Guest twinklover Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 1. The Home Page. I like logging in and being taken to the home page. I like seeing the newest reviews, featured escorts and especially the top escort profile hits of the day--all easy to access with point and click. Seeing who is of particular interest on a given day is a great and unique feature of this site. It has made me look at some escorts I might have otherwise missed. While profile hits is merely an indication of interest and not a substitute for reviews, I check this just about every day, if only to ascertain who other discriminating clientele and escort connoisseurs are looking at. 2. Escort Profiles. The map is very easy to use to find escorts in a given area--outstanding feature and much quicker and simpler than searching on M4M. Multiple pics and the ability to enlarge the pics are fantastic. M4M has only one pic with a review and it usually is not revealing. An interested client then has to email and waste time getting pics. Yes, it remains true that a pic is often worth a thousand words. Serious escorts should post multiple and revealing pics if they wish to encourage interest and business (e.g., San Francisco's Jesse Dane's newest photo shoot should be very good for his business). Finally, I like most of the standard fields in the escort profiles. We do get a lot of information. I do have a suggestion and request because these are my biggest trun-ons--getting rimmed, rimming and big loads or frequent loads. Perhaps "Rimming", "Being Rimmed" and "Cum Shots" could be added to the "Fetish" list even if they may not be considered "fetishes" in some people's view. Some escorts do not rim and are skittish about cum. Other escorts do rim (at least assuming a nice clean hole) and like cum all over as much as me. Some escorts are also big cummers and can shoot frequently. It would be nice to see this disclosed, even if it is only an option under the Fetish field. 3. Escort Reviews. Again, the required fields provide much information, and even more information than M4M reviews. The main thing I like, however, is the ease of seeing the reviewer's other reviews at the bottom. Just point and click and you're there to another review by the reviewer. A good and reliable reviewer, especially if he has tastes similar to your own, is worth his weight in gold. This feature will become increasingly important as more and more reviews are submitted and added to this site. Links to the escort's profile and web site (if he has one) are also much appreciated. 4. Forums. The format is very similar to M4M and just as easy to follow and use. Nothing that unique here, as compared to M4M, but it is well-designed and often useful. The tone of the posts and even-keeled moderators keep discussions to the point without undue bitch-slapping and bullshit. I like nasty bitch fights as much as some others do (and there are more than just a handful of us who devilishly enjoy this but certainly not all posters are amused). This simply is not the site for that. We can do that on other sites, including the new http://groups.yahoo.com/group/escortspeak/ and by reading a number of escort blogs. This site is doing a good job so far in adhering to its rules, striking a balance and being fair. I would like clarification on the "check who's online" feature. It doesn't seem to work that well for me or be in real time. It would be nice to see an old friend online and be able to instantly and privately message him. Perhaps this can be done; I'm unsure. I welcome the opening of a workable chat room. I especially like the idea of scheduled, moderated chats from time to time. Perhaps an escort might be willing to go on for an hour and see if it helps his business. A well-known escort client and/or reviewer might also be a good featured person. It would be interesting to ask questions and hear some war stories. Thanks again to the owners, moderators and maintainers of this site for doing an outstanding job thus far and providing this excellent alternative to other escort sites. Over time, I believe this site is likely to get better and better and grow many times over in popularity. The membership count as of today is already 4158 which shows this site has taken off very nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BewareofNick Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 I echo twinklover's sentiments. I think this site has gotten off to a great start. There doesn't seem to be any one person dominating the message center, which is good. Of course, with the return of Erik McAlister, aka TheReasonPeopleHateLawyers, that may change, but I digress. We talked for a while, albeit not derisively, about the concept of a "Gentleman's Club" and while that unfortuantely took on a very negative connotation over at Neverland, the intended spirit, I think, lives here. Now, if we could just get FFF over here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TampaYankee Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Thanks for the kinds words. They are much appreciated. This site was designed from the ground up with the client perspective in mind. Valid informative reviews are worth their weight in gold to clients seeking escorts. We strive to weed out the self-reviews and information- free reviews that only provide chaff to obscure the useful reviews. Treasure hunts have their place but not on a user friendly site. We try to provide a platform that gives detailed information -- qualitative and quantitative. We also provide a little information about the reviewer and we make it easy to track their reviews. We didn't invent that concept (or the wheel) but it is of great value over the long run for assessing reviews and reviewers. The Escort Profile side of this site was also designed with the escort in mind. It is our perspective that what is good for clients is good for reputable escorts seeking clients. The purpose is to faciliate a match between compatible clients and escorts. We wanted to provide escorts with a platform to get their stats, preferences, rates, services, contact data and photos in front of site members and visitors. We ask for more information than most other sites. Informative data promotes efficient communication between escorts and clients. It helps focus on escorts of interest, minimizes time exchanging emails for info, and helps to focus emails or phone conversations to critical questions highlighted by the profile information. We desired a very visual site because the process of matching escorts with clients is inherently a very visual process, in part. Visuals are good for the clients and good for the escorts. We designed the site to present escorts to the client community. Providing featured persons, top ten profile hits of the day, and newest photos is our way of getting our listed escorts exposure and giving clients a dynamic environment to check out who is listed. We also wanted a level playing field -- fair to clients and escorts alike. We don't tolerate vendettas by members or escorts against other members or escorts. We do provide a forum for legitmate discussion of escort and client issues. We place all escorts on a level playing field. There will be no special influence granted to the few. We strive to see that everybody gets the same access and are treated fairly. We think that this is fair to all escorts and to the members. > >2. Escort Profiles. ... >I do have a suggestion and request because these >are my biggest trun-ons--getting rimmed, rimming and big loads >or frequent loads. Perhaps "Rimming", "Being >Rimmed" and "Cum Shots" could be added to the >"Fetish" list even if they may not be considered >"fetishes" in some people's view. It has been on my to-do list to add to the profiles: languages spoken, rimming and possibly one or two more items like 'recharge time'. }( I'll take your suggestions under consideration too. >I would like clarification on the "check who's >online" feature. It doesn't seem to work that well for me >or be in real time. It doesn't work at all!! I miss it and I know many others do as well. However, I have been loathe to seek a remedy for fear that the forum will come crashing down into a pile at our collective feet. We have had extensive problems integrating dcforum with the site software from the start. After much wailing, nashing of teeth, and flogging the slaves, we got something going that allowed people to reliably login. This software implementation is a house of cards. We are on the edge or scrapping this in favor of more reliable and maintainalbe message center software. We have resisted because of the wide familiarity and the threaded layout of dcforum. Thus I avoid any provocation at this point. >It would be nice to see an old friend >online and be able to instantly and privately message him. >Perhaps this can be done; I'm unsure. I welcome the opening of >a workable chat room. I especially like the idea of scheduled, >moderated chats from time to time. Perhaps an escort might be >willing to go on for an hour and see if it helps his business. >A well-known escort client and/or reviewer might also be a >good featured person. It would be interesting to ask questions >and hear some war stories. > We want to implement an 'Online Now' notice displayed on the escort profile page so that a client may message him to set up a one-on-one chat with that escort. We will also create a Chat Room Schedule forum, similar to the Travel forums, so that members can post a scheduled time for interested members to meet up. Hopefully escorts also will make use of it to chat with a room full of members. This will be a self-starting operation for those motivated to undertake it. If they receive positive response then maybe we can get a community up. >Thanks again to the owners, moderators and maintainers of this >site for doing an outstanding job thus far and providing this >excellent alternative to other escort sites. Over time, I >believe this site is likely to get better and better and grow >many times over in popularity. The membership count as of >today is already 4158 which shows this site has taken off very >nicely. > > We are dedicated to providing a qualitative ehnancement to online escort review and escort profile resources. We are in for the long haul and expect to take time to build. We didn't expect to burst into full bloom overnight. It takes time to build credibility and confidence and gather the resources that attract a loyal following. We have opted to avoid short cuts for short-term gain that would do nothing to enhance our credibility. Eventually, we will add commercial content to this site to support the site and provide some modest compensation for site personnel. That will not diminish our dedication to providing a valuable free online resource for the community. (Cue the Carpenters)... We've only just begun... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TampaYankee Posted June 26, 2006 Members Share Posted June 26, 2006 Thanks for seconding the kind words regarding the site. Please refrain from baiting individuals. I prefer that their destiny be tied to their own initiatives. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamSmith Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Another nice thing about the Forum here: The auto-numbering system for each post in a thread makes sense. That is, the number initially assigned to a post and displayed as the first line in the post is the same number referenced in subsequent replies to that post. So you can see who replied to whom wthout going into threaded mode. Sounds obvious, but dcforum implementations on some Other Sites don't work this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheReasonPeopleHateLawyers Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 >Of course, with the return of Erik McAlister, aka TheReasonPeopleHateLawyers, that may change, but I digress. It makes you look silly jumping to conclusions; please refer to me only by my registered screen name. Perhaps you can ask Rico, of The Hooville Village News, to introduce your pal ChgoBoy ("boy"???? What is he 37...38 years old???) to Chuck Norris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BewareofNick Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 No conclusions other than a statment of fact. Just type your screenname TheReasonPeopleHateLawyers into google and see what pops up. Wasn't exactly rocket science to figure it out, Erik. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TampaYankee Posted July 3, 2006 Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 Obvious to me that this is a personal exchange between the two of you. No need to play it out here. That is one of the two main reasons for email, the other being SPAM. Please take it off forum. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TampaYankee Posted July 3, 2006 Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 Please see message 7 meant for you also. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
