I agree about not giving VIP for reviews. I’m pretty sure I’ve said it before on these boards somewhere, but I think they should stop that.
Paying just for the privilege of writing reviews seems a bit much, but I do see the logic behind it. Depends on how much you pay I guess, but I’m not sure about that. I do see where it would help with SOME of the fake review problems.
I dunno what board you’re talking about with the code words. I’m sure there’s plenty more details to it but based on what you’ve said, I think that’s going too far.
If you need a code from her to post a review then I assume only providers who have chosen to sign up are reviewed there. I do like that. There are providers who don’t know they have a profile here and I know of some who have a lot of trouble getting delisted when they want to.
The problem I see with it is giving the providers the ability to pick and choose their reviews. It doesn’t seem like it would be difficult to prevent less-than-stellar reviews from being published. Anyone working in any service industry almost always knows when the customer walking out the door is dissatisfied.
When a lady shows up an hour late or leaves early or doesn’t do what her ad says she does or just phones in her performance because she’s not having a great day, she knows that she did that. What’s to stop her from refusing to give the client the password, or giving a fake one?
I like the idea of a review site giving the providers the power to choose to be on the site or not. I do not think they should be able to decide which client-members of the site can or cannot review them.