Nah.. Craigslist has its place. You don't want to be the one sending messages in Craigslist. You wait. Most of the postings are fake, spams in CL. My secret is to make 6-7 different profiles: a stud, a geek, a traveler, a family man, a dominatrix, a sub, cuddle friend only, a friend, fwb only, love to eat pus5y only, movie goers, rich dad. State you only reply if you attach a pic.
CL = Little time invested (hit renew post), huge reward (they come to me). I renew my post every a couple days and will get some hits on these profiles because they are all for different audiences. I managed to pull HB8-10 with this strategy, weed the rest. Occasionally, I'd go with HB6 or 7 if I am bored. Tons of HB1-5, delete their message immediately, coz god... I don't wanna waste time and money LOL. The only problem with CL is that the quality of women you get, even HB8-10, they are uneducated. I did score myself a cute NP, a really well-traveled lady, and an ex-stipper here. But most of the time, the women lurking in CL are dumb as hell. Most of my encounters in CL has been one night stands or FWBs, it has reputation for that so you don't want to look a long term relationship here.
Traditional online dating = huge time waster, little reward, but jack pot on the quality of women you'll meet here: doctors, nurses, Pharm.Ds, engineers, models, business owners etc. It's because they already put their info out there, all you need to do is just a little search. Go to OKcupid/POF, or match/eharmony. Send a mass creative, witty message tailored to their profile (huge time sink for ....sometimes... nothing!), and hope for the best. Sometimes you get 1 message/20 sent. Sometimes you get 6 messages replied in one day, a little back and forth, you number close and set up dates with them. It's a hit and miss but they are all high quality because you get to pick the what kind of women you want.