What are your thoughts?

This is crazy!! I'm on tour right now on the east coast. As much as I hate having to deal with advertising on BP it was probably the only site that brings in daily appts. This is going to bring a whole lot of stress on ladies like me who had to rely on BP for daily biz. It's a dumb move on the governments part in my opinion.

where do we go to get ads from providers of all levels now?  

The nation is 20 trillion in debt, a lot of people still can't find good work, we have hungry and homeless people... but THIS is a real problem that needs this kind of attention? Give me a freaking break. As if we need MORE people running around frustrated.

They can't really contain this stuff.  You pinch on it here and it pops up over there

I can't think is a good thing for many providers out there who rely on the volume from a place like BP.

Destroyed freedom of speech for one, and although my income has greatly been affected lately due to some police stings in my area, Bp was vital to them in finding REAL sex trafficking issues such as underage children, raps, pimping etc.  
they keep going out trying to shut down prostitution but they're going after the wrong people and just teaching the right people on how to be better at getting away with hurting people.  
Not to mention, like a previous lady said, for us workers (or maybe just me) it was a reliable way to gaurenree myself an appointment when everywhere else was slow.  
but where there's a void, there's someone waiting to fill it.. hopefully that's soon.

It has already started happening. Started about 10 years ago. People have their on private referral networks (off the internet).

Eventually LE will wise up, but for now, you can still find plenty of provider ads in Backpage dating ads. For some reason, there have always been a lot of provider ads there even when there wasn't any censorship at the site.

A couple of thoughts.  If you actually clicked on the "Censored" link on BP I was surprised to find the letters of support from the Children of The Night organization talking about the amount of support, financial and information, that they receive from BP.  CN see's it as a huge loss of a tremendous resource in combating the trafficking of children and an easy way for them to get their message out to those in need.  I had seen their ads on BP before, but never did the research to understand that the two companies were working in tandem.  Eye Opening for me and new found respect for the owners in working to combat a horrible issue.  

Yes. The Teaxas Attorney General charged the Backpage CEO with promoting prostitution and yesterday he ran out of appeals.  

Where to look now?  Any other good trolling sites?  Any suggestions for favs in Columbus Ohio?

Not great news for those of us who use BP.  Sure there was a ton of bs, but I also found some gems.  VB/Norfolk doesn't get a lot of upper level talent, BP served as a good filler.

All this wasted time on the hobby when the dumb asses should worry about real crime! I go on other boards here and read about LE slamming agencies and the whatnot. If no one gets robbed, attacked, pimped, or any kid crap.... Seriously go after the REAL crime.

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First Craigslist...now Backpage...whose next?

BP was simply an ad site. If the government can shut down BP, they can shut down EROS, slixa, cityguide, myproviderguide, p411, TER, ....

The content will probably be back up in less then 24hrs.

The truth shall set you free and integrity and honesty is key.

Thinking from an economic perspective, will this create a buyer's market?

The crappy little article I read said there was already a transfer to an overseas entity, but it was evident that the original owners were still getting paid for the ads.

Providers will put ads in the Women For Men section. It's happening right now.

I agree.  not a lot in my area yet, but take a look at Chicago for example - huge number of ads, really looks like nothing changed at all.

In some countries this is completely legal and no one should be able to take away an advertising venue for those in places where they have a different view. Although I understand the USA doesn't have the right to censor all the other countries that backpage deals with and in, when that Cook's County Sheriff 'politely' asked the credit card companies to stop processing payments made to backpage, escorts all over the world were affected.

And where do the girls just breaking into the business go? Maybe follow them...they will be the leaders...you find them, you find the new advertising venue

Or the girls could start advertising in maybe a Canadian city????????
How much sway does US enforcement have over the locale from where you post???

People will stay with who they know since they can't find anyone else!

Just save my website and look for me!

Less stings perhaps?  At least for now anyways.

It's just a game of Whack-a-mole when you think about it.

But, that's just it.  Gentlemen tend to have their own list of ladies that use BP to market themselves and, of course, there is the network of gentlemen and ladies who are willing to make referrals.  Neither of these are as efficient for the market as BP, but they work for buyer and seller to find one another.

but censored in The U.S.

It appears that it is business as usual ... at least today ... if BP had an escort section in a city the ads have moved to the dating section ...
WomenSeekMen

It's because dating ads are free/cheap and escort ads aren't 💯👌

... and still don't feel the impact.

If you say it that way then it would only make sense that rates go up! Way up to maximize the income from each client she gets...if she can't find them why would she go for rock bottom rates. There won't be any volume so that doesn't make any sense. She's not a brick and mortar warehouse were prices will be dropped when a highway is coming through and she needs to move from that location.

I beg to differ...I thought it was to get laid?  I have many regulars that will occasionally see someone else but have stuck with me for a while.

It might, if it drives up prices across the board.

Hypothetically speaking if online advertising was completely done away with, most of us would drop out of this and find other ways to make money.  The ease of advertising on backpage draws more women to providing.  The more supply there is the less services will cost.  So while new girls and ones that don't retain and regulars may have to go on CL casual encounters and decrease prices because they don't know of anything to fall back on, the demand for those of us who have retained many regulars over the years and have good online history will probably notice an uptick in calls.  I could be wrong but with anything that's harder to find prices generally go up on what you can find.  All of this is kind of a moot point though because the dating section of BP is working and even if it wasn't there would be another website to take its place much like what happened after Craigslist.

I believe what you say for established higher rate escorts.

Yes definitely....We are more thinking about ourselves and other ladies we know...but like I pointed out those who aren't doing so well already (ie drug abuse, being pimped, ect) may lower their already very low rates because of desperation.  This would impact them in the worst way possible and probably give us a boost at the same time as bad as it sounds.  For clear headed individuals though it wouldn't be worth it to lower rates because as you said with all the risks and costs that come with this job it would make more sense to just quit if you couldn't make up for the hardships.

And some in the Men Seeking Women - eom


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Craigslist stopped??????? It was supposed to, but there are certainly MANY ads for casual encounters there; although almost all are either fake or leading to phishing sites, but one does still find the occasion real deal.

I'm glad I got TER membership.

I have to agree with breannabreeze.  I'm in it for the sex.  There are several ladies whom I have seen time and time again.  If there were only one woman, that would be okay IF she were on call 24 hours a day to sync with my free time (not likely).  With multiple ladies, someone is USUALLY free when I am.  And with regular customer/provider relationships, we (both client and provider) can get comfortable with each other, and not have to worry about some of the dangers/awkward moments in meeting new clients/providers (LE stings, crazy, drugged-out people, sketchy incalls, pimps, boyfriends, etc, etc.).

Ladies who didn't primarily rely on BP will see a drop in competition as the former BP ladies try to find an new advertising outlet.   These non-BP ladies will be able to increase prices.

I agree,he could've entered some kind of deal where they offered to reduce his sentencing etc of he agreed to shut down the site.

I agree! It's definitely going to be a big adjustment ,there's just no other site that's been able to compete with the traffic of bo.

Exactly...unlike most of the info you poster here. Do you really think that what you and your altered ego post on here is even remotely believed by people with obvious higher levels of intelligence than you two.

Just read an article that a pimp killed his provider. She refused to street walk for him due bp shutdow

is where are all of the cam sites, strip clubs, and other "adult jobs" going to post their ads now.

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