A Little Q&A Part II
Here’s a good question I received from Eric:
“How do you feel about reviews? There are plenty of review sites for sex workers – TER, etc – and some women seem to like being reviewed, others not. What do you think? Also, are they a danger for the sex workers who are reviewed – raising their profile, bringing them to the attention of the police?”
I feel like I am lucky to work in a city that isn’t largely based on reviews like many other places. I think in other cities this becomes a popular way to find sex workers due to the lack of advertising in the town or there is such a large number of girls to sort through it becomes an easier way to find a quality one. Of course, the main issue with this is abuse by the clients or people who say they are clients. They end up telling their side of the story in a false manner or just lying outright just to hurt the girl’s reputation. With this aspect I hear many girls stressing over their reviews in their hometown and constantly dealing with liars and cheats who gain nothing by hurting a girl’s means of income. I know if the girl has lots of reviews it ends up being a good thing for them, but it seems like the dark side of the review boards take over the good girls and the girls who seem to be practicing more unsafe sex (bareback blow jobs etc) wins this crazy online battle. I personally like that I don’t have reviews on these big sites because of what you mentioned: higher public profiles to law enforcement. You never know how much the client will go into detail on these sites, which is like incriminating yourself in my opinion, and you can’t prevent what they write on there.
Why are review sites not popular in Vegas? I think this is because so many girls work for so many different agencies here. Both agencies and girls come and go over long periods of time, or girls just visit a lot while living somewhere else so it’s more difficult to really figure out who the reviews are for. There are so many agencies in this town as well that names get confused, web sites change, and numbers change. I think all around it’s hard to get a consistent review on one girl here that you could trust. Only a handful of times have I had clients say, “Well I was giving you a shot because you have no reviews online and just assumed you were new to Vegas”. I explain that I’m not brand new to Vegas, but they won’t be disappointed! In the end they are happy and surprisingly… don’t go write reviews either! So the cycle continues….
Reviews may add some legitimacy for the sex worker. At least you know that the girl in the picture is who will show up at your door. However it is also dangerous where a disgruntled client can completely sabotage the sex worker and there is no real recourse. May be nice to work both ways where the sex worker also reviews the client though we know that will never happen. These encounters really should be kept private.
I do not trust entries in the reviews. There is absolutely no way to verify the author nor the comments. Let each client check out the sex worker and if they don’t meet their expectations, get somebody else next time. If one finds an exceptional sex worker, would you share that info or keep it to yourself?
July 12th, 2010 at 5:05 pmAgreed it should all be private. Here’s the issue with Vegas and the reliablity of the ad/review. The guy may thought he saw Amber from whatever agency site but it really was one of their girls sent as Amber. It’s then hard to ever figure out if it’s the same girl again mentioned in the review. So in the end it’s an unrelable ad and pointless.
July 12th, 2010 at 7:31 pmFor indie girls, Las Vegas is a MAJOR TER town. There is a fairly stable population of local indies and almost all have TER reviews. (Not a TER fan, BTW.)
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July 13th, 2010 at 11:21 pmThis is what I find odd, from looking around there are a good handful of indies on TER from Vegas but never anyone that I know who has their own website has reviews. It seems like this one group of people has all of the reviews and the rest is seldom reviewed or never reviewed, like myself. Though I might work for agencies I’ve had my own independent thing going for a while, yet I never find myself on these boards and thankful I don’t.
July 14th, 2010 at 5:32 amThe only things I look for in a review are, is the picture in the ad/website the woman who shows up and is the picture an accurate representation of that woman (the pics aren’t 10 years old). The rest is interesting but must be read with a critical eye.
July 19th, 2010 at 6:51 am