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

December 9, 2011 5

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.

Marketing MelodieSnowboarding in Big Bear

Actual Photo of Marketing Melodie Snowboarding in Big Bear

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:

Craigslist Missed Connections

“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!

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  1. Haha! I was a Missed Connection once too! Wow, I wonder if I have it saved somewhere. It asked for the “girl with the green puma bag” and described in detail what I was wearing the day I went to visit my boyfriend at his work (the location of the Missed Connection).

    I didn’t meet them though! Their grammar was horrendous, they didn’t realize that my boyfriend worked at the grocery store, and I thought it was creepy!

    • Anonymous says...

      It’s crazy and intriguing how people actually find their ads on here! I emailed the ad to myself when I saw it years ago and recently found it when I was trying to clean out my inbox. If you have your post somewhere I would love to see it! 

  2. One of the Mommy Betas met her husband this way. http://www.mommybeta.com/blogs/2011/10/16/mommy-missed-connections.html

    At a club several years ago I met a girl who bought me a drink. She was the first—and only—girl to ever buy me a drink. It was weird, too, because I was the first of my friends to talk to a girl that night. (That never happens. LOL) Anyway, we talked for a bit and then walked back to her group of friends. With me not being comfortable talking with a (somewhat large) group of people I’ve never met, I thanked her again for the drink and went back to my friends.

    I ran into Rowena (which was her name) and one of her (equally as cute…or was that the alcohol?) friends again as the club was closing and they both said hi/bye (before I had even noticed them).

    It still didn’t occur to me to ask for her number.

    I hadn’t even heard about Missed Connections until that Mommy Beta post. But, if I had known about it then, I would have used it!

    Anyway, I’m happily married now and, guess what? I met my wife on Friendster. 🙂

    • Anonymous says...

      That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing! I also know a couple who met on Friendster and are happily married. I think they met in 2005? 

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