... I think you should make clear the "Provider of the Week" is not necessarily the "Best Provider in Town." Otherwise, I'd just have to put the same name up week after week which gets boring.
I suggest it has to be someone you've seen within the past two or three weeks who gave you a particularly good experience. Or someone who has been absent for a while and just came back on the scene. Or some other reason that this provider is noteworthy in this week. That ought to keep thing a little more interesting, and avoid hurt feelings, also.
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... I think you should make clear the "Provider of the Week" is not necessarily the "Best Provider in Town." Otherwise, I'd just have to put the same name up week after week which gets boring.
I suggest it has to be someone you've seen within the past two or three weeks who gave you a particularly good experience. Or someone who has been absent for a while and just came back on the scene. Or some other reason that this provider is noteworthy in this week. That ought to keep thing a little more interesting, and avoid hurt feelings, also.
It can be someone you have seen, want to see, has great board presence or any other reason. Some guys will always put up the same ladies, it's counterproductive, but it happens. It's never supposed to be the "best", just someone who grabs your attention and why.
And would hope that it becomes a (more or less) permanent feature here. The chance to give a shout out to someone or perhaps learn some news in time to use it is good.
Ditto vorlon. Much more timely than waiting for a review which may get posted late or even on another city or state board so no one here sees it while the provider is in town.
Provider of the week? Heck, why don't we have an awards banquet and elect a provider of the year?
What can we call the statuettes though? The Hookies? The Johnies?
I nominate, Belinda, (even though we have never met) She is always a sweetheart on the boards, is well spoken, patient and always tries to help everyone. My runner up would be Anya, another caring and considerate sweetmeat.
Both types of threads appear designed to help providers get around the "once every seven days" ad posting rules.
They contribute to this board becoming more of a provide ad / social frat board rather a constructive discussion board.
If you noticed the top of that provider of the week thread, many nominations were providers simply shilling for one another rather that hobbyists who had seen these providers in the past week.
On other boards, the men step up and nominate the girls. On this board the men hide away unless to chat about the best bbbj in town or the latest cheap deal on BP. So of course the ladies would be the ones voting for each other. That's how it works on the MN board. Anyway, it will be the same ladies voted for weekly. It will get boring. This board has gotten boring in general. I guess we'll just wait to hear about the latest new bargain from BP, as always...carry on boys.
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