For some reason i'm not a fan of the response box idea but  either way reviews under an alias as BAD m'kay.

to not know who the reviewer is and be able to check out their non aliased review history simply diminishes the value of the review. if i don't easily know who wrote it and can't check on the rest of their review history i'll ignore it.

i also think that in order to deter board, hobby, and real life stalkers a non aliased review is the best protection. i once had a somewhat negative review about a provider in my profile. it's not there anymore. it was accurate and honest as i could make it. it did not show me in a great light either.

so several of her WK's persuaded me to take it down. that's when the fun began and the lady in question really did a number on me.

so my experience is that the best protection is to document the misbehavior under one's handle. that is or should be alias enough, at least for me.

we can identify the source of a real review.  

I'm actually sympathetic to the guys who fear retribution for a bad review.  But really, man up and post it anyway.  If the girl give you a hard time, back channel that info.

Alias reviews only encourage fake reviews.  A real review written under an alias will not be an alias to the girl -- we will know exactly who wrote it based on the details included.

Really? It must be too early for your brain to work.

What's usually the first thing a provider does when a review pisses her off?  Hop on the boards, call out the reviewer, and start a shit storm.  Or, in extreme cases, stalk the board member's posts until she focuses on the next guy that pisses her off.

Let me simplify it for you.  If a vindictive provider is not going to like your review, you either have to use an alias for the review or an alias to post to avoid said stalking and harassment.  People tend to forget the stories that used to come out about how guys would not negatively review the Providers with Board Presence because they didn't want to have to deal with the fallout, with a net result of those Providers having higher review averages than were warranted.

Also, in my post, I believe that I even cited one reason for those who DO give out their handles to use an alias.  Wake up bro, you usually are smarter than this.

OK Honey, I know logic is probably hard for you, so let me walk you through it

Your concern seems to be that LE would somehow post reviews under alias so that they can sting either a Provider or Hobbyist.

You can only create an alias if you are VIP;
To be VIP, you have to either pay or have qualifying reviews under your username;
Therefore, what you are saying is that LE would either pay or falsify reviews to get VIP so that they can falsify more reviews under an alias;

Really?  

What possible reason could LE have to post an alias review when they can post them under a real handle?  there isn't one.

So the alias nature of the review will not change the risk to the Hobbyist during research or to the Provider doing her screening; and even more so for the Provider because she doesn't trust alias reviews anyway.

Does that make sense to you now?  Betchya cute when you get all mad and stuff.

I already addressed the fake review issue above.

See the post at the link for just one example of the stalking I'm talking about

The rest of your post is classic.  Ridicule the speaker when you can't effectively articulate your opposition to what he says.

Take a look at the providers who responded to me under alias for better examples of angry, abusive, paranoid, and in need of therapy.

So all his reviews of other girls (if there were any others) have been taken down?  That's great!  

I just checked on the *cough* person who posted a fake one on my profile (removed, thank the Admin-Gods) and all his other reviews are still there.  I had informed Admin that after contacting half a dozen of the ladies he reviewed, no one had any idea who he was and one lady actually admitted that she knew the review was a fake but didn't dispute it because it was similar in rating to her others.  THAT is the type of thing I'd love to see go away.  This person had a review pulled after being unable to prove that the encounter ever happened, therefore he has lost his integrity and his reviews are meaningless to the community (harmful even, if you value truth in these matters), yet the rest of his BS still stands. How are you guys to know any better than to value his reviews? You don't know who he is or that he writes complete fiction (as opposed to fantasy like "real" reviews).  Neither the gents nor the ladies benefit from this.... And as it's highly unlikely he's a paying VIP, TER doesn't benefit either.  

The lady who *knowingly* let the fake review stay on her profile should also face consequences, IMO.