Fake first time reviewers ideas how to stop

[Bellelulu]

This was also a point I have made to another moderator. He had to also at some point place his first blog and review. Humble start.

[adogwithabone]

This was also a point I have made to another moderator. He had to also at some point place his first blog and review. Humble start.

How dare you insult our esteemed moderators by suggesting that they had humble beginnings.

[JAMESCORK]

I remember writing my first review back in 08. I was totally new to the game and was very nervous meeting my first Escort. I remember mixed feelings of both relief and excitement but also a sense of achievement that I actually went through with it. I plucked up the courage to review on my third Escort I think. In those days first time reviewers were not subject to suspicion as they are today. I wonder at the risk of being ratted on my maiden voyage for showing understandable over enthusiasm that I would be ratted would I have bothered to review at all. I now find my reviews are slowing down because I have found enough favourites to keep me going without the need to try newer girls and risk disappointment. I think we should tone down the suspicion and give the newer guys a chance. I accept the problems surrounding fakes but surely with the new system of numbering the reviews on the reviews screens we can all disregard as we see fit. Let’s wait and see if these new guys review again before we judge. Remember we were all there once.

[Prickly]

Leave it up to each individual member.
Let us decide whose reviews we can block/allow on our own settings and drop all this 'rat' and 'note from mod' stuff.
If nothing else it might stop alot of the rows and save the staff some unnecessary work. I reckon I can decide for myself who to trust or not.
All that's happening now is the thing gets more and more convoluted. At the end of the day it's up to each individual to decide who to trust.
Experience and intuition - can't beat them!

[El Gordo]

Personally, I no longer really try to identify fake reviews. I try to identify reviews I can trust. Those are the ones from reviewers who have seen some of the same escorts I have, and who have had similar opinions about them. The other reviews could be classified as fake, different taste, unknown, etc. But why bother? So I don't really care which first time reviews get ratted, as I am generally ignoring them anyway. A better use of resources might be identifying repeat offenders. Someone with 20 fake reviews is much more of a problem than 20 people each with one fake review.