I find it hard to believe that any white collar business guy these days has not been using a computer at work for all of their work life (maybe a few exceptions still).  

 
You see that type of question from some that have been on TER a while so chalk that up to no time or lazy. Others might be new to TER and coming from some of the other forum based sites so not used to the idea of a review database that can be searched. (Ignoring the kind of obvious Reviews menu option....)

 
But, yeah, I like to keep all my favorites with years of reviews on the dl so other's don't block my appointments!

... a guy that I have never talked to before or even seen on this site will ask me for a reference or a recommendation for a k girl. You're asking ME? Or they'll hit me up for a recommendation for their girlfriend as if I'm going to vouch for a complete stranger to bookers. I have no idea what these guys are thinking, except to realize that they just aren't thinking at all 🙄

Is this related to something?

Did some guy claim a well known and review girl was gatekept and also the same guy asked for info about her?

I mean I'll take the occams razor that they are just lazy.

But sometimes you do get the "indirect shills". They are not common in this hobby, admittedly. Mostly because it's easier to take path of least resistance and shill directly.  

 
But to give an example, it usually takes two people. One person would pretend to ask about whats the best product, and then another replies the product that's supposed to be shilled. Then the og person talks about lack of advertising (similar to your gatekeeping guy) and/or asks to get more info.  

 
But again, this is usually done in places and businesses where being a shill is very clear cut and they don't want to appear like theyre advertising. On surface it looks just like two people having a public exchange.... but really its like an indirect ad.

 
Again, not my first guess here...but a possibility, even if unlikely