How reliable is your information?

[Sylar]

If there is a secret spinner club please add me to it.

 

[urquell]

Is was mentioned before but the main issue would be for me that we're not looking for the same thing and we clearly don't have the same tastes in women. Add to that the fact that MERB doesn't have a review template like others websites and it's a bit complicated to make an opinion.
What helps are multiple reviews obviously and probably reading between the lines, i usually don't DM people but it's a good idea.
As a rule i would say reviews are useful for good or bad things so clearly MERB works for me in that way, i understand people not liking some overcomplicated reviews, for my part i find the "list of sex acronyms type of review" completely useless but maybe that's just me.
Having some kind of template would clearly gives some cohesion.

I haved mixed feelings about those. It's nice to have everybody rowing the oar in the same direction but a lot of these templates are a series of acronyms coupled with scale from 1-10 numbers for looks/service/attitude kind of thing. You can kind of build consensus on some of the attributes of a girl this way but you don't really get a feel for her in this type of review. When people describe their experiences you pick up a bunch of subjectively interesting information that can be left out of templates. Teplates usually leave out things like ambiance and language skills too, unless they have "comments sections" which some do and some don't, and which some people don't use well anyway. Also, members tend to get bent out of shape unnecessarily if someone deviates from the template, even if they have good reason to. The really nice thing about templates is that they require that people give more information than they wouldn't always otherwise. So you don't get useless one line reviews like "she was great. I'd go again" or "bad service. avoid" .If people aren't going to provide any information in their reviews then they just shouldn't do any.

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

i usually don't DM people but it's a good idea.

If you are respecful and not a dumbass, approaching someone in dm can be very helpful and rewarding.

I have rarely refuse to share infos in private, even with newcomers, as long as it is a clear and properly asked request. Most of the time they end up very happy with the answer, whenever I have the infos.

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

but a lot of these templates are a series of acronyms coupled with scale from 1-10 numbers for looks/service/attitude kind of thing.

Yeah, you would definately lose my interest with these.

 

[Johnny test]

I haved mixed feelings about those. It's nice to have everybody rowing the oar in the same direction but a lot of these templates are a series of acronyms coupled with scale from 1-10 numbers for looks/service/attitude kind of thing. You can kind of build consensus on some of the attributes of a girl this way but you don't really get a feel for her in this type of review. When people describe their experiences you pick up a bunch of subjectively interesting information that can be left out of templates. Teplates usually leave out things like ambiance and language skills too, unless they have "comments sections" which some do and some don't, and which some people don't use well anyway. Also, members tend to get bent out of shape unnecessarily if someone deviates from the template, even if they have good reason to. The really nice thing about templates is that they require that people give more information than they wouldn't always otherwise. So you don't get useless one line reviews like "she was great. I'd go again" or "bad service. avoid" .If people aren't going to provide any information in their reviews then they just shouldn't do any.

well it's always a question of nuance i'd guess , the one i have in mind have a comment section so it's a mix but yeah nothing's perfect. A template doesn't necessarily need to be overly complex but it's usually easier to read. there are other options in the digital space i guess. My point is the fact that there's no general guidelines here doesn't help. I understand nobody wants to read forms all day long but there are options in between.

 

[Maurice Richard]

I always find this to be kind of interesting. The monger destination thread made me thing of it again. When I do anything locally if I consult MERB then the information I find tends to be girl specific. That's also generally the most useful information here. If I travel girl specific information is utterly useless, and what I want is information on locales and price trends. The question comes up as to where to get your information and how reliable is the information you get?

When I look at information I'm generally getting information from people I don't know personally, so without knowing them or their tastes I need to decide if I'm going to place any faith in what they tell me. In my case I've found that longevity on a board doesn't necessarily impart said poster with intelligence or good sense, so I can't always take stuff at face value just because of seniority. The sum volume of post content taken as a whole may be an indicator, or a similar viewpoint of an SP or MP may be an indicator of shared tastes as well. A perfectly reasonable and intelligent poster may have a completely different sense of what constitutes good looks, good service, etc etc, which is completely at odds with what I believe. That doesn't mean they're wrong, just that we're misaligned in terms of taste. Some people, to call a spade a spade, are simply buffoons. In others, and especially on this board, there's a certain amount of pandering and/or lack of candor that may make taking info at face value problematic.

So, how do you guys decide whether information is pertinent and correct when you're reading board posts, and how much stock do you put in reviews in general?

track record of the person giveing the information
previous interatctions
been here many many years

realized over the years and even today someguys in their attempts to
apeise a lady will inflate a review or even make 1 up on her request
not my opinion have had guys admit to me over the years and not much you can do for that