Site changes and escort I.Ds

[ChiefHandker]

Hi, I saw E-I did some site changes earlier today. One of main changes I noticed was that escort profile I.D numbers have changed. Up until now each escort had a specific number attached to her profile which was in a sequence. For instance a newly registered escort might have the I.D 23456, and the next one to register after her would be 23457 and so on.
However, after the site upgrade this system has changed the way I.Ds are formed and so they're now randomly generated consisting of letters and numbers instead of following a simple numbered sequence.

One major drawback of this is that it will make it practically impossible for the likes of E-I, the Gardai or anyone else to use programs to keep track of ads and therefore stop them identifying links or trends to dubious activity - similarly to how RTE did in their Primetime show using a mirroring program. In practice, this new system will probably make it much much easier for the scumbags of the escort industry to move their wares around undetected.


To give an example to those that don't know what i'm on about with the I.D numbers...

*Removed by Patricia, because it is one thing reporting fake photos etc here, but we are not going down the road of alleging criminal activity on very dubious basis. If you know about criminal activity, report it to the police, send managers a PM.*

Was wondering if this change is only temporary or it was a bug during the update? If not, i'm guessing life just got that little bit easier for pimps and traffickers.

[Patricia]

To reply to you quickly:

There was a site upgrade early this morning. One of several things it did is assign each escort a unique ID. This will make it easier to further develop E-I, escort IDs not being unique has caused some issues to date.

It is certainly not our intention to make life any easier for pimps. We plan to make a number of changes to E-I over the coming weeks with a view to improving the quality of E-I, I think we will actually be publishing the list of these changes tomorrow for everyone to see, and you will see then that making life easier for pimps is certainly not our agenda.

Regards this change causing difficulty for the police to monitor E-I, I don't know what difficulty you imagine it would cause the police, but I'd suggest you leave these things to the police, who are well able to communicate with E-I themselves if they have any issues. As I have stated many times E-I fully cooperates with police.

[ChiefHandker]

To give an example to those that don't know what i'm on about with the I.D numbers...

*Removed by Patricia, because it is one thing reporting fake photos etc here, but we are not going down the road of alleging criminal activity on very dubious basis. If you know about criminal activity, report it to the police, send managers a PM.*

Just to add, I wasn't alleging criminal activity in the edited part. I was merely showing some fake profiles with sequential I.Ds that had a very similar feel and were highly likely an agency. I was NOT saying they had anything to do with trafficking or criminal activity.

[ChiefHandker]

To reply to you quickly:

There was a site upgrade early this morning. One of several things it did is assign each escort a unique ID. This will make it easier to further develop E-I, escort IDs not being unique has caused some issues to date.

Thanks for the reply. But up until now all escorts were already assigned a unique sequential I.D. When you changed any details in the old URL's it didn't matter until you changed the ID number, then the profile changed.

[Patricia]

Thanks for the reply. But up until now all escorts were already assigned a unique sequential I.D. When you changed any details in the old URL's it didn't matter until you changed the ID number, then the profile changed.

The ID was not unique though. 2 escorts could have same iD. Now all escorts have a unique ID. That's the change. And no the ID number will not change if they make changes to their profile, it will stay the same. Escorts not having a unique ID was causing us issues before, hence why the change was made.

[Techno Viking]

The ID was not unique though. 2 escorts could have same iD. Now all escorts have a unique ID. That's the change. And no the ID number will not change if they make changes to their profile, it will stay the same. Escorts not having a unique ID was causing us issues before, hence why the change was made.

I dont understand this at all, makes no sense?

If it wasnt a unique ID, how did you keep track of escort profiles then?

Could any escort, more importantly, a faker escort, be allocated the same ID as a true, proven, genuine, hard working, independent escort?

[Patricia]

It was unique to type, their being about 20 types of ad, female independent, male agency etc. 2 female independents wouldn't have had the same ID but there might have been a male agency with the same iD as the female independent etc. now every advertiser has a unique ID which is simples, makes coding easier etc, will be able to get things done faster, a better more solid system.

[Forrest]

It was unique to type, their being about 20 types of ad, female independent, male agency etc. 2 female independents wouldn't have had the same ID but there might have been a male agency with the same iD as the female independent etc. now every advertiser has a unique ID which is simples, makes coding easier etc, will be able to get things done faster, a better more solid system.

E-I seems to have gone to a lot of trouble changing all escort ID's, which are now random alpha-numeric,
which makes it virtually impossible to identify the newest profiles.

Would it not have been better to just amend those ID's that were duplicated within the smaller categories eg Male Agency?

I have been reading threads in the warning section and I keep getting error messages when I click on the links.

https://www.escort-ireland.com/board...e-Air-in-Clare

"This page does not exist

This page doesn’t exist, please use navigation to find something else of your interest"

Is this because of the change in ID's, which means those links are now redundant.

It seems that a lot of hard work by the likes of TV and MM has been wasted as a result of this ID change.

[El Gordo]

Yes, it would be good if the links in the Warning section could be fixed. The easiest way to fix them would be to arrange for the old url to redirect to the new one. Or the links could be changed by hand, but that would be more work.

[Forrest]

Yes, it would be good if the links in the Warning section could be fixed. The easiest way to fix them would be to arrange for the old url to redirect to the new one. Or the links could be changed by hand, but that would be more work.

Surprising that the re-direct wasn't put in place when they were making the changes, as they must have realised that it would affect links that were posted prior to the 'upgrade'.