putting a link on the provider's profile that allows a review to be initiated from that page with all of the information, except scores, automatically filled in.  The new reviewer could change any information needed without changing the master profile.

This would not only make it easier for writing reviews, but would also eliminate the (very few) mistakes where reviews are connected to the wrong profiles.

I love this site.



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but the problem is that the easier it is to write a review, the more that fake ones will go up by a poster trying just to get 15 days free credit.

The admittedly annoying hurdles hopefully limits that to a certain degree.

approved and go through the other checks and balances?  I am software programming illiterate, but would there be a way to have the number of reviews a reviewer has to his credit trigger some sort of automatic form fill-in function that is not to burdensome to the site?

Just a thought.  I really don't mind filling out the info with the window by window method, but I think it would cut down the number of mis-applied reviews.

It is interesting as I've just now posted an almost completely complementary idea - namely, while some provider stats stay the same (ethnicity, height), much of the rest changes.

Some providers gain or lose weight, others quit smoking, others get tattoos piercings or implants; others move. Some tweak rates or services offered. ALL age a year, each year - it is ridiculous to see some provider listings that were created 10 years ago, still showing the same age.

If the point and value of this site is sharing useful information such that better providers get more business opportunities and fewer clients are ripped off or have their time wasted, it makes sense to somehow have a mechanism to keep provider stats up to date either by the most recent review or some sort of a vetting process (like a consensus of 3 recent reviewers, or something)

Just a thought