Is really no different here than pretty much everywhere else online. See link.

Oh look, everything they said you can also apply to the reviews on TER!!! LOL  
Unfortunately many providers take reviews very personally rather than as a tool to provide a better service.  
I am not going to be a 10 for everyone, that is OK, we are all human. If a provider never has anything that needs to be improved on in any of their reviews that may be a red flag also. This is my business and I treat it like my business. I do read my reviews and learn from them. This is a service industry and I always strive to provide the best service at a price point that I think most gents can afford.  
With that being said, mean reviews help no one and are just that, mean. Be honest about what was good with the appointment, but be gentle with what needs to be improved on. Also as a client reflect and be honest about what you need to improve on to make sessions the best they can be for both of you. You are of course paying for the session, but were you on time? Was your hygiene top notch? Were you in a foul mood? These can all affect the session.  
Always remember to have fun. We are here to provide joy in your life, even if it is just one hour of blissful fun.  

The grain of salt being the point. I also find most guys who review ALOT tend to be more harsh/ not like theirself as much so they hard review and don't like anything short of a girl who is fake head to toe lol

I have always found the reviews to be fairly accurate.

I think the liars whom never shared time with a provider & submitted slanderous fantasy reviews should have consequences because it’s not helping the community in anyway.

I'm in the process of writing a long post on the kgirl pomesaage board replying to the "why I don't write negative reviews" thread. That's gonna be a doozy.  

What does it tell you when you hear that reviews influence a providers biz more than all their ads combined, ever?

One big difference - as a “seller” in this business I am obviously not going to advertise the details of my services.  Sure I can allude to what may be provided, with terms like GFE, but that can mean different details to different people. Additionally many girls have a certain style that may or may not be what you are looking for.    
This is where a savvy gent will use reviews as part of his research. Often you will see trends that will indicate the service you can expect, and this is going to be considerably more detailed than any acceptable advertising.

Obviously there will be some nuances that make things a tad  different for every biz.

In the EARLY days of the internet, there was usenet and info available in "usenet newsgroups" such as:
alt.sex.strip-clubs and
alt.sex.prositution
I picked up a lot of helpful info there.  
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And I have posted about even earlier sources of info, even go back to the '70s -- the 1870s -- and earlier
http://www.theeroticreview.com/discussion-boards/ter-general-board-12/history-of-review-sites-too-924666
"I'm sure there was ancient graffiti ("For a good time, see Clytemnestra, VI VI IX II IV VI VIII."), but the oldest commonly known review would probably be that of Mary Magdalene in The Epistles."  
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"There are other threads on this history topic. See, f'rinstance:  
http://www.theeroticreview.com/discussion-boards/ter-general-12/gentlemens-companion-1870-835348"
"Gentlemen's Companion (1870)
"This guidebook to New York City's attractions, published anonymously in 1870, had nothing to say about Central Park or the Croton Aqueduct. But it had everything to say about the "seven beautiful young lady scholars" residing at the Ladies' Seminary on West 27th Street and other women-for-hire vying for a gentleman's attention and dollars.
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*****And the reviews seem to have been honest:***** "Readers who insisted on seeing 111 Spring Street for themselves were cautioned that they would encounter "the lowest class of courtezans" there and a crowd of "roughs and rowdies, and gentlemen who turn their shirts wrong side out when the other side is dirty.""
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And several other similar publications in the New York Public Library.  
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Oh crap, I did it again. A "library" is a big building with books inside which is where people used to go to read stuff before the internet.
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Here's another link: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/on-the-records-a-well-preserved-roadmap-to-perdition/?_r=0  "
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How to hobby in the 1870s:
http://documents.nytimes.com/a-vest-pocket-guide-to-brothels-in-19th-century-new-york-for-gentlemen-on-the-go
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and others.

Adding on to Rocketeer's post .. TLR Review boards are the best thing that ever happened to this hobby.
It pulled in a vast new client base (square suburban Joes who would never brave a stroll or a mob-controlled cathouse), and allows providers to charge higher prices.
It also opens up the field to truly independent providers.

So did the "comment boxes" at businesses but they weren't really publicly available for everyone to see. I was more of an indirect feedback and it was never really available to other customers easily. Which is a big deal.  

a lot of reviews are BS. a lot read like a letter to Penthouse or Playboy.
A lot bear no resemblance to what I experienced with the same provider.

I agree. I have bent many men over & pegged them from behind, and have never read any reviews that state these facts. It’s weird. lol Smile for me!

I  100% agree!

If you want to take that type of track on my post it would be that if everyone else is steeling you would do well to be sure to lock your doors, windows and car. And do like is done in other place with low trust like wearing your backpack on the front rather than the back.

I actually think your experience is not really that unique. Personally I think the reality in this activity is much better than what I experience in most other online review type sources (outside review sources that test products and services and are only paid by consumers, not the producer -- which is not far from the model for TER, in theory at least).

Actually I was thinking more about the "guys" that use reviews that complain about the quality of the reviews more than the providers. Probably because from what I've seen for every thread from a provider complaining about a review I see three or more threads from guys taking exception to some review and calling it fake or a shill -- or sometimes a hit piece.

What type of track? That IS your post. You happily saying see it happens elsewhere too so it's not nothing unusual or worse...so people shouldn't complain. That's your post.  

I noticed that about greeting cards you pick up at the store -- many of them are about the sender rather than the recipient.  People love to talk about themselves.  

A lot of penthouse and self-centered reviewed do so to hide the fact they have very generic description of the provider.

I can confirm that your pictures are accurate and you are NOT a scammer.

It's interesting, I just found this page and a lot of language on this page mirrors what I have been saying. Almost to the tee in terms of language.  

bfde666: "a lot of reviews are BS. a lot read like a letter to Penthouse or Playboy."
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That does not follow -- in either direction.  A BS review need not sound like that; a review in that style need not be false; an honest review of a good session need not sound  flat and unemotional.  
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There's good reason that PB/PH Letters sound the way they do -- they are (presumably pretending to be) entertaining descriptions of intensely sexual encounters.  That is exactly what clients seek, and what they describe in both good reviews and in some fake reviews.  
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So I do not consider PB/PH Letters "style" a diagnostic criterion (positive nor negative) for reviews.

Your body is outstanding

Was that just more of your willful ignorance?

Why Conan is not wasting his time with you, but "not nothing" is a double negative.  The correct wording is "nothing unusual."  Do you see the irony in you TRYING to correct someone else on their diction?

First of all by your implicit suggestion that Conan has both the time and inclination to correct every grammatical malefaction on this board.
But also, because you have failed to comprehend the difference between "diction" and "grammar." The former means pronunciation while the latter means correct usage. You do, I hope, understand the difference.

Not much has been said here about the providers that setup alternate accounts as men, then they write glowing reviews of themselves that include may kinks beyond straight sex.   I know this is true because I've been suckered into appointments based on misrepresented reviews.   How can a dozen reviews be written with the same style and point of view by different men?  That should have been a big red flag.   I always shower and shave where I need just before leaving home for the appointment.   I'm an average looking gentleman and have good manners.   After 30 minutes into an agreed hour long appointment, and being polite, trying to get her naked and doing the things she's agreed to on the phone I've figured out it is going downhill fast and I needed to get the hell out of there... pissed off and saying goodbye to my donation.   I've discussed this situation offline with a few other men here over the years.   These women waste more time talking than giving any service, and when the finally get around to doing the deed it is worse than a wife who dislikes sex.  Don't say this isn't true because it is.

I must correct, of all people, Conan the Grammarian, but many words have more than one meaning.  Diction is one of them.  From the Oxford Dictionary . . . . .  

denigrating people who live in a trailer.  There are many along the California coast that sell for $500,000 - $1,000,000, or more.  Just a suggestion to show you re fair and balanced.    

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Yes, we see the occasional post about such events made here. Based on that the frequency seems a bit low -- though I have no doubt that the less abusive (just one self-review to get some notice) will likely pass under the radar as it would be more difficult to recognize. But I don't think any of the providers or agencies have some review writing farm managing the  reviews as occurs in other, legal service/product spaces.

You yourself said,

Check out some of my old posts on Secret Shopper or Mystery Shopper authentication!!
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http://www.theeroticreview.com/discussion-boards/ter-general-board-12/my-suggested-way-actually-prove--984539
http://www.theeroticreview.com/discussion-boards/ter-general-board-12/secret-shopper-authentication-983839
http://www.theeroticreview.com/discussion-boards/suggestion-and-policy-4/secret-shopper-authentication-15598
http://www.theeroticreview.com/discussion-boards/ter-general-board-12/get-in-line-932125
http://www.theeroticreview.com/discussion-boards/suggestion-and-policy-4/if-you-like-my-secret-shopper-authentication-you-should-see-my-x-out-of-y-posts-15617
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_shopper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_shopping
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My offer to be the Secret Shopper still stands! TER! I'm waiting to hear from you!

You do know what the R in TER stands for?  

Queen Bia.  She doesn't know when to use "you're" instead of "your" either.  You two may have much more in common.  Lol

That's weird, if you claim you didn't read what I said, how could you have known I said anything about making toes curl?

While in the real world I tend to be a stickler for spelling and grammar, in this environment I'm much more forgiving and don't see why some make such a big deal about it.

On this site (and many others) we communicate through the written word. So when words are mis-used, the quality and accuracy of said communication suffers. Also, when you mis-use the language you present yourself as ignorant and poorly educated. If anyone doesn't care, it's their right to remain an example of ignorance.. But no one should get mad when someone points it out.

I'd be flattered, if his post wasn't his usual word salad. Gosh, I wonder if he's stalked me on other boards, too.
One thing I know is, he WILL reply to this post.
He just can't help himself. Ever.

If you believe more than 5%  of what’s in a review then you also believe in the tooth fairy, the Easter bunny, and Santa Claus

So I would assume your entire rationale for being on this board is purely for the discussion groups, and perhaps the pic only board.

is that many of them are quite accurate. I developed a group of go-to reviewers as a result of my experience at local M&Gs so I was about to use back channels to verify girls. I found it to be the best way to utilize TER.

And if anything, it reiterates some of the main issues that reviews have.

That said, in my experience they didn't contradict the reviews themselves, but simply supplemented them.

"honest" reviews or not when you don't have VIP?  You need VIP to read the juicy details.  I get it that lurkers are allowed to post here, but how do you expect to taken seriously with your comments on reviews when you can't even read them?

I have vip most of the time. Are you remedial or are pretending to be? Sometimes I don't have vip. That doesn't magically make me forget the info I've read before.  

I regret that editing posts here kicks them into moderation and they can disappear for hours -- so I don't bother.  I just have to let mistakes slide that I didn't notice at first.  I do a lot of their/there/they're sort of errors even though I know the difference.  But my typing brain works phonetically.  I usually catch it on a proof read -- which is usually after have I hit send.

Old time hobbyist here. I’ve always felt that a reviewed provider was somebody I felt more comfortable going to see. Yes, I know some guys are mean and some post fake reviews, but over the years, the reviews on this site have been helpful.  

Im here because TER msg us that they missed us Ooo thats nice!

I believe this to be true for most part ..