Social Media Amusings (The Time I was Targeted on Craigslist’s “Missed Connections”)

Social Media Amusings is new series of posts full of fun things about me and things I come across in the social space that I feel like sharing with all of you. In my last post I made a confession… I’m addicted, I mean addicted! to food PORN! Today I share my story of when I was targeted on an ad in Craigslist’s “Missed Connections”

When I think of Craigslist, I think of a place where I sell furniture and buy discounted tickets. But we all know there are so many other things you can accomplish on Craigslist. In fact, here are 10 things to do on Craigslist. Aside from that, I’d like to preface that I  attract so many unique situations into my life and Craigslist attracts so many unique situations on to their site. This connection is the only reason I can think of as to how I ended up on Craigslist’s “Missed Connections” section but even more intriguing to me is that I actually found the ad about me. Although this happened years ago, it’s still one of my favorite stories to tell about all my social media and internet adventures.

In 2007 I was snowboarding in Big Bear one weekend with some friends. We were on the shuttle bus taking us to the resort and conversing with other bus riders about how cold it was that weekend. We were staying in a cabin but our pipes were frozen which meant no hot showers in the freezing cold weather (remember I’m from San Diego so anything below 60 is freezing to me). At that time I was working in radio so I was also talking about my job to people on the shuttle. I love meeting new people and have no problem striking up a conversation with almost anyone. When we arrived at our destination, I said goodbye to my fellow shuttle riders and we all went our separate ways to enjoy a fun weekend snowboarding.

The following week when I was back in San Diego I was listening to the radio and they were talking about funny ads on Craigslist’s “Missed Connections”. I’ve used Craigslist for many things but I’ve never been on the “Missed Connections” section so I decided to check after hearing the radio bit. I log on and almost immediately an ad jumps out at me. I had to take a double look and sure enough there was an ad about me on the “Missed Connections” section. I actually freaked out a little thinking, did this really happen?! The first time I check this section of Craigslist there is an ad about me?! WOW! It just makes me wonder how many times I didn’t check the site when there may have been an ad about me. Here is the actual ad:

“Ok so I thougth you were cute and I said something stupid, and I do agree with that your friend said… hell I creeped myself out too afterwards. Anyways you had a snow board, said you worked for 93.3 as a promotions person, I offered my place so you could take a shower because your place has frozen pipes. So maybe lets hang out if anything.”

Now you’re probably wondering if I ever contacted the guy who wrote this ad? I decided not to contact him since I didn’t remember who he was. So even though I don’t have a crazy follow up story about how I met a guy on Craiglist’s “Missed Connections”  I still think this is a top moment in my internet adventures. Has anyone else ever used Craigslist’s “Missed Connections”? I would be interested in talking to someone who actually met up with their missed connection! Well, here’s to having a blast through social media and internet adventures!

Top 10 Things To Do On Craigslist

Most of us have heard of Craigslist but how many of us actually use it? When deciding on a blog topic today I knew I wanted to write about something with a plethora of different functions. I chose Craigslist because the service is so dynamic that you can  accomplish almost anything you set your mind to on here.

Did you know that Craigslist is:

• Is responsible for billions of dollars of interpersonal commerce—more than any other stop on America’s internet?
• Provides the majority of housing and jobs for the nation’s urban population?
• Has grown in web traffic 100% a year since it’s creation over a decade ago?
• Is 99.99% FREE to use (Small fees are charged for Hiring and some Housing Ads)? Read more