for both providers and their clients who use P411.

...when requesting an appt or sending a PM.

Some will check your profile, specially as the date draws near.  Others don't check which frankly is a mystery.

It gives me a better idea on the compatibility factor.  

Sometimes 2 or 3 times before meeting for the first time.  I mostly look for clothing preferences, music preferences, lighting, etc.  I want to be able to set the mood for first time meetings.  It also helps me to see who has OK'd the gentleman in the past.

I have noticed the same thing. No idea of why. My only guess is the lack of law enforcement action for what we all do.  
I view that as a positive. If you think about what you can find on twitter it makes p-411 look mild. Interested in others thoughts.  

Most of the providers I contact via p411 do check my profile (according to the tracker.)  I also used the external link thing once when I was introducing a newbie escort to p411.  But she dropped out of the biz before she got into p411.  It still seems like a nice feature, just that I don't see many outside p411 (except sugar babes -- and it would be useful for them too but so far haven't needed it.)

Angie, I’m glad to see that some providers see P411 as you do—not just a tool to aid in screening, but to help prepare for first-time meetings.

Yes!  I have provider reviews, web sites, board posts (maybe), ads, Twitter etc to help me know about compatibility with providers. You and other providers don’t have all of that for prospective clients. Maybe board posts and reviews, if they exist and they’re available to you.

For me it seems about 50-50.

about looking at the number of OKs and going ahead.  But as Steph and Angie pointed out, there’s good reasons, beyond screening, to read those P411 profiles.  

Technically p411 requires escorts to respond to inquiries.