Interest in Creating New, General Professional Client-Centered Review Site

[Guest AB98104]

Hi, everyone. Is anyone interested in chatting about starting a new, client-focused review site of professional masseur/companion services? Speaking with many colleagues about their experiences with available review sites, I'm learning there's very often a conflict of interest between sites' income streams and other objectives, and client safety (physical, financial, professional...). Certainly service professionals deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, but clients who have very negative experiences are often afraid to come forward out of fear of legal/professional repercussions, or on doing so find even their toned-down comments either rejected outright by review sites or explained away by savvy professionals who compel review sites to dismiss negative comments, despite clients' corroborating evidence. The resulting reporting bias can be a significant liability to clients who then don't have a reliable review history to base sound personal and business decisions off of.

If you're interested in exploring safe, legally viable ways to address this issue, please drop me a line. I'd like to find a more objective, equitable way to reconcile professionals' imperatives with clients' needs, especially on the post-experience end.

Thanks for reading.

[TampaYankee]

While many or all of your complaints do apply to some sites they are without foundation at this site.

This site was formed, in part, because of some of the concerns you voice in your query.

From inception we have been dedicated to providing a level playing field for clients and escorts where clients get a fair airing of their experience and escorts get a fair opportunity to reply. Negative reviews are readily accepted if they pass a reasonable vetting process. That same vetting process also applies to positive reviews. There are no special posts to clear for a negative review. Also, we never accept third-party attempts to influence the review process, be they savvy professionals or not. The review acceptance process involves only the reviewer and site management (me). Once acceptance is achieved the escort is invited to make a response.

We have no "conflict of interest between sites' income streams and other objectives".

We take no money from escorts for listings or other adds so we have nothing to lose if they are displeased by the post of a negative review. In fact, we have lost several escort listings because we posted and would not take down a negative review. That is the cost of doing business on a level playing field.

In addition, we observe client discretion to the utmost. The only information an escort receives about a client is what the client puts in the review (or tells the escort in the privacy of their meeting). Many clients are concerned about repercussions from a negative review. That is their personal nature and understandable at some level. Offering another site will not assuage those fears to which our experience can attest.

Please do not interpret this response as an attempt to dissuade you from your quest. We share your concerns and desires and we took action to remedy them, candidly without great success. IMO the biggest hill to climb will be overcoming the many readers and reviewers willing to accept the status quo. Most readers and clients have no idea about the shenanigans that are engaged in with these sites as they only read the reviews without consulting the forums where any complaints are aired for as long as they are allowed to stand. Those who do care mostly drop out it seems.

Should you go forth maybe you will fare better than we have.

[RA1]

TY-

Don't be so nice. You are correct.

Best regards,

RA1

[Guest zipperzone]

Oh by all means - - Go ahead and reinvent the wheel.

Hope you have time & money to waste.