So sad.  Used to be my fav.

Your lawyer friends might be mystified, as they opine from the sidelines. But, if TER was their client, or if their personal livelihood/freedom could be at risk, it's a pretty sure bet they'd be singing a different tune. FOSTA-SESTA, unless there's a case out there I've missed, hasn't been used yet in a criminal prosecution and no one wants to be the pioneer who ends up taking the arrows. Redbook and Backpage, even though they were taken down under other statutes, are stark examples of what can happen if/when Big Brother Government gets you in the crosshairs. Especially when the laws being used are filled with vagueness and ambiguities that have yet to be defined or interpreted.

Totally agree with  Fridays'  spin and won`t renew either. Since they went on ice I try to get over here once or twice a month hoping to hear some good news but it`s always the same story. Sucks cause TER pre 4/2018 was thee best. Thank God p-411 is alive and I just got a message from them to say that they`re relaxing some of their restrictions.
There are a couple of websites still going strong where I can read and post reviews  and blog my .02, I won`t name them here but you know the ones I mean, better than nothing. I`m anxious to see how the Robert K bust plays out. Praying that he doesn`t acquiesce and  pushes back.  

Remaining within current TER guidelines and producing inviting entertainment, especially for a US entertainer such as myself, is definitely a feat, yes.  

On the other hand, everything is what we make it, at least in attitude, and my attitude is to prevail, positively (and you've no idea how difficult that is for a realist, by nature!).  Screw FOSTA/SESTA (there's that pessimism, lol!)!  I'm not saying, "buck the system"... that would be stupid.  But I am saying, "push it to the limit"...  

Why?  For one, my profession has been around for thousands of years.  It's NOT going to go away.  It has been challenged a million times and always finds ways to endure and evolve.  

2.  I can't stomach or condone hypocrisy.  And hypocrites run rampant within this community... LE and politicians either ordering up call girls or guilty of exchanging sex for favors, favoritism, or personal gain for campaigns, etc.

3.  See # 2... while everything involves money, favors, or barter for sex.  Single, married, or otherwise.

4.  Screw their "human trafficking" propaganda!  We all know that's just a front to get more money to spend on prosecution for consensual intimacy, and to get more votes for putting laws such as these into place (though I wonder if our votes ever really count, so that could be contradictory...idk).

5.  CONSENSUAL INTIMACY IS OUR PERSONAL HUMAN RIGHT, ALONG WITH OUR RIGHT TO PRIVACY.  And it makes me sick they're playing the "HT" card because there's nowhere else for them to turn regarding the continuity of criminalizing this industry.  The bastards, lol.

I agree its a diminishing return for many.  I'm still active trading local provider info by PM with my hobby network bro's.  I love writing reviews, and still see a number of ladies internationally on my business travels, but the mods  won't let me on the RO board for a wholly "Trumped" up reason (no pun intended), so what is the sense in my making further contributions to their cause?

Reviewers still have access to their own reviews, so it you know who they are, you can ask them to copy and paste them for you in a PM . . . . IF you BOTH still have PM though a VIP membership.  I did this for a few indie ladies I had previously seen and reviewed when TER first went dark in the US last year.  It might fill the information gap a little for you until such time as you can access US reviews again.  I think the reviewer will still have to have VIP as well so that a prospective customer can PM to verify that he did, indeed, author the review.