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About
Craigslist Personals is the name given to the .txt Twitter account @craigslistlove, which showcases various cringeworthy or out-of-context profile descriptions of Craigslist users, usually those attempting to find a love partner on the said website. Tweets made by @craigslistlove are known to be edited into a picture of a fictional character whose personality or presence in the storyline matches the content of the tweet. Most of these images are made by Tumblr users and the characters displayed are usually the ones from Fire Emblem and various anime and manga series.
Origin
The account was made in November 2012, with the description “Wisdom from posts found mostly in the personals section of craigslist.org (As if you could make this shit up).” The account has made over 6,000 tweets as of August 2015, including quotes submitted by other twitter users.
Spread
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There are many posts on Tumblr tagged with #craigslist personals that showcase edits of the tweets, as well as several single topic blogs such as attackoncraigslistpersonals, assclasspersonals and westerospersonals.
Notable Examples
