It is nice to see this board and the attitudes which prevail in comparison to some of the better travelled roads in the Hobby. While not as active a hobbyist as I have been in the past, I enjoy seeing what the industry has to offer.  I have flat out given up on most of the other online resources as corrupt, inefficient, and crowded My question is this - Can we expect to see a growth in the user base of TER, giving us all the benefit of greater information gathering potential?and if we can expect this...How can the seemingly inevitable slide into rampant commercialism be stopped?  How can the Site maintain a level of integrity in the face of enourmous temptation ?As an appreciative user, if not active contributor of Reviews, I am concerned.....Would love to hear what epople have to say.Be SafeLooky Looky ....and btw....one thing I really hope is to NOT see a TER provider hosting site.

Looky, LookyI have been wondering the same thing myself. Standing on the other side of the tracks, I find that the Industry Online has gone from somewhat as the elite to everybody and their dog having some semblance of a site. I think the net has certainly opened new doors for me and I have visited areas that I may not have visited if it weren't for Touring, but the lines between the levels of service you can get has become gray. Tiffany, my assistant is invaluable to me not only for helping me organize my life, but she also keeps her ear very close to the ground for  what trends in the industry are becoming hot. The last time we discussed this, she noticed that girls who have very minimal sites are very popular now, because they have a more amateur look to them. This almost gave me a heart attack, because I just had the site done to make the bloody thing look more professional! Excuse my obvious ignorance, but isn't that what attracts you guys to us? Our professionalism, our discreteness, the fact that we take pride in our appearance ( not only physically.). I had( and still have) this vision of what it is to be a courtesan, provider, upscale escort, whatever you want to call it. I like the image ( although some of us go little far with our Guccis and Louis Vuittons), I like the thought that Not everyone can do this at this level. You need a good head, creativity, a whole lot of patience and yes, class(A single page site on a free server does not do it for me, sorry). But with posts that have become so prevelant like " Where can I get a first rate fuck for under a hundred bucks?" and someone actually has a serious answer for that, it makes me wonder why the hell I just spent $$$$+ on a new site? I appreciate your statement about giving up on online resources. I have been online just over a year, and it has changed dramatically. I am also starting to look for new avenues  to pursue. Because if the thought has become that there isn't a difference between a girl who charges 120$ and shows up wearing cutoffs and a tube top, only to stay for 20 minutes and take off as soon as you've popped your lid to a girl who charges 300+, shows up looking like she just stepped out of the pages of Vogue, and accidentally goes over the hour because she has enjoyed the time as much as you, if not more, Yeah there's something wrong. Just my thought.