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Otherwise, how would we know how long she's been providing?  How many guys she's seen, etc.

I don't think they should because that would be a good way for girls to be able to get rid of reviews if they are scammers.  

But I always have wondered why accounts are kept current - like on the Top 100 and stuff if they haven't had a review in a long, period of time . Especially, if they don't have a current website and stuff. But, eh, such is life.

the # of reviews would make someone more or less likely to see a woman, and a lady responded that yeah she wished 12 months would be the only thing visible. She just didn't think they were relevant and some people may judge if she's been doing it for a very very long time.

Are reviews from 3 years really relevant? Does it matter how long she's been doing it, let's say, past a year? Do people actually read through her evolution?

Also, another thread asked about the % of people who review, and if someone reached triple digits, how many men did she end up doing in order to reach that # of reviews. In my case I think it's about 5%.

The way I read reviews is to scan back to the beginning.  I do give more credence to the most recent, but I'm looking in the older ones for anomalies in the numerical scores (and reading the outliers) and searching for reviewers I'm familiar with.  Especially those who've seen some of the same women I have.  That makes me more certain of the other review grades she has, so the more the merrier.
Also, older reviews can explain why her current average score is lower than her most recent reviews suggest.  For example, there's a well-known provider whose average score is lower than one would think.  If you go back to her early reviews her performance scores were lower because (if you also read the Juicy Details) she only did CBJ.  Then she switched and her scores went up.  If the older reviews were gone there'd be no way to have figured this out.

There's a provider in my area who advertises, and posts on the local boards regularly. She has only one recent review and that's a 6/6. She has six reviews from 2008 of which five score her 9/9.

There was some questions being asked at one time if she had changed her menu or was otherwise not giving a good performance. Her photos look HOT.

Kind of a double standard if the guys lose their status if we are not active for several months, yet providers can keep the high scores for 5 years. On her particular profile there are also a LOT of "Don't knows", it would be nice if those were corrected after all this time. I also heard she asks not to be reviewed.

Not really a big deal, but I thought I would throw in my .02

What are any guys losing if they are not active?

At least in the minds of TER... That's why we can't submit, legally, reviews of encounters that are over three months old. The rationale is that a lot could change in three months, and I am OK with that rationale. How many people follow that rule is another debate for another day... So anything older than three months is not something to even consider when getting general idea of the provider in question.

As far as having a hard expiration date, and removing those reviews from the database altogether is concerned, why would TER be doing that and shooting themselves in the foot. The site is all about reviews.. Good, Bad, Old, New.. All kinds of reviews..

months of not logging in and not posting. Yeah I know.. Kinda hard to believe, but its true, and didn't lose a damn thing....

The only thing you may lose is your VIP status if you let the membership lapse by either not paying, or letting those "earned credits" expire. That's the only thing that we lose that they don't lose, as long as they got their reviews attached to their handle..But again its not a fair comparison, because their limited VIP membership is free to begin with, and we don't even have a limited VIP membership.

 

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Nick pointed out how older reviews can lend some incite, into how the reader should interpret a lady's current reviews. Especially if the reviews all read alike.

TER would not benefit from the expiration of reviews.

I don't put much credence in reviews at all. When I converse, offline, with the guys writing them, I realize most of them write it for their own mental masturbation..

I give more credence back channeling...

Cunning Linguist will soon point out that the word is "insight" and not "incite".. Incite is a word but not the right word here. You should not have pissed off the Cunning Linguist..

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He was not going to point it out simply because if he pointed out every misuse of language, even with the help of Conan The Grammarian, it would be a full time job.  Besides, vern's a good dude.  But TCL and CTG are glad for any help that comes their way.

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I probably wrote insite spelled with an "S" :-

spelling and grammar.

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but yes, I think they should in a limited sense.  

Average scores over an escorts career can be, and probably are, meaningless on the whole. Appearance and performance changes over time, menu items change... Perhaps a rolling average of the past X number of review scores, or X years (2-3?) of reviews should be used for profile averages and rankings lists. Keep things up to date. OK, have an "all time" and "current" top 100 list. fine.

Perhaps limit reviews displayed in a profile based upon an initial search to those used in the calculation of the up-to-date average. Add an "archive" function to find older reviews by date range. Anyone who wants the current info can see it right away, quickly - and those who want to go deeper can still mine for their personal gold as they see fit.

I don't advocate for one second that old reviews be eliminated. Creating a persona resurrection cycle based upon review expiration dates is not good. There are hobbyists that believe a woman has a "best used by" date, I get it (don't personally agree) and the total number of reviews is relevant for them. It is also relevant for providers... you can see all of a hobbyists reviews and history just as well as he can see yours. If provider reviews and thus history expire, so would a hobbyists' review history.  

I'll still get what I want from reviews, and when that falls short or I have a question I'll use PM or email to get the answer I want... from the provider I'm interested in directly, or from a past reviewer.  

Armor on... go ahead and school me, guys!

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FFF

I give up...

When I was returned to the hobby after a couple of years, even though I still had my old reviews and whitelists, local providers would not give me references, I had to "prove" myself all over again.

On the other hand, providers (apparently) can ask that no more new reviews get posted and we can be left with years old reviews to go by.

Again, not really a big deal, but I do like to have a current idea of their looks and performance.

As far as safety goes, I am as worried about mine as they are about theirs.

Gals need recent references to be sure you're not LE or some kind of nut. It's a safety issue. Also, the OP never said anything about there not being new reviews, just that perhaps old ones should be scrubbed.  Of course if she has no new reviews, most guys would be reluctant to see her.  Which has nothing to do with the old ones still being there.  But in that case it's still better to have old reviews than none at all.

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