what is listed for a providers services?  With all of the "fake" reviews, why doesn't TER leadership simply follow this process:

1.  Hobbyist completes review
2. TER layers in their standards
3. Provider reviews/confirms they saw this person the I do/don't characteristics.

The provider cannot see the physical description or the details of the feedback so they cannot cancel any true negative reviews.
4. Automatically approved if ok's by provider or reviewed by TER then uploaded.

This may stop "fake" reviews and clean up the accurate ones.

Just my .02

The first reviewer sets the profile and it remains forever, unless it is updated by problem reports.

And you have been around since '04 and you don't know this?

As for your suggestion, do you realize how many providers don't know or don't care if they have reviews here and how many don't even know about TER? Do you expect TER to contact every provider that receives a review to check if the review is valid? Yeah that should be real easy with the BO gals who change their phone number and name daily

And by the way, wasn't this just suggested a couple threads down?

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If a provider agrees that a "fake" session happened to either get established or raise her scores TER is wasting time trying to verify every review.  

It might be a good idea however to attempt to "get it right the first time" some of the menu information that is incorrect or "don't know" should be fixed. Perhaps the first review should be double checked with the provider, not for the scoring, but for the services offered.