Craigslist Forums: Are They Worth It

There are a number of innovative things available to people on Craigslist, not the least of which is the discussion forums that the website has. These discussion forums, like the rest of the website, are city specific so that if you happen to be on the Craigs list Toronto website, you are not going to be seeing forum posts that were made in the Bay Area website. This is good in some cases (i.e. when you want to talk about an event that is upcoming in your city) and bad in others (i.e. when you want to have a discussion that has nothing to do with geographical location and you actually want the opinions of people that do not live in the same geographical area that you do).


With these two conflicting ways of looking at the Craigslist forums, the eventual question must be raised as to whether these forums are really worth it. There is no dearth of forums on the internet and since the Craigslist forums are limited in a way that few other forums are by their geographical location, it would seem that they cater to a very specific group of people; people that want to have conversations with other people that live in the same area they do. With this niche of people in mind, the question as to whether or not the Craigs list forums are worth it is the same as the answer to most of the other questions that are similar to this one. The answer is that it depends.


It depends on who you are and what you want. If you want to find a job, a lover or a home on Craigslist and you want to discuss different people that make sales on the Craigs list website, then quite obviously the Craigs list forum is the first place that you want to go. People here will have the scoop on all of the dishonest traders and sellers that lurk around that particular Craigslist website and therefore will be able to give you all of the information that you want.

However, if you are looking for something general, such as a discussion about what your favorite sport happens to be, then the Craigslist forums are probably not the place you want to be. This is because a discussion about hockey in general is not good to have in forums that are delineated geographically; it is the type of discussion that should be international. So, Craigs list forums are sometimes worth it and sometimes not; the trick lies in figuring out which is which.