So RB leaving us left a gap but like other folks stated here the forums were not that good anyway. The street action and 411 on providers were active but other areas not so much. .
So if you are using this for provider information I find it useful and have found ladies not appearing on other boards. Resources such as backpage and craigslist are filled with bait and switch, trollers and other idiotic issues and are risky at best. So as a resource for providers it is a good one, forums not so much but if your only attraction to this site is forums I would suggest you look elsewhere.For the last few months TER discussion board especially in this REGION was the most interesting place to visit and have an interesting conversations, mutual exchanges of ideas related to the industry, obtain information, venting place, inquire assistance and helpful hints, entertained in sharing laughter/humor and other experiences and more. But now it seems to me this place has gotten so boring. Or it's just me, or I'm thinking maybe???
Everyone doing so great, happy, life is good and business is booming and sustaining pretty well and nobody really need anything good or bad ideas and experiences to share?
Or to many EOM's on post messages/responses, replies that are always subject for editorial discretion, which is under the terms and conditions of TER guideline be strictly enforced to avoid legal actions, but percieve to be censorship or a violations of freedom of expressions. In that reason don't want to post anything because not certain it will be approve.
Or maybe the other forum sites are gaining popularity and most of the people that migrated here from the defunct site are embracing those sites better now, for a number of reasons, that some describe to me they were not welcomed here with open mind and open arms, believing that they have a lot to contribute in discussions but, instead treated with hostility, encountered an obvious arrogance attitudes of the TER loyalist. Now they're all gone makes the loyalist happy again and made this place like it used to be, but some people describe to me before abandoning the "site that nobody really gives a sh## about" before the defunct site still exist anyway.
Or this is just plain boring place right now, nobody has an interesting discussions and everybody in the state of summer blues or still in theraphy, I'm wishing It'll past. Enlighten me please and tell me I am wrong in all my observations. Thanks, need input
I am pretty new here but I know before the other site was busted SF board was one of the quietest boards ever. I mean total Zzzzzzzz, crickets and all.
After the big collapse of the other site, this place naturally became a big, confused, laud, panicking arena where everyone was trying to find their own natural spot. I think now since the storm is over and everyone is calmer, and some questions are answered, the board is finding it's natural state...which is still much much livelier than ever.
Now I think is the best time to keep this place active. I am personally trying to do my best contributing to the board. I like to share personal experiences, give/get advice, hear different voices.... By keeping it friendly, respecting different opinions and personal boundaries as well as following the board rules I am sure this place will be a better board.
Let's try to contribute more.
That's my humble opinion. 
I just put you on my dance card zayla hope that's ok with you
All of the possible reasons you cited are 100% true and valid. The reason this board used to be rather dead was because all the action was monopolized the defunct board -for good reasons. Now that the storm has passed the refugees are leaving the temporary way station to find more similar board to call home.
Personally I still participate on a low-level but on the General Forum because there's a bigger audience there. There just isn't any SF Bay area related topics that can't be discussed at the other alternative sites.
Yes what you said is true. Not only there is heavier censorship the snobbish attitude of old-timers here don't exactly cry "welcome" either. There simply is a HUGE cultural and philosophical difference between the two groups.
Oh one more reason you might have overlooked: members of the defunct site were USED to free membership: free viewing of reviews, free inbox messaging etc... Here one has to pay to get any useful info from the site. Heck one even has to pay to write a review here! yes paying for the privilege of helping the site prospers by adding to its database...
Oh one more reason you might have overlooked: members of the defunct site were USED to free membership: free viewing of reviews, free inbox messaging etc... Here one has to pay to get any useful info from the site. Heck one even has to pay to write a review here! yes paying for the privilege of helping the site prospers by adding to its database...
We don't want FREELOADERS here. How many times do we have to tell you that if you don't like it, leave and start your own site.
You pay to see providers at hundreds of $$$ but wont pay for a membership to protect that money you spend? You want advice, and to read other men's accounts for your gain but wont contribute or pay to allow the same courtesy?
not cool
not cool
These idiots from the defunct board started a ridiculous troll thread about pricing two days after their board went down. Talk about "cheapo" guys! You had to educate them.
http://www.theeroticreview.com/discussion_boards/viewall.asp?MessageID=25514&boardID=11&page=7#2551
Nothing ridiculous about that thread. I thought that was one very healthy and hearty discussion with diverse insight...
As suppose to ... cricket ... cricket ... cricket ... the way it is now here, LOL.
Educate? the way pretty much everybody since then had deserted this place for better pasture pretty much told you where to stick your "education"..
As suppose to ... cricket ... cricket ... cricket ... the way it is now here, LOL.
Educate? the way pretty much everybody since then had deserted this place for better pasture pretty much told you where to stick your "education"...
I just try to say it like it is
best advice, and it was said on the now shut down board many times.
And indeed there are new sites popping up, and people are leaving. Granted I haven't seen the site yet that has sufficient mindshare, traction, whatever you want to call it, but hollering FU ... LEAVE will indeed get people leaving.
The ladies are always welcome to stay for free. Men are expected to write reviews or pay up.
sit there and say the old posters were or are snobbish. I reached out to so many providers to help them on TER and the other posters were happy to have them untill all they did is bitch and moan how they hated this board and that this board should change.
Well if the shoe was on the opposite foot and TER members went on that site if this site went down, I would bet 1000 bucks the old school members would do exactly what the TER members did. Welcome them till the complaining became nauseating
I didn't mean to include the ladies, just the ones here who put down the refugees because they hobby in a financially efficient and responsible manner.
Society is full of people who has nothing going for them except the ability to impress others with their throwing money around... snobs
Society is full of people who has nothing going for them except the ability to impress others with their throwing money around... snobs!
Skyfyre is MP from the defunct board and Megatron from other boards and most likely other names in this group. Stop trolling and get a life.
I do have a life and that is to have fun crapping where the snobs sleep!
how do you know he's MP from you know where and Megatron on other boards?
just curious that's all.
Dude doesn't know just speculated. It's useless really. This being cyberspace unless a person admits it there's just no way to prove any speculation one way or another. Think O.J.Simpson. Everybody thought he did it. Everybody assumed he did it. But in the end there was never any real, concrete, indisputable evidence so he walked free.
Anyway I fail to see what that has anything to do here. Whether I was certain handles at some other sites or how much money I make has nothing to do with my opinions as posted. Pretty sure 99% of the readers here don't care either -that is beside what I posted.
just curious that's all.
Heck one even has to pay to write a review here! yes paying for the privilege of helping the site prospers by adding to its database...
As pointed out by a friendly and lovely above I might have been wrong in my assumption. If so I plead guilty. It's because I tried to read the board's rules and became confused/disoriented by so much complication.
Frankly there are just so many rules and regulations here after a few paragraphs my mind and my concentration started to drift, LOL
recently
Serena x
So RB leaving us left a gap but like other folks stated here the forums were not that good anyway. The street action and 411 on providers were active but other areas not so much. .
So if you are using this for provider information I find it useful and have found ladies not appearing on other boards. Resources such as backpage and craigslist are filled with bait and switch, trollers and other idiotic issues and are risky at best.
So as a resource for providers it is a good one, forums not so much but if your only attraction to this site is forums I would suggest you look elsewhere.
First of all The ones who came here who claim they were not welcome with open arms and minds are full of it.
The "old school" TER Loyalists DID welcome them at first and enjoyed it UNTIL those people came here with the idea that this site that has been around since BEFORE or right about the same time as the other should all of a sudden conform to their ideal site (meaning be like the defunct one)
MOST of them did nothing but complain and have resentment to this board. So the loyalists who at first welcomed them, got sick of all the TER bashing and complaining and then yes said take a hike or put up or shut up. When in Rome???
For you to say that the TER loyalists were ARROGANT is a slap in the face. As They were not and are not ARROGANT. Yet, when all they read is constant TER bashing by the new members, a slight loyal home team pride may come off as arrogant because well... TER is still alive and kicking while the other....
YES you are WRONG in your observations
This is exactly what I'm talking about, people using this discussion board still insist that this is the number one forum site, as far I am concern this forum is no longer the place, most of the temporary members that migrated here, has started their own forum sites right now and everyone is embracing it and majority are celebrating and proud that they might have found thier new haven and most likely to replace the one they have lost. And happy to leave TER and commenting and taking all the credit that TER been here for eons but only got popular especially in this region because of an unfortunate cirscumstances, otherwise nobody really gives a shit about this placee, that's why I asked if anyone has visited the sites that they're so proud about. Which I have and honestly, it's interestingly fun and I found most of my friends their too. So I asked again, is TER losing edge? from their competitor especially in this region. Or nobody really gives a fu## what I'm talking about. just inquiring opinions.
The "old school" TER Loyalists DID welcome them at first and enjoyed it UNTIL those people came here with the idea that this site that has been around since BEFORE or right about the same time as the other should all of a sudden conform to their ideal site (meaning be like the defunct one)
MOST of them did nothing but complain and have resentment to this board. So the loyalists who at first welcomed them, got sick of all the TER bashing and complaining and then yes said take a hike or put up or shut up. When in Rome???
For you to say that the TER loyalists were ARROGANT is a slap in the face. As They were not and are not ARROGANT. Yet, when all they read is constant TER bashing by the new members, a slight loyal home team pride may come off as arrogant because well... TER is still alive and kicking while the other....
YES you are WRONG in your observations
I'm taking a liking to TER over its competitor. There is moderation here and higher quality control in regards to reviews.
First off one can't lose something he never had... LMAO!
I think TER is doing just fine within its clique audience of old-school money rich dinosaurs, the ones that predate the Internet and P4P sites. But make no mistake the dinosaurs are dying out. The newer model of the hobby will be more like BP and similar sites.
I think most people migrated off to other sites because they can't get used to the moderation here. Everything gets reviewed before it gets posted whether in the forum or a review.
Whereas at the other site, there wasn't any review. Once you click "enter" it gets posted. No Euro-dudes reading your reviews to make sure everything you put in the "juicy details" section is kosher, no one adding up the services to make sure that she really performs at what they predetermined a 10 level provider should do, nothing like that at all. I dunno, I thought the rankings over at you know where were overblown since a 10 to me is probably not a 10 to you. And I just loovvvedd the reviews where all the person did was repeat the same three words over and over and over.
Don't get me wrong, I loved the other site. It was a one stop shop. TER is not a local focus and it won't be focused solely on the Bay Area anytime soon.
By the way, you can't say you weren't warned about this place. There were numerous posts over the years at you know where about how things are here.
You don't like it here, we get it. No need to keep going on and on about how the "old timers" mistreated you all.
The King is Dead, long live the King!
The dinosaurs roamed the earth for 165 million years. At least we are still alive. The defunct group you worshiped so much is now owned by the FBI, IRS and DOJ. ROTF
I find this forum far less restrictive than the now defunct other site.
The mods and owner played favorites and censored posts from people they didn't like or providers didn't like.
Mods like Jimbo (jimdrake) got their "pats on the head"
The mods and owner were corrupt and biased towards providers who gave them freebies and paid for advertising.
The other site was full of corruption and nonsense.
I find this forum far more useful and level headed.
Yes there's less posts but it's more real and useful rather than the 99% of posts from other site which was just fake socializing and kissing ass to get discounts and freebies and useless
I stopped posting because of the moderation of my posts. If any forum is to stay active, popular and interesting... There must be controversy where it sparks people opinions. People must be able to choose a side of an argument or discussion. Otherwise they just don't get personally invested in the topics. I spark much controversy with my pro provider message. But to be shut down from my opinion and being forced to "play nice" or be moderated because I'm standing against "the man" has kept me away. It's just not interesting unless my emotion and passion are involved.
I take it we will no longer see your posts here!