Originally Posted by
Forrest
James, I appreciate the fact that you have given the review system a lot of thought and I accept that improvement is needed and there should, at this stage, be a lot more Trusted Reviewers.
I don’t know why there isn’t, except that the current criteria of references etc might inhibit a lot of people. I don’t know if I would want to go asking for references from Escorts, just so I could have a TR badge.
I can think of several regular posters who have quite a few reviews, but still don’t have their ‘badge’ – Debest and Dave1Dave among them.
I do not like the idea of restricting the badge to ‘active’ members, as there are other members who have no interest in the forums but have taken the trouble to register and post a lot more reviews than I have. I don’t see why I should be trusted any more than them, but if there is a consistency and solid foundation to their reviews, it shouldn’t matter if they never post on the board.
RicFlair is the main man for issuing the TR status, and he does great work on the Escort of the Month competition. Maybe a nomination system from established members for all reviewers, regardless of whether they are active posters, could be set up – e.g. ‘Layercake’ has a lot of reviews, but I don’t think he posts a lot. If ten established members were to read his reviews, and were happy that they appeared to be honest and accurate, then he could be nominated to Ric for TR status.
It would also help if escorts were more involved in verifying their reviews. They are, after all, in the best position to confirm that the encounter took place.