Ask us anything part 3
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It was brought to my attention @Doc Holliday that we might have been talking about 2 different things.
I was thinking reviews of a specific person you’re looking to book and you were thinking about the review section in general
I was thinking reviews of a specific person you’re looking to book and you were thinking about the review section in general
Again depending on how lomg the thread is ill generwlly start from the end thusnthe most recent and work mynway back. When ive seen enough i’ll also go back to page 1 out of curiosity to see of the initial reviews carried through
More of a side-comment and not to derail, and maybe this has been discussed elsewhere on the forum, but I also wonder how important reviews are to folks in general.
I don't have any (that I know of) so the folks who booked me said it was really the website and booking process that assured them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I don't have any (that I know of) so the folks who booked me said it was really the website and booking process that assured them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It's more of a common sense thing. I'm assuming ppl on indycompanion or similar would be low risk. Reviews aren't as necessary as rando advertisers on LL, A123, or EI. When using those sites there's a good chance you're walking into a bad scene.
For me reviews are important for the followimg reasons. Is the SP professional?. By this i mean does she go through the full time that is planned (within reason) and has good hygiene (it is generally the case with almost all indies Ive met and most agency girls). Also whether her GFE inclused DATY and french kissing. Since the definition of GFE somewhat varies. Ortherwise i’m not interested in very defailed or graphic reviews. Kimd of is the girls cute, good hygiene and provides services im interested in.
Due to a recent encounter, i always check the recent ones first, and then i go back to see the evolution. Especially if the sp took a hiatus. Sometimes the whole review board change their idea about that sp.
But I am actually a lurker for more than a few years and i like reading reviews when i feel lonely lol.
To me it feels like i am reading a fanfiction, and it bring me a lot of laughter and joy. Because i know it actually happened which makes it exhilarating!
Only recently, I've started to indulge in this expensive lifestyle. So far, it's been 2 hit v 3 miss.
But to retort, I have a question. Do any of you have a prefered perfume/eau de toilette/scent that enchants you? Not like a stupid spell, but that really activates some sense of mystery and attractiveness towards the person you are meeting?
That's a very interesting comment and topic as a matter of fact.
I know that @Lunaseraphim or @LC18 (sorry i forgot) asked the question a couple of weeks ago about how relevant is the info we share here.
In my opinion the people commenting here are a minority of the clients you have, probably a very small one, more people are reading the thread without commenting or may even never have heard of this board.
As far as i'm concerned review can be useful and i tend to read most pages or at least the more recent one as @Sylar already mentioned.
We're not all looking for the same experiences so i'm trying to read between the lines to try to forge an opinion, reviews listing a "menu" of sex positions rarely interest me to be honest but i may be in the minority here.
Oh no, we don't only attract MERB users, far from it. Most of my clients who found me on here were only looking and not participating. I would have stopped many years ago otherwise; the pool of MERB users is actually quite small.
I understand when you mention that Merb members may not be a major source of encounters but when you mention "not participating" do you mean they don't post (lurkers) or are simply not members and read what is public?
Could it be that, in general, Merb members don't identify themselves as such when meeting a companion, especially new first dates?
Not participating actively, as in not posting, and some are not members (lurkers / stumbled upon the advertising section when searching on Google, something like that).
Maybe more of my clients are/were posters and didn't tell me on a first encounter. Yes, it happened that someone told me a bit later he was on MERB, it happened recently. I still think it's definitely not the majority of my clients. They tell me they found me on Twitter and what's their username there, though!
I am very hesitant to book Indys who have a no reviews or a no-review policy, especially if the price is way above the average rate.
Yes, this is why I advertise here. A lot of people see our ads and our comments but don't participate. I always ask how someone found me and I would say that a lot of clients have found me here but either don't have an account or never made any posts (or very very few)
I'm not a client and I can't really say what client's needs are, but what I've heard from many people is that they just check reviews to see if someone is legit or not. Like someone else said, active merb users are a small percentage of clients. Most clients don't even leave reviews or rarely leave them.
I have no idea what the numbers are but i'd be curious to know the ratio between total users / active users (who log in at least once a month) / posters.
As i said, my guess is there are very few posters (5 to 10% of active users???) and even less in "the Lounge" section.
It may be an unpopular opinion but that's why i don't really see MERB as a community, more like a useful tool.
Again, it's my personal opinion, don't take it the wrong way i know some people meet outside of the forum but that's not my thing.
As i said, my guess is there are very few posters (5 to 10% of active users???) and even less in "the Lounge" section.
It may be an unpopular opinion but that's why i don't really see MERB as a community, more like a useful tool.
Again, it's my personal opinion, don't take it the wrong way i know some people meet outside of the forum but that's not my thing.
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There’s a lot of men that will tell me “I’ve found you on merb but I don’t have an account. I just read” or “[…] I have an account but I’ve never posted anything”
I know some people include it in their booking form. When it happens, do you answer honestly?
Or maybe you don’t see indies. Sorry can’t remember.
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