoder, and even with Craigslist experimenting with account verification via phone, it doesn’t seem like it’ll be enough. Of course, Craigslist has other problems, but it’s this structural one that might kill it. Imagine a world where every spammer can create a phony ad…
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