In light of recent developments, I think now would be a good time for E-I to assess whether our approach towards the bad client details issue needs revision.

As most around here know, we do have a private forum for escorts.

NEVER has our private forum been used to share good client details.

Mainly it is used to discuss escort relevant issues regards advertising here and working as an escort in Ireland

However ladies do post warnings about bad clients in it sometimes.

I have previously considered creating a bad clients database for the use of escorts. Every time an escort is attacked, you can't help but think there must be something sites like E-I can do to help escorts work together to stay safe?

However the whole issue is very difficult. Legally, I know it is very complex and difficult, which is the main reason we're never done a serious bad clients initiative. But before you even get to legal questions, there are moral ones. I mean, what if bad client systems are abused by the escorts using them?

And this in no longer a "what if". We've just seen a database of approx 5,000 "bad clients" is circulating. There is no way all the people in the database are bad clients. In fact you can clearly see some ladies have added clients to the database for no good reason, like "think he is a timewaster".

Obviously this is disgraceful, but what about E-I?

Should we continue to allow ladies to post warnings about bad clients in our private forums? The obvious answer to that question is yes of course, but is it right, given we have no way of knowing the details are correct, that the client is genuinely a danger to ladies?

This list has been a wake up call for me too. I don't believe most of the people involved in this list had bad intentions, but what they did was very wrong.

I'm now wondering whether E-I should try to learn from this whole mess too. I'd like to now set clear limits and guidelines as to what escorts can post in our private forum regards bad clients, so I can be sure we never create a monster like this list.

My question to escorts and clients is:

Should we allow escorts to post warnings about bad clients in our private escort forum, and if yes, how much should we let them post, i.e. full phone number or 6 digits or what?

I appreciate that for escorts being able to warn each other about dangerous clients is very important, but I also want to make sure we are being fair to clients.

Thank you

Pat x