As a companion who works very hard to please her clientele and earn her ratings, I am a bit annoyed and offended when I see a lady who miraculously manages to meet all the hobbyists in her town who never write a review but for some reason write one for her... I always smell BS there. I suspect that she writes her own reviews from different computers.
For example, there is a provider in the national top 10 who has 20+ reviews, and 15 of them are written by "hobbyists" who only reviewed her. All 10/10s and all within 2 months. What are the odds?
You may say that it's none of my business, but I don't feel that it's fair. Most of us don't write our own reviews, don't even try to influence them in any way. We shouldn't let anyone else get away with these obvious fake reviews either.

There is little that can be done.
I believe that the top 100 provider list is a goal for some providers and I do believe there are a lot of fake 10/10 reviews that are either self reviews or hobbyists are brow beaten to post them. Of course, money is the main motivating factor for fake reviews and always will be.

and hope that TER can investigate and take some action.

I agree that it is very unfair to both providers and the unsuspecting clients who do see her based on bogus reviews.

Prospective clients should always look at the review history of each reviewer before deciding how much creedance to give that particular review's reveiw.  If it is their only review, then you have every right to be skeptical about its veracity.

It's pretty easy to tell when half the girl's  10/10r eviews are written by guys with only ONE review.  We have an old gross shill that writes fiction too for girls.  As Teflon John said, it can be tough to prove, but smart hobbyists can spot the bullshit a mile away.  Don't buy the bullshit.

Still learning the ropes so to speak as I have only been doing this for a year . Just about to shed the " newbie " title I think.
I just recently scheduled with a provider I had previously seen and she asked me to open a new screen name and write a review , as none are " recent ". I learned from that and moved on to another lady - thinking with the big head for a change
First lesson is I really did'nt think it mattered as to the frequency of steady reviews . After some thought , I can see the providers point of  view on that .
So that then got me looking a little deeper into this . When I see a review fron a guy that only has ONE review, and it just "reads" funny , I can see the light , and will NOT ever schedule that provider -INSTANT DISQUALIFICATION !!!!
Reads funny = I saw one where the lady was given a pretty bad review  The guy had about 9 reviews , so he had some "cred " in my book . He gave her a 9 in looks - kinda hints at some honesty , and he was very happy with her beauty . Performance was just horrible !   The next review on her was by a guy with , you guessed it , ONE review . So I read it...........The wording used,  attacked EVERY one of the previous guys negative claims , and was just SCREAMING in the way it was worded . It simply went down the list of negative comments one by one and  disputed them !!  So I then just really looked at its wording and overall literary structure.....................It was written by a WOMAN.!!!!Men don'tt phrase sentences and thoughts about sex the same as a woman does .
Yes , I do agreed this goes on a lot and mainly it is the man actually doing this , but this one was obviously written by a woman .
Looked around with this new knowledge of this practice , and a lot became crystal clear !!!

Do I have a solution ....How about a system thru TER that when a new client contacts you , then you ( as a provider ) have the ability to send him the link to your reviews with VIP access for ONLY YOU and your reviews . IF i actually asked for this info and exclusive VIP acess AND you don't want to send it to me ..........RED FLAG ALERT !!!!!

Is it fair .....Nope , sorry .
"You may say that it's none of my business, but I don't feel that it's fair " - It's 100% your buisness , so I disagree with that statement !
Please have faith that not all of us men are idiots and don't  see this going on . Since you don't have that issue in your reviews , you move to the front of the line in my book .
Honesty is still the best policy !

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Who has time or energy to mind someone elses business. I don't mean to be rude here
but,, I really don't understand.. who has time to go searching other ladies reviews and why would you?

I will from time to time look at a another ladies website and pics. just to see what is out there and while I may not agree with her taste or the way she runs her business it is HER business and at the end of the day. YOUR own reputation will stand for itself.. If well all spend time managing our own lives and business we would be much better off...........

Again, I am not trying to be rude here but I don't see what you gain from it?

If you really want to update, do so honestly (though remember that things change after several visits.)   Really you want to reflect what a FIRST meeting will be like.  
YoYo reviews...  up & down are a red flag to me.  If I am interested enough, I'll look at the reviewers history... but often it's not necessary.   In a perfect world, fake reviews would be disallowed...  
I also do not go by the numbers which can be misleading...  I use all the resources, ads, web site, pictures, profile, reviews.  In total I feel I have a good idea going in, that I am in for the experience I selected.  
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First of all, I can understand someone stumbling across another provider's reviews and having the same reaction.  More important, it really is a potential problem because TER is primarily a review site.  It exists to provide accurate reviews so that clients can find the service they're seeking and have a good experience.  If they are enticed by inaccurate reviews and don't end up getting what they were led to expect it subverts the purpose of the site.
I would never see a provider whose profile showed a list of nothing but 10/10s, all of them by unknown clients with only that review to their credit.  It's an obvious scam.  As always, there's no substitute for doing your homework and understanding how the system works.
Part of that is reading the boards, and learning from threads like this one.  So I applaud the OP for bringing it up.

1. Who has time and energy to read other providers reviews? Me and a lot of other providers who would like to improve our service to keep our clients happier. I am not a 10/10 and while I can't change my look, I can change my performance and I work hard to do so. I read the reviews of the top 10-20 ladies every few months to see if I can learn from them. If you were a lawyer, you would read about the best lawyers in the country and how they handled their cases. If you were an upcoming business executive, you would read business bios and magazines to see how those ahead of you did it. If you were in any other profession you would do your research. Why would you not do it as a provider? You seem to have the time to post on this board, that tells me you have the time to read reviews too. It would most likely improve your service too.

2. "How she runs her business is her business". Not when she chooses to game the system and get an advantage over the rest of us by cheating. She advertises on Eros as "top 10 in the world". Can you advertise that? No, because your reviewers are honest. I'm all for a lady advertising her score if she deserves it like all the others on the top 10 list do but not if she wrote her own reviews. Fair is fair.

3. My reputation is my reputation. I work for it the best way I know how: by researching how the providers who are better than me do it and by improving constantly. I'm not perfect but I try my best.

TER should implement a reliabilty rating that incorporates a weighted average based on the number of reviews the reviewer has posted. For instance,  the rating could be calculated by dividing the number of reviews submitted by the reviewer by 100, adding all the individual reliabilty ratings together and dividing by the number of reviews. In essence, a weighted average of the expereience level of the reviewers.

Example 1:

Reviewer 1 has 9 reviews = .09 reliability
Reviewer 2 has 20 reviews = .2 reliability
Reviewer 3 has 1 reviews = .01 reliability

Reliability rating = .13

Example 29:

Reviewer 1 has 1 reviews = .01 reliability
Reviewer 2 has 1 reviews = .01 reliability
Reviewer 3 has 1 reviews = .01 reliability

Reliability rating = .01

It's a simple way to overcome shill reviews and account positively for the obvious experience of the reviewer.

Do they even UNDERSTAND enough about American culture to be able to figure that shit out?

A hobbyist does. I agree that another provider wouldn't. Thye whole idea here is to get a good idea of what you are throwin' down $300-$500 dollars for. A bad session isn't worth $50. Actually, it's worth less than $0 because you have risked a lot.  Good providers are worth every cent. It's not always easy to know who is.

youre suggesting that an established reviewer, maybe gone bad, maybe just gone all humaniplex on the hobby, what have you, would never suggest exchanging a free session for a 10/10 review?
that "established" reviewers would never sully a review board with reviews written in exchange for free sessions?
really? youre too smart for that
yeah
thats sooooooooo farfetched lolololol
seasoned hobbyists with a douchebag sense of entitlement wouldnt dare use their "established" status to coerce dumber girls into free sessions for favorable reviews right?
that would be impossible, right?
thats just inconceivable
ok
note to self
asshat clients never suggest that a review from them can "help" a girls career, and of course, they would never ever offer that review in exchange for a free session
thats just crazytalk right? it MUST be that a girl- a busy working girl, mind you- had the time, inclination, and canniness to post a bunch of ten tens that got approved and posted and landed her in the top ten, all by herself
sure
that makes much more sense than the idea that reviews are capable of being corrupt by the reviewers
it must be the bitches
it couldnt be that some soured, or broke, or entitled clients are beginning to follow humaniplexs MO, or what happens on local boards all the time- girls getting suckered into, or even deliberately soliciting favorable fake reviews in exchange for free sessions with dorks that sit around on message boards all day, so are obviously not out buying scattered ass
lolololol
cmon youre too smart for that