reading giselles post below led me to realize the total lack of consistency in review ratings.

i saw a review posted this morning for a mercedes, who from the pictures i can tell used to be known as passion.  it was from a self admitted new hobbiest and he gave her 9's,

then you read the review and he even admits she is NOT gfe, etc etc.

i can understand a new hobbiest getting a bit more carried away than us grizzled old farts, but i have troubles with posting reviews so much i have basically stopped.  aren't there some kind of standards that the board moderators impose so as to adjust these things?

i got tired of having to resubmit every review with not enough information or too critical or can't comment on physique post chidbirth but they let this stuff through.  i just don't get it.

sorry for the rant post.


randolph

Thats why many of "grizzled older" farts have done as you have, stopped reviewing.  TER will soon become a "Provider" only board used for self-propogation, advertising, holier than thou spot lighting, and props for the WK's that think the direction, and everything else that's going on here, is just "great"! We even have reviewers on this board who think that NCNS is "alright, no big deal" and should be over looked.  These are the people that will be welcomed as members.  
Thanks for the many reviews you have posted.

Go ahead and yank this post MODS.

B

Guys, I'm not sure why but I have not been having reviews get kicked back. I think it would be good though for us to figure out what it is inside a review that gets it rejected. Did you get any ideas or feedback from the review board? Mods, any thoughts?

But please don't give up on reviewing. Two reviews of newer ladies this week made a big difference for me. One confirmed that I shouldn't see a certain girl and the other review let me know that I should go full steam ahead with comeone else. Without these reviews, one of my encounters would have been great but the other one pretty disappointing.

Use the Contact Us button. If the group acts as one and starts sending a few hundred PM's to the Admins maybe they will put their listening ears on and start paying attention. This isn't a new topic, the DC board and the Carolina board have all had recent discussions on this same topic. Many of the other boards have as well too.

Standing together as a group and not putting up with inferior service is what is needed to get the change made. Actions are what will get the changes rolling, not idly sitting back and waiting and hoping.  After all, isn't this part of what your paying for?

Ft61

I agree, but that shouldn't mean that you stop submitting reviews. As long as they are honest and true to the spirit in which this site was setup.

Believe it or not, hobbyists do look further than the providers main screen. I look at the reviews and see who else they have done reviews for, sometimes you tend to see a pattern for that reviewer and ?I discount that review entirely.

So just keep up your good work, it is appreciated.

unfortunatly the moderators have nothing to do with the reviews because I think if they did the reviews would be better and now so inconsistent.
we all have to pm the admin...I've even done so on a few reviews of guys saying where the incall is or other info not necessary to give out.

Try doing what I do.

throw out the best and the worst and look for a concensus among what is left. It is  abit of work but seems to be working well for me.

1) The requirements for performance ratings (Rule 7).  A girl that does straight missionary and nothing else can get no higher than a 7 on performance, even if she is the most orgasmic hottest thing since sliced bread.  If she also french kisses, she can get no higher than an 8.  A 9 or 10 requires BBBJ, anal or bi.   That is a stupid way to rank performance.  Willingness to be a porn star has very little to do with real performance, and so performance ratings mean very little between 7 - 10.

2) Reviews are rejected without explanation.  This has been discussed, but hey, why can't the admin just provide a simple reason so we can fix the review?  I spend 30 minutes on a review, and its OUR reviews that give TER any legitimacy .. so wtf with the silent rejections?

3) Blacklisting of ladies.  Ladies seem to get blacklisted here with an alarming degree of regularity, and without much reason other than having failed to kiss up to some admin.  While I am sure many bannings are for legit reasons, I have heard stories from several different ladies that really make me question the bans.  On a practical level, if I write a review on a banned lady who will I know?  Probably a silent rejection ...

4) Lack of norming.  The scores from reviewer to reviewer will naturally vary.  The right way to handle this is to "norm" scores by a reviewer; for example, if a reviewer consistently ranks ladies 1 point higher than the average of other reviewers, his rating should be adjusted down 1.  Norming methods are pretty easy to apply and would fix the consistency issues and the "grade inflation problem" discussed below.  

5) The requirement that providers have an average "8" score to get on the provider board.  This makes it very hard to give a lady a 7 or lower without causing offense.  A 7 or even a 6 should be an okay review ranking, and an 8 should be exceptional ... but that isn't how the reviews are now.

6) More generally, the "grade inflation" issue which is common to all grading and review systems and needs norming to fix.  Grade inflation happens because a reviewer that gives an average or only moderately good review may get a chilly reception from the lady on the next visit.  The fact that TER now encourages reviewers to share their identify with a lady (through the "white list") makes this worse as a 'hard grader' may believe that he will have trouble getting ladies here (even if not true, it certainly affects behavior if reviewers believe or fear this).  We all want to say good things because it makes ladies like us more... it is kind of natural and it goes against th grain to give a 6 or 7 when other guys are giving all 8s and 9s.

Many of us do considerable research before we see new providers. So you would have all of our scores scaled down simply because we pick only top-notch providers? Sorry, you're barking up the wrong tree with that suggestion. You can't apply arbitrary generic rules to every possible scenario. Some guys don't have bad experiences because they choose wisely. It's not always about grade inflation.

The system is flawed but rather than snipe at it from posts do as funtimes61 suggested. Do it often and get others to do the same thing.  If enough people complain or better speak with their wallets then maybe the powers that be will listen. As flawed as it is, it is still the best system available to hobbyist that I'm aware of.