What are some of the best Backpage alternative websites?

FizzyFrog

FizzyFrog

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I remember the site Backpage from years ago, which allowed escort ads. It was like Craigslist but more geared towards sex workers than even CL was.

I know the government seized it a few years ago and I've never seen any sites like it ever since. Sometimes I see ads on Reddit and what not.

But just wondering if there are Backpage alternatives I'm missing?
 
Well yeah there has been quite a lot of websites that have picked up where Backpage left off.

Just off the top of my head, Bedpage, YesBackPage. Backpage Girls, Skip the Games.

There are also more sex worker-positive sites like Tryst and escortbabylon.net, Erotic Monkey, etc.

A lot of these sites are based overseas, so not as much hassle with the US government.
 
Yeah Backpage was killed because they had years of problems with the government.

The Feds basically said shape up or we're going to destroy you.

Craigslist is still around, Backpage is history.

'I fought the law and the law won.'
 
I thought the whole Backpage debacle was because of people getting trafficked?

From what I've read the operators did everything they could to comply with the law and turn over traffickers to the police.

But it wasn't enough. Because apparently some victims of trafficking sued Backpage and eventually got a 215$ million settlement for what happened.
 
Yes there were victims of human trafficking, and it did happen because of the Backpage website. But I don't believe the website was actively supporting illegal activity. In fact, I've read Backpage was very cooperative with the government as regards reporting suspicious ads to the police.

In the end, they got them on the charge of facilitating prostitution and not specifically trafficking, minors, and everything people THINK they did.

Here is an interesting writeup of how shutting down Backpage only seemed to hurt sex workers and didn't do much to stop trafficking.

While I was sorry to hear of the victims's stories, Backpage wasn't directly responsible for that, in my opinion. At least any more responsible than Facebook or YouTube is for all the murderers who posted videos on the sites.
 
The problem has always been when they keep prostitution illegal in every single case, there is very little protection for sex workers. Thinking you can "stop" this profession from taking place is naive.

They pick on the websites, like Backpage, because they're the easy ones to point to.

But if you compare states like Nevada, there is far less crime involving escorts, because they are protected by police and it's a legitimate transaction.

I've heard all the arguments, so I understand why some people want to keep it illegal. But I'm just saying picking on the websites that facilitate it is a low blow and it doesn't help anyone. It certainly doesn't stop trafficking from happening.

That's why there is protesting happening across multiple countries, which relates to how the governments continue to treat sex workers.

It's so strange to me how the Nevada government can make this so simple, but the rest of the US is so confused about how it should be handled.
 
As long as the escort sites are hosted in another country, there won't be any Backpage like scandal.

The only problem is when sites in the US host escort or prostitution ads, and then get the attention of everyone. Although I do believe some US based sites are still operating, probably just using a VPN.

You can pretty much host any kind of site safely if you have a reliable VPN, an anonymously purchased domain and hosting site (or a server you own yourself) and an separate encrypted email account. I know a little about this stuff because I once talked to a guy who claimed he was from the FBI and had info on BigFoot records. But he turned out to be a fucking loony.
 
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