What Constitutes An Escort Review?

[Guest Esc_Tracker]

>HooBoy has asked for reader's suggestions. He has requested

>we keep our comments on topic. Instead of noting your

>disagreement of my views why not offer your own and allow

>HooBoy to make the final decision.

>

>My feelings about what I would like are just that my

>feelings.

 

There is no reason to start taking this disagreement personally. I agree with Tampa Yankee. You offered your suggestions. If we did not post our dissent, there is a chance that Hoo would take your views as representative and act accordingly. If TY hasn't offered any suggestions of his own on how the reviews could be improved, it's probably because, like me, he doesn't see any. If anyone posts a suggestion I agree with, I will let you all know. Presumably TY will do the same.

[Guest Esc_Tracker]

how

>many muslims do you think I can shoot (and not just wing) by

>then?

 

Was that really necessary? Substitute "Jews" and see how funny that sounds.

[Guest tmbg]

Esc. You sound like TY's attorney :-) Trust me when I say that anything from this board is only looked at as information and humor I mean that, nothing by or directed toward me is ever looked at as being personal.

 

Cheers! Ritchie

[CT Dick]

> how

>>many muslims do you think I can shoot (and not just wing) by

>>then?

>

>Was that really necessary? Substitute "Jews" and see how

>funny that sounds.

 

Try "faggots" and see how funny THAT sounds.

 

Dick

[Guest ortrud45]

I'd like to second Scorpio's wish/suggestion about kissing - it's an

important issue for me - that would be way more informative!

 

Different tastes for different people: it has been said many times on

many threads. Reviews which just stereotyp statements like "better looking than his pics" or "put me right away at ease" don't do much

for me, if there is not e.g. a description/reason how the escort achieved to relax the client. From this kind of characterization a

nervous guy is able to get additional info, which he eventually likes

and then decides to hook up with the escort in question.

 

Taking above paragraph to a more general level: I'd wish the reviewers

would often make not only statements, but give their personal analysis

or reason why they say so or so about escort's X assets/skills.

It happened to me several times that due to a detailed review with

valuable info I got interested in someone who had not caught my eye before and the set meet was a succes.

But I'm aware that no change in the form can guarantee such informa-

tion.

 

Hooboy go on ... I like this site ... it helps me in almost all cases

to hook up with the "right peole" for my inclinations.

 

And happy Holidays to you all from Europe!

[Guest Tampa Yankee]

>>Sorry Ritchie, I diagree right down the line on all of your

>>points. Your criteria kills a lot of useful info and that

>>is what this site is all about. I'll leave it at that for

>>the moment.

>

>HooBoy has asked for reader's suggestions. He has requested

>we keep our comments on topic.

 

Ritchie...

 

Actually your comments seemed to me to wander off the reservation. HooBoy requested comments on two issues only: AOL hustlers and on press releases -- reviews without specific content of any sort.

 

"I'd like some input on what you think is a valid ESCORT review. I seem to be getting a lot of reviews on AOL hustlers, many of them no-shows.

 

Because these guys may not be around in a week, I am thinking they are not worth our time and the only gents we should be concerned with are those who make a living escorting and advertise as such.

 

There is also an ongoing problem of people submitting what I consider "press releases" - one paragraph of "he was great, met all my expectations, will definately hire him again."

 

Nevertheless, you have the freedom to make your suggestions.

 

> Instead of noting your

>disagreement of my views why not offer your own and allow

>HooBoy to make the final decision.

>

>My feelings about what I would like are just that my

>feelings.

 

Just as you wish to express your feelings about the reviews and review process, and I have no problem with that, I don't feel it encumbent on me to have to present alternatives in order to state that I don't like your suggestions and why I don't like them. This review issue was addressed in the forums 18 months ago or so -- I had my say then and my views haven't changed much. My bottom line is to make as much information available as possible and not burden Hoo with nonessential complexity of effort in an attempt to verify information to the nth degree -- a reasonable effort is enough. The final rule is caveat emptor and that requires more information, not less.

 

FWIW

[Guest TruthTeller]

>> how

>>>many muslims do you think I can shoot (and not just wing) by

>>>then?

>>

>>Was that really necessary? Substitute "Jews" and see how

>>funny that sounds.

>

>Try "faggots" and see how funny THAT sounds.

 

If you understand the word, try "satire" and see how THAT sounds.

[Guest WetDream]

"If you understand the word, try "satire" and see how THAT sounds. "

 

Satire is what closes on Saturday night (Think that is from one of the Kaufman and Hart plans, maybe "Light Up the Sky.")

[phage]

>Was that really necessary? Substitute "Jews" and see how

>funny that sounds.

 

Have you guys missed the whole Traveller/Craig thing? It’s button pushing at its finest. Really hilarious stuff. (If somebody doesn’t teach that boy how to spell “fascist”…I’m going to bust a nut.)

[Guest JT]

Hi Hoo,

 

>I'd like some input on what you think is a valid ESCORT

>review. I seem to be getting a lot of reviews on AOL

>hustlers, many of them no-shows.

 

>Because these guys may not be around in a week, I am

>thinking they are not worth our time and the only gents we

>should be concerned with are those who make a living

>escorting and advertise as such.

 

I'd suggest that you keep publishing them because they could still be valuable information for those clients who hire AOL hustlers. While the "unprofessional" hustlers may use different screen AOL names but it's less likely for them to keep changing their contact phone numbers and/or other information (e.g. physical attributes, etc.). Potential clients may be able to avoid being ripped off based on such information. Another suggestion is that you can implement a policy that those "no-show" reports would be taken down from the site if there is no further review of the same "escorts" or "hustlers" in question within a period of time (e.g. 6, 9 or 12 months?).

 

 

>There is also an ongoing problem of people submitting what I

>consider "press releases" - one paragraph of "he was great,

>met all my expectations, will definately hire him again."

 

You have already stated clearly in the escort review form that you may not publish those "press releases". The following instructions are direct quotes from the review form:

 

Note: Some graphic sexual descriptions may be edited, however 1 or 2 sentence Press Releases will not be published..

 

***ONE or TWO sentence reviews, such as "he was on time and we had great fun. Highly recommended" may not be published.***

 

I think it's prefectly ok for you to specify some minimal requirement for the reviews so that they are informative and useful for uers (both clients and escorts) of this site. If prospective reviewers ignore your specific instructions and warnings, then they would have to accept the fate that their reviews would not be publsihed.

 

IMHO,

JT

[Guest pickwick]

I go along with those who are not in favor of measures that restrict information available on this site, unless it can be determined that the "information" is false.

 

To reject reviews of escorts simply because they get their clients through AOL chat rooms and/or are no-shows gives visitors to this site a distorted impression of what the world of escorts is like. These people are out there, someone looking for escorts may encounter them, and he needs to know about them. The only reason I can think of for pretending this sort of thing doesn't happen is to conceal one of the more unpleasant aspects of hiring an escort. Why would anyone want to do that?

 

I assume the concept of "press release" reviews is that they are fakes, created by the escort or by someone acting on his behalf. If there is some way to determine that other than simply by making an assumption based on the tone of the review, by all means exclude them. If there is not, they should be treated like all other reviews.

[Guest DevonSFescort]

Well said, Pickwick -- you nailed it! Especially the point about giving a distorted picture of the world of hiring escorts. I think these kind of well-meaning restrictive measures aimed at "protecting" the visitors to this site are in their own way as short-sighted as that guy's call for clients to band together, boycott escorts and only hire $40 street hustlers. Part of what makes the Internet special is its relative lack of restrictions -- it's a place people go to reinvent themselves or explore all kinds of possibilities, including sketchy ones.

[Guest Traveler]

>>>> I've had escorts give me a break with the admonition "I'll give you a discount as long as you promise to post my regular rate if you review me.<<<

>

>In the three years that I've been doing this site I have

>NEVER once had an escort do this. And I travel a LOT. I do

>not reveal who I am, so there is no quid pro quo.

>

>In fact, in only rare cases have escorts asked me to even

>submit a review.

>

>My suspicion is that some unscrupulous clients may use this

>site to gain advantage.

 

The situation was that I saw an escort on this site and asked him if he'd be willing to see me at the rate on one of the older reviews. It was natural for him to assume that if I saw him on this site, that I might write a review on my experience. I never promised to write a positive review, or any review at all. I found your insinuation that I would write a fake positive review in exchange for a discount offensive. As a frequent user of this site, I find accuracy and honesty to be very important (although I'm aware of escorts posting their own reviews).

[Guest IM_Moore]

When I write it then you know it will be a good review!

[Guest exFratBoy]

Great thread

 

Agree with CP that repeating stats is pointless unless there is some discrepancy- but catching this makes extra work for HooBoy...

 

Agree with Scorpio about being more explicit in terms of what escort will/won't do. Although for many escorts this seems to vary according to the client and how attractive they find him.

 

Have mentioned AOL guys before- many are good looking college kids or recent grads who see other escorts on AOL, and figure, "Hey, I can make some fast bucks doing this." Only problem is, many of them expect all their clients to be 35 year old married guys with big dicks and great bodies who only want oral, or at most, want to be topped. Problems seem to arise when the client does not fit that description. (Being 28, I have been told this in "confidence" by several of these guys- both online and in person-- who were thrilled to have a young guy as a client. Several requested MY picture first, so that they wouldn't have to deal with "some fat old dude." And many of them limit what they do for safety reasons. (Safe sex, that is.)

Seems the more established, professional guys are best able to handle an array of clients. That's why info on the reviewer seems like it would be very important, especially in terms of age.

 

Finally, huge pet peeve of mine is reviewers who give details and then say something like "I won't reveal what we did in bed" or "I'm not one to kiss and tell." Fuck- you're not out on a date with your mother's cousin- you're reviewing a ho. And what you did and didn't do and how you liked it are the most important things for us to know. What the guy looks like can be determined from a picture. What he will or won't do and how well he does it is up to you to tell us.

[Guest JustStarting]

Last week, I had my first excort experience, and my first experience with a man (I'm 50 years old too). If it were not for this site, I doubt I ever would have gotten up the nerve to try.

 

Obviously, what I'm looking for in a review is quite different from many of the other (more experienced) users of this site.

 

It's good that this site can help a variety of users.

 

To me, the main features of a review are the photograph of the escort, a nd a detailed report by the client.

 

Escorts with more than one reviews, obviously are preferable. Negative reviews are as useful (if not more so) than glowing positive ones.

 

Hoo Boy--Thanks so much for offering this service. You've opened up my life to a whole new world. Keep up the good work!