Why do many prostitutes refrain from posting their rates {as oppose to agencies} on Leolist or their Twitter (X) account forcing us to reach out to them to inquire? What is the mindset behind this way of doing things?
P.S.: I also find that many of them call us “time wasters” after we find out how much they charge and then we decide we will not book them. [not rate shaming here]*
A lot of escorts have a website, and they want clients to go to the website and read it. All the information is there. I post my rates on my leolist ad, but I would never do that on X because you can get in trouble! X is not a safe platform to discuss booking an escort. I often have clients reach out on X asking about my rates and services, and it is not safe. Both of our accounts could get banned!! Email or text the person instead! I've even been advised not to have a link to my website on X, because some escorts have been reported.
I try really hard not to post on LL very often anymore, but to tell you the truth, when I do, clients have almost never read my ad. They always ask my rates. To me that is a waste of time. A lot of clients save a bunch of numbers and don't remember our ads and haven't done any research on us, and they just contact a random number and ask us to refresh their memory about who we are. Even here, on this board, a lot of clients have not read my ad or only partially read it. I've gotten asked for my rates by clients who found me on here, and I've been asked for services I don't offer, MULTIPLE TIMES, when my ad is CRYSTAL CLEAR.

It kinda sucks when you have multiple ads, social media presence and a website, and you get asked for your rates and the client ghosts you.
However, it is possible that certain escorts don't add their rates on LL specifically because clients who look through LL seem to want to pay under a certain amount, and that could be a marketing tactic. I remember working with girls at MPs who had a basic price on their LL account but charged certain things as extras. I can imagine someone who charges what is considered by people on here a ''high rate'' might prefer discussing rates privately when advertising on LL..
I can tell you what my definition of a time waster is. It's somebody who makes you waste a ton of time discussing details of a booking and then ghosts or doesn't book or gives a vague booking date and never contacts you. Often they send elaborate fantasies or are rude or ask for things you don't offer. They didn't read your ad, they didn't do research, they want you to explain everything to them. I suspect some of them are masturbating while doing this. Another type of time waster is a client who messages a bunch of escorts and ends up only booking the one with the cheapest rate or another similar criteria. Time wasters don't have the intention of booking you, or they kind of do in the moment but they aren't serious. No call now show, cancelling at last minute with a really crazy excuse, etc are very common behaviours.