Research has already established that people are more likely to leave negative feedback than positive because negative experiences evokes stronger emotions. Generally speaking, most people have little interest in writing anything period (aka the common lurker). Good experiences are generally expected from a transactional experience, hence why most people don't feel a pressing need to write about their positive experiences into a thread that is already filled with them. As LC mentionned, how often do we leave a positive Google Review when we buy something ? Unless the level of service or product greatly exceeds expectations.
Also there is an obvious impact of attracting a larger number of visitors instead of catering to a select few. With the loss of multiple ad sites, this has forced a greater number of visitors that might not even have known about this board before to flock here. Can we really be surprised with the lower quality comments ? These are the same guys that will annoy the hell out of the girls with their bullshit cringy/rude/misogynistic text messages.
Additionally, I really think that pricing has an impact. Not judging what girls ask, I get you don't want to hurt your brand. But this is what happens when the middle class gets priced out and you're left with just the extremities voicing their opinions in such a polarized manner. For example, whenever I've met a girl priced lower who ends up being outstanding would definitly encourage me to want to write more favorable reviews and sometimes even get me to see her twice in the same day. I was more than happy to take the time to review because I wanted her to stick around longer instead of failing her finiancial targets. But I've seen girls priced above the median and with a high number of positive reviews, my expectations were often way to high which would lead me to be dissapointed in what could have actually been a decent encounter.
But reviews have really changed too. I find it much harder now to get a real sense of what I can expect during the encounter. I've always needed more than just a pretty picture, I love the fantasy that can be inspired by a detailed review. Hell, I've often seen girls based on their reviews when their photos failed to get my attention (aka hidden gems?). Does it go too far sometimes? I get why advertisers might not always like it, its not always flattering. But I prefer it over the sanitized reviews that have been encouraged to be written, even the negative ones. I'm not saying to behave like a womanizing imbicile, but don't need to act like a old viagra filled incel either. I miss that middle ground that once was and I remember the reviews to being much higher quality.
Its come to the point where I almost favor negative reviews as being more credible than the over the top repetitive positive reviews from the same guys. Perhaps I've become jaded? I really don't know. But I will admit that the way reviews flow nowadays has definitly contributed to me spending less on SPs and more on actual dates... so thank you I guess? Not
