Yes...this is something that has been discussed a great deal recently. Not only on this board but on others as well. Many others.

The bottom line is that no one really knows how reviews are handled, and by whom. There's a lot of speculation and conjecture, but that never leads to much in any situation.
You can be assured that mods have nothing to do with the review process. We police the boards, and reviews are a completely different "department" as it were.

Yes...the review process can be time consuming and could be improved. That can be said about many things. But the system is what it is for now, and it's best to know how to deal with it instead of raging against it.
If you've had a review denied...don't take it personally or fly off the handle. Simply send a message and ask why. 99 times out of 100 you'll get a response and reason. It's all subjective to whomever reads the review...and again, we mods have no idea who that is.
You'll get a response that you may or may not agree with. Simply change one or two little things...or sometimes nothing at all...and re-submit. At this point it will be read by someone else, most likely, and approved.

Again...this system is not perfect...as is the case with most systems. But it is what it is...and is the very best resource we have so far.
The OP is correct in that "the whole purpose of submitting reviews was to offer honest advice and guidance to others who are members of TER".
Don't lose sight of the main purpose of things merely because it doesn't happen fast enough.

I can assure you that the issue has been brought up to the Admins of the site, and is being addressed.

Just continue to do the right thing for the right reason (posting reviews), know that it is being worked on, and have some fun out there!!

Just sayin'

DD

Ok, I am hearing a bit of noise from others on the board. Why is it taking so long to have new reviews posted? Second, why for no apparent reason are good reviews being rejected? I thought the whole purpose of submitting reviews was to offer honest advice and guidance to others who are members of TER. Is the problem due to a lack of qualified staff on the part TER management either turnover or cutbacks? In either case, I am not happy and want TER management to address this problem and not ignore it as appears to be the case.

Thank you, Fin

While I am a newbie I agree. I took the time to write up a nice and detailed review of a provider I saw in Boston and TOFTT as she was not previously reviewed. She was a great girl and would be good for TER members to know about but for no specific reason the review was unapproved. I complained that I wouldn't waste my time writing another one and received a message that the review would now be approved and I would be given VIP stats but neither happened so don't know what to think. Maybe it is about getting people to pony up $ for VIP status? I can't think of anther reason.

I'm with snooze on this one. I have just about given up on trying to submit reviews. I have tried not to submit reviews that really don't add any value to the community, if a lady has multiple reviews and I'm not adding any new info I won't waste the time. On the occasions when my experience differs greatly from the other reviews (good or bad) or if I visit someone new who could use the boost, or others should be warned about, I would try to contribute.

Recently though it's just to damn time consuming. In one particular case after I had resubmitted a review multiple times and re-read it I realized it was more like a Penthouse Forum article than what I experienced?

I agree in principal to what mnifgpcmfg is saying also, but I think the validity of a lot of reviews can come into question because of the need to keep adding details to get them approved. Free membership or paid, if your trying to get a review posted and it keeps kicking back for lack of details the tendency is to do the Penthouse Forum thing.

Seems to me a lot of these issue started shortly after they stopped posting any details, apperance and performance ratings in particular, to no VIP members??

..... and gave up trying to write a review a very long time ago.  Way to much aggravation, writing a review, getting denied, making changes, denied again, making more changes, denied again.  When the review is finally accepted, it isn't what I wanted to say, it ended up being what whoever at TER wanted to say.  Sorry, no disrespect intended, just my $0.02.

Originally Published on The Phoenix Board

I have experienced a fair amount of difficulty getting “Submitted Reviews” approved in a timely manner as well. The most recent example took eight days to receive a “Rejection” and another eight days after that to receive final approval.

That particular one was rejected because:

“Your review was denied for lack of information in the details section. Your
review is too short in length and/or lacks detail in general.”

I take writing Reviews very seriously and having submitted lots of Reviews, my Reviews are NEVER short and NEVER lack details. The same Review that was rejected was re-submitted and published AFTER I complained via E-mail.

I have seen (especially of late) so many sloppy, poorly written and short Reviews being published; that I am quite flabbergasted when I receive a Rejection for this reason.

Another example of a recent rejection was:

“The website that was included in your review is not a direct link. TER requires that websites submitted in reviews link directly to a page that lists the provider's name and contact information.”

That was incorrect and it took a couple of E-mails and many days to get it fixed and the Review finally published. Meanwhile, I have noticed recently, that several Reviews (for Phoenix in particular) have been published with references to non-existent Websites or Ads.

Who is reading our Reviews? Who is doing the checking on their validity?

I agree that the timeliness and the quality have suffered of late?

All,

I doubt this will get read by the admins, but here goes...

For what it's worth - I agree with the original point. It's VERY annoying to put a lot of effort into a review (as many of us do), only to have it rejected.

However - I sympathize with the admins. TER is a VERY valuable resource that's WORTH paying for. However, many people submit reviews in lieu of paying. Fair enough - a good review is a valuable contribution to the site and the community.

However, there are obviously many skinflints out there who try to submit bogus reviews, hoping to cheat their way into VIP status.

Those bogus reviews really hurt everyone. Us, because we can't always tell the difference, and thus are getting unreliable info. And the providers, whose livelihood can really be impacted because some dickhead thinks it's easier to write a fake review instead of ponying up $20.

So, I do appreciate those admins who truly make an effort to read every review, set a high standard for what's acceptable, and do their best to keep out the BS. That's a TON of work, and I really commend them for it.

After all - the better the ratio of good reviews to bad - the better for all of us.

Here's what I propose - TER should have a system like Amazon, where each review comes with a score, based on the reviewer's "credibilty" and "reputation", and the community's voting.

E.g., we should be able to up- or downvote each review, based on whether it's helpful and/or informative. I'd much rather read 1 or 2 highly rated reviews, than 20 crummy boilerplate reviews.

Members should have a reputation score, based on how many reviews they've submitted, and how well-scored their reviews are. I'd much rather read a review from a member with 30 high-ranking reviews than an unranked review from a newbie.

Here's the key - you couldn't get free membership into TER until you submit a review that gets, say, 10 upvotes from established members.

That would make it much harder for someone to cheat their way into TER by submitting a bogus review. And, it'd mean better reviews for all of us (or, at least, it'd be easier to filter out the better reviews). And, it'd mean less work for the admins - let the community decide what's a good review.

I don't know if there's any tech people out there, but a there's a great tech site named stackoverflow that works this way, and it's awesome. Amazon also does a great job.

I'm a developer too, so I've offered my services to TER to help build something like this, but I haven't been able to get in touch with them.

If anyone from TER is reading this, let's talk.

I used to submit detailed reviews and they would not accept it on frivolous grounds anymore. I wanted to review a new girl from Jill, a pretty blonde at BI but I just dont have the time to submit, get rejected, resubmit.

For a busy professional, it is downright silly and nonsensical to expect this kind of time burning foolishness.

The "report a problem" has also gone down the flush. I used to report so many errors, including one involving Taylor from New Orleans, and many others for a 2 day credit, but now no response or action is taken by TER.

Also for each review we should be given at least 21 days of VIP, not a lousy 15 days or 7 days.

or for that matter monthly and quarterly increases ??
280.00 / year now
75.00 / quarterly
This could also be a big reason, to get members to purchase VIP membership,
remember it's all about the money in all businesses
"just sayin'"

Good suggestion!

I'd like to volunteer to review the reviews.  I pretty much read all of them anyway.  Where do I sign up?

Like the value of fresh water running from our tap - TER is a great deal and a currently underpriced commodity.   Enjoy all its value while you can - I'm certain there will be changes made to seek and find the actual market price for VIP membership.  And if the set price is higher than what hobbyists are willing to pay- eventually another referral entity may come along: but it won't be for free.  
Until then, TER provides a very valuable service.  To me, anyway, as I got tired of bait and switch and TMFFT (not just one) long ago.  

Also, influencing the content of the reviews affects the value of the product they offer- so I would expect TER to be aware of how their policy is affecting the quality of reviews.  It is good to weed out the (sometimes obvious) fake review whether posted by a hobbyist trying for free period of VIP or a provider posing as a hobbyist to give herslef a postive review.  Often to offset many negative ones.  btw - a red flag to me is the "treat her well" and "treat her with respect and you will be rewarded" comments at the end of the reviews.  This advice is on the same level as "breathe in and breathe out during the  session and you will enjoy it more"      I do my best to treat everyone I meet with respect- in and out of the hobby.  

Also I haven't, as yet, experienced the delay that others have.  But the day is  still young. TER probably has an automated edit on the website and other fields, and the reviews are read by a human.  For the time being, I'll take the free VIP membership while they still allow it.  

"From time to time TER chooses not to post reviews from users with limited history for providers with no other reviews. Once the provider receives more reviews your review can be resubmitted for approval."

Ok, so I'm a new guy.  My first review got approved with no problem.  My second review, in which I took one for the team, gets denied.  I'm sorry - isn't the whole point to get more information on to the site?  You know what?  I saw a new girl on Tuesday night too (check this regional board for me asking if anyone had experience with Lilly from royal touch) but now I'm not even going to bother with a review because apparently as a new person I'm only allowed to review people that are already tried and true.  F that!!!!!!

An update.  I emailed support and basically said while I understand the general fear of fake reviews, just contact me directly if you want to confirm it.  I got a message saying it was approved.

Today (1/19) I came across a posting on this board asking how much to trust one bad review and talked about girls that average a 9 in performance and then get a 6.  Under the TER rules, 7 is the maximum score a girl is eligible for unless she offers extras - DFK, BBBJ, Bi, Greek (eligible for 1 additional point for each).  I wonder if a lot of reviews are getting rejected because people are giving 9s and 10s without any support.  You can give all the detail you want about a non-GFE encounter and if it doesn't describe the extras being offered, it shouldn't be approved if the rating is above 7.

Just a thought I had.