Well stated, Becca. Thank you (and Vixen) for sharing your experiences. Some of the new guys may not yet know how dangerous this is to you ladies, and this should be educational as "what NOT to do".
Dec 17 is coming. What can hobbyists do to help?
-smurf
Posted By: beccablossoms
The review system has been grossly abused for a long time now, the abuse just makes it harder for us to stay safe. I have been contacted by gentlemen offering to give me a good review if I drop my rate, some will offer
to write the review and wait for my approval. Of course, I deny this ridiculous offer. Others will use reviews to threaten us saying things like "If you don't lower your rate, I'll write a bad review and ruin your business" or " If you don't do whatever act with me (something not on my menu), I will write a bad review". To this I remind them that I have good reviews going back to 2007 on TER alone and tell them to go ahead. I'm not going to be bullied. In any case, I report them to the site they would put the review. There was a bad guy in my area who wrote a great review and contacted me to tell ne and asked me to give him a reference. I refused because I've never seen him. Although the review was stellar, I contacted the website it was on and let them know it was fake. They removed it.
I have also been offered a good review in exchange for a reference. I not only decline but remind the gentleman that he's putting us all in danger. Most guys who use the review system this way don't care about our safety.
Ladies who accept any offer of a review for her benefit without it being legit is putting us all at risk also.
On rare occasions, ladies have asked gentlemen they have never seen to write fake reviews. The same deals, just coming for the lady.
I personally am proud of the fact that I have NEVER asked or a review and all of mine are earned. If I come across one that wasn't, I will report it, no matter how good it is. I, as well as lots of other ladies, have earned our reviews and our reputations. We have too much dignity ad self respect to be fake with anyone.