It seems to me that this happens a lot with Agency girls. Especially when we hear of an Agency starting a rumor on another then all of a sudden the other agency a bad review. But the funny thing to me is when this happens, its usually from a reviewer with his first review. Seems kind of obvious to me, that maybe the bad review might not even be real. We as hobbyist need to look at the overall picture when checking out reviews instead of basing it on what came in last. An honest review is an honest review, however I do know that we should all be aware that this is how a lot of ladies feed their families whether their with an agency or independent. I'm pretty sure most of us wouldn't like somebody coming to one of our business clients making a inaccurate complaint effecting us and our line of work.

Everybody knows how important reviews are for the girls business.  If she
is good or bad reviews will be mostly consistant.  What do you think when a girl that gets 8's and 9's in
performanceand looks suddenly gets a 4 or a 5?  Especially if the review comes accross as angry.

I know ymmv and sometimes a provider gets burned out and performance shows but
do you think sometimes a reeview has a nefarious agenda?

just a recent observation.

I have had several guys tell me that they wouldn't write a review because they wanted to keep me for themselves (well gee thanks! lol!) but, the point is that if they would NOT write a review in order to affect someone's business, it's totally plausible that they WOULD write one to affect it as well.

add in first-time reviewer and there is actually no doubt in my mind that someone with an agenda decided to portray themself as a client and hurt her with a terrible review

I met an experienced provider who had a bad review and she lived up to every great review she ever had!  She was wonderful. We actually talked afterward about the bad review and it was unwarranted -- just a dude being an a**-hole.

Most providers with pretty decent reviews usually try to keep those reviews consistent, considering this is her means of income. Im sure you know as well as the rest of us that clients dont like to play far all the time. Some of them do go as far to the extreme as to post a fake review.

There has been a substantial amount of 'grade inflation' in reviews with so many high marks for appearance and performance that it almost makes the numerical system meaningless.

Maybe this guy has a different standard for his 8s and 9s and also happened to catch the lady on a bad day. A 7 could easily fall to a 5 then.

I know that I have sometimes been an outlyer on review history, both high and low.  I try very hard to make my reviews consistent and fair, but sometimes there is just a session where chemistry was over the top or just non-existant

I try to follow a fixed set criteria for the performance reveiw every time, but in some cases there is a chemistry or absolute lack thereof that can make a difference.  I also have criteria for certain intangibles.  Negative factors for being more than 30 minutes late, upselling, ala carte pricing, or surprise friends showing up at door can be applied, plus certain attitude things like actually smiling, laughing, conversations, or creating the fantasy of my choice will gain extra judgemental points.  These are always disclosed in my write ups

Personnally, I think there should be a simple mathematical equation that how you fill out the review form generates a range of point values and then that generates a proposed score.  On top of this, the reviewer could then  add judgemental points, with an allowance size based upon time of the session.  This would eliminate 15 minute handjobs from scoring a 9.

But it would not prevent the negative hatchett job.  That can only be done by the reviewer community actually reading the submitted reviews and if there is an outlyer, looking at all the reviews submitted by the outlyer review writer and seeing if they have a unique history.

Just like providers have an average score attached to their id's, perhaps we should have similiar averages tied to the reviewer as well.  This way if you have someone who averages a 9 when you look at history, that individual review  could be downplayed as opposed to a guy who averages 7 something giving a 9.

I take into account the overall picture.  On a girl with 20 straight 8's, for example, a lot of times I'll actually skip to the outliers and read those.  

I've discovered that most of the outlier reviews, both high and low, tend to be ....dramatized, either one way or the other, and they don't influence my choosing to trade with that provider.

While I've definitely appreciated reviews from time to time, I've chosen for various reasons not to write them. So....might be a bit of a hypocrite, but a couple of thoughts:

I think reviews vary so much, despite the guidelines for a lot of different reasons. Among them:

YMMV - pretty self explanatory
YTMV - your tastes may vary. Some guys love a pam anserson type. Others might be turned on by an ashley judd. Some like it slow & gentle. Others furous & nasty. Might vary based on moods! No right or wrong here, just different perspectives & needs.

I say, unless it's a rip-off, reviews just don't matter. Always take them & photos with a grain of salt. Use them to avoid rip-offs, and dive right in! All that matters is what floats your boat. If the lady seems interesting/attractive to you and legit, then go for it and enjoy! Might swing & miss, but might find a new ATF. Anything more just sets you up for potential disappointment, as all encounters are different.

Just my POV! Peace