People who don't post reviews
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I usually post reviews. I say usually because if a girl asks me about merb or reviewing, I automatically will not review her. I was razzed when I first started posting but I dealt with it, and I do hope that my reviews help people make their decisions.
i don't know but what i do know is that i have never received a warning by pm
and if the moderators were at all interested in my feeling secure to post reviews here
they would have posted a warning in the thread where i was accused of shilling and being a pimp
or when nadia outright called me a parasite or when techman chased all my posts with insults
so if you did warn anyone by pm that has no effect on me
if you are a parent and one of your kids is abusive to the other how would the abused
child feel secure if the other was only scolded in private?
and even if a mod told me a supporting member who openly insulted and falsely accused
me was warned by pm i would ask you to prove it trust is earned
also when i questioned the mods openly in a thread about these things
i received no reply
the reply i did receive was from techman he invented a scenario
where we are in a strip club and i am being a loud asshole he is friends with the bouncers
and i am alone so him and his freinds give me a beating while the bouncers watch
[strip club being merb] [ asshole is me} [tech and freinds ,merlot ,woody,nadia,lilly and there were a few more] [ and ofcoarse the BOUNCERS are the MODERATORS]
now did tech get an open warning by the mods? no
so i started a thread exposing what i felt was corruption here on merb called 'the scenario'
and instead of getting an explanation by the mods
my thread was removed from merb and i was suspended for a month
i know i can stand by my words when i say i have insulted no one i have wrongly accused no one
but yes i will challenge anyone and im am the first to take a lesson when proven wrong
i beg you to pull out the thread called the scenario and post it read it post your opinion
and let people post their's
then mabe i'll take you seriously when you say this board is moderated fairly
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Drinkher,
You were given numerous warnings about your behavior and you refused to change your ways. Many if not most of your removed posts were rambling rants that made no sense. They certainly will not be put back on the board for you to continue old battles that have been long forgotten. If you can not handle adult discussions with other adults, this is not the place for you.
All members have to earn the trust and respect of other members by their posts and their behavior on MERB. Moderators are not here to make you like us. We are here to do a job which is to enforce MERB rules and we do it the best we can. Anyone who is not happy with the way we moderate MERB is free to leave.
Mod 8
You were given numerous warnings about your behavior and you refused to change your ways. Many if not most of your removed posts were rambling rants that made no sense. They certainly will not be put back on the board for you to continue old battles that have been long forgotten. If you can not handle adult discussions with other adults, this is not the place for you.
All members have to earn the trust and respect of other members by their posts and their behavior on MERB. Moderators are not here to make you like us. We are here to do a job which is to enforce MERB rules and we do it the best we can. Anyone who is not happy with the way we moderate MERB is free to leave.
Mod 8
The main purpose of a forum is to post reviews and share information. Period.
There´s two reasons why I don´t post reviews with local girls in this forum.
1) I don´t go out with local talents anymore because I don´t like the format. Agencies girls are always in a hurry and nowadays the quality of the girl is so and so. The quality was much better a couple of years ago.
2) When you post a review and you dare to present the facts as they are, especially if the session was no good, there is always someone - coming from God knows where - writing a review to contest you review and using ad hominem arguments.
There´s two reasons why I don´t post reviews with local girls in this forum.
1) I don´t go out with local talents anymore because I don´t like the format. Agencies girls are always in a hurry and nowadays the quality of the girl is so and so. The quality was much better a couple of years ago.
2) When you post a review and you dare to present the facts as they are, especially if the session was no good, there is always someone - coming from God knows where - writing a review to contest you review and using ad hominem arguments.
And that is the exact reason why I said NO to a certain client who showed up one day
on my msn asking me if I wanted him to go and review a girl while once she
was receiving some critics not as glowing as the previous.
I don't see why the review was not written before* and I certainely don't see why
someone would have to come over my msn to ask me the permission to write
a glowing review to a girl unless if it's to be able to come back later and use
it as a manipulation fact '' by remembering me how a life saver he was '' ...
Cause he asked, I said no, no to a good review shall I say.
Another strike on a sneaky manipulation request in my book.
You want to write a review, no need to ask my permission, wtf ?!
* Sometimes, before stays before. It may have change since.
I have discovered Bellissima last year on the blue board first then here a few days later. The reviews I read about this place along with the pictures posted on their defunct web site motivated me to try them, and God knows that it takes me so many incentives these days to go and see and SP (compared to some years ago).
After visiting this agency, I thought to post a report. Though, the corresponding thread on the blue board was closed without any explanations then here I read that the agency requested an NRP.
I kind of had mixed feelings about the NRP policy, though Bellissima's request convinced me that some NRP requests could be very legitimate. This agency offers a nice service (an GFE service, thought not in the nasty sense of this term), the receptionist and the girls there have top notch attitude, the place is exemplary clean and they offer a very relaxing atmosphere and I think that nobody who ever visited this place would ever contradict me. So, this agency has nothing shameful to hide service-wise.
On the other hand and as mentioned by the member who wrote the first reviews about this agency on the blue board, the receptionist tends to be paranoid. I went through the same experience the first times I called the agency with the receptionist asking me numerous questions which made my appointment request sound more like a phone interview. Clearly the people at this place do not want to make vibes and they do not really need any internet publicity as I suspect that they have already built a very solid clients' pool.
Finally, another bad side effect of posting reviews is to drive some jerks to SPs/agencies that you like/respect. I think that this point was first mentioned by Doc Holiday. There is(was?) a running thread recently about an SP who works at Bellissima on the blue board. I reluctantly posted a brief summary of my experience with this girl. Before you know it, another member was posting a question if this girl offered digits...So, the result of the posts made in that thread was to drive some jerks and weirdos to a very nice girl.
I have to really push myself hard to hobby these days, but if I ever do and if I ever discover a real nice gem then I am certainly not going to post my encounter on a public forum.
I couldn't say with exactitude what white knight means for all sorts of reasons.
I will leave it up to the experts.
Hello CS,
I would like to remind you that this thread or board does not revolve around you or any other individual member. I would never label someone a shit disturber if he is posting an accurate review, good or bad. When posters start making insinuations and vague comments with no explanation for the sole purpose of aggravating a situation, as you did in your first post in this thread, that I do consider shit disturbing.
As far as your 'white knights' are concerned, if they are reporting accurately about the service they received they are doing nothing wrong. If they knowingly used their MERB status as a tool to get better service, that is a different thing and has to be proved. If any SP ever complains about such blackmail for service, we will handle the situation.
But if the service is given freely with no deals being made, what would you expect any client to do? Refuse the service? I do not think anyone would do so.
You mention that you were basically threatened about posting a review. That behavior should have been reported to a moderator who would have taken the necessary action to resolve the situation. In any case, no moderator would have modified your comments or removed them or commented on them. As long as a review or comment of one does not break the rules, we have no reason to interfere.
M8
I would like to remind you that this thread or board does not revolve around you or any other individual member. I would never label someone a shit disturber if he is posting an accurate review, good or bad. When posters start making insinuations and vague comments with no explanation for the sole purpose of aggravating a situation, as you did in your first post in this thread, that I do consider shit disturbing.
As far as your 'white knights' are concerned, if they are reporting accurately about the service they received they are doing nothing wrong. If they knowingly used their MERB status as a tool to get better service, that is a different thing and has to be proved. If any SP ever complains about such blackmail for service, we will handle the situation.
But if the service is given freely with no deals being made, what would you expect any client to do? Refuse the service? I do not think anyone would do so.
You mention that you were basically threatened about posting a review. That behavior should have been reported to a moderator who would have taken the necessary action to resolve the situation. In any case, no moderator would have modified your comments or removed them or commented on them. As long as a review or comment of one does not break the rules, we have no reason to interfere.
M8
Hello CS,
If you continue to mention me in your posts, you can be assured that I will reply to them. I will also reply to anyone who posts veiled comments and innuendo. If you or anyone else wishes to make a statement, do so clearly so that everyone will understand exactly the point you are trying to make without leaving any room for various interpretations.
As I have posted repeatedly, if you or anyone else is not happy with the way that MERB is moderated, you are free to leave. We have no room for those who are here only to complain and who offer nothing constructive to resolve their perceived problems.
Mod 8
If you continue to mention me in your posts, you can be assured that I will reply to them. I will also reply to anyone who posts veiled comments and innuendo. If you or anyone else wishes to make a statement, do so clearly so that everyone will understand exactly the point you are trying to make without leaving any room for various interpretations.
As I have posted repeatedly, if you or anyone else is not happy with the way that MERB is moderated, you are free to leave. We have no room for those who are here only to complain and who offer nothing constructive to resolve their perceived problems.
Mod 8
Hmmmm,
So, if you have no intention of reviewing any more would you say purging your bitter feelings about other members, as in your "Arrogance" poll on the other board, indicates your interest?
How can anyone eradicate white knightism or be sure that what is being said falls under that label? Surely the type of intimacy shared between clients and escorts makes the impulse to defend someone natural. Defenses of ladies could just as easily be motivated by innocent emotional motives as being a matter of ulterior financial or personal motives. So, how can every incident of defense be reasonably identified with enough certainty to be "tainted" with other purposes? The quotes you use above could be as genuine as they could be tainted. How do we separate the tainted from the genuine and whose criteria is to be used to pass out the labeling?
White knights are a real problem. But as in the cases where members frivolously make shilling accusations, those on both sides, the accuser and accused, have often engaged in mutually destructive battles that damage everyone's credibility as well as the purpose of the board. I see the same solution we always come to. Read many reviews and use multiple sources to make a good informed judgment or identify another member you can trust through mutual experiences and contact this member. The obvious white knights eliminate themselves. Going after all you may suspect only generates a cycle of flaming and degrades the credibility of all involved.
Cheers,
Merlot
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CS,
If the comments you posted were true, and further if they were corroborated by at least one other poster then in my opinion, there should have been no issue. If the comments were as you said "offhand" and you were standing out there alone, then I can see where judgement could have been passed by some members and that's not right. Either way though, you are entitled to your opinion and to the post. If it is done properly and by the rules then I say do it.
Merlot,
Your response is spot on in my opinion.
Earlier in this thread I stated that we all have the obligation to weed through the BS. We all know YMMV and human interaction between 2 people can vary greatly, so the lady who is a godsend in ones mans shining review could be another mans hell on earth. That is why, as you say, and I too believe, that multiple sources should be used.
About the white knight thing - well yours truly was accused of that on this very board a few months ago. Quite frankly it pissed me off
because the review I submitted was sincere and true. I chose to do it in my style. But another member decided I was up for knighthood and posted a shitstir (quite frankly an attack) and very derogatory comment on the review. As badly as I wanted to react, I did not. I waited. Within hours many other members came forward and posted in defense of the review and the lady and the shitstorm was dead. The mods also got involved because of the unwarranted attack on my post. It had no value to the discussion or to this board. Bottom line is the board regulated itself and the right thing was done. The other thing I learned from that experience is that we all develop a reputation through our posts and the content of the post. Quality posts and commentary are easy for most to see. It is just one of the things to take into consideration when we are doing our homework and reading commentary. And no, I do not believe I have to agree with the comments for them to be of quality nature. After all opposing views are what makes the world more interesting.
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Let's put something out here. Tell me what happened to eleganza on merb. John was very active for a long time and then something went down.
Who and how can we explain this?
Did it have to do with the mods?
With other agencies?
Mods and other agencies?
If we are going to bang heads I think this is very relevant to bring up.
The public form/board seems to forget about the back channels that exist.
Who and how can we explain this?
Did it have to do with the mods?
With other agencies?
Mods and other agencies?
If we are going to bang heads I think this is very relevant to bring up.
The public form/board seems to forget about the back channels that exist.
Hello GiveAndTake,
Whatever the reason Eleganza have changed their participation on MERB, it is a question that only they can answer. Moderators have no contact with advertisers other than to monitor their posting and enforcing the rules of the board that concern advertising. If you have a question about Eleganza, I suggest you ask them directly.
No one forgets that back channels exist, but as the information circulated by such channels is never posted it is also never verified by anyone other than those spreading the information. Much of that information can be traced back to the same disreputable source who enjoys spreading rumors for the fun of seeing how many gullible people he can manage to convince. Believe such information at your own risk.
Unsubstantiated rumors and innuendo are hardly relevant to anything on MERB. We do our best to deal in facts.
M8
Whatever the reason Eleganza have changed their participation on MERB, it is a question that only they can answer. Moderators have no contact with advertisers other than to monitor their posting and enforcing the rules of the board that concern advertising. If you have a question about Eleganza, I suggest you ask them directly.
No one forgets that back channels exist, but as the information circulated by such channels is never posted it is also never verified by anyone other than those spreading the information. Much of that information can be traced back to the same disreputable source who enjoys spreading rumors for the fun of seeing how many gullible people he can manage to convince. Believe such information at your own risk.
Unsubstantiated rumors and innuendo are hardly relevant to anything on MERB. We do our best to deal in facts.
M8
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