Here is an article from Salon.com pointing out that most hobbiests do not miss Craigslist… Thursday, Sep 9, 2010 21:32 ET

Johns doing just fine without Craigslist

Men who frequent prostitutes aren't worried about the end of "adult services" — it was for amateurs, anyway

For the past four years, Alex has regularly used Craigslist to set up illegal romps with prostitutes. The 28-year-old is worried that the shuttering of the site's adult services section will hurt his hobby — only, not in the ways you might think. Online sex work isn't going anywhere, he says, but the closure is likely to make it harder for him to find his type of girl: young and inexperienced.

"A lot of the girls I've seen are ordinary college girls who wouldn't normally think of doing this," he says. "They come onto Craigslist to find roommates and buy a TV and click around and they find a post that I've written that's worded kindly and offers them help." As one john wrote in response to a question I posted on an online message board, "CL was the perfect launching pad for horny young women who wanted to give it a try without actually hitting the streets." (I'm dubious of the relevance of "horniness" in selling sex, but as a recent Salon personal essay revealed, the site certainly offers a quick in for newbies.)

While there are certainly "newbie" or "non-pro" enthusiasts like Alex, most hobbyists, as dedicated johns refer to themselves, don't seem to care all that much about the disappearance of the adult services section. The men in this crowd consider themselves sex worker connoisseurs, and turn up their noses at what one called the "low-rent" world of Craigslist. It's full of "bargain hunters" and "bottom feeders," inexperienced johns who want it quick and cheap, they tell me.

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