Should the Trusted Review status be abolished?

[JAMESCORK]

Ok, I give in. If anyone is listening please just let JamesCork keep his bloody badge. I feel like we are trying to take his fourth child away.

Thanks honey I feel more assured now.... I love that little shiny fellar...

[Ric Hardgear]

Thanks honey I feel more assured now.... I love that little shiny fellar...

Betcha ya have a name for him an all....

[El Gordo]

I tell ya, how many of us here would get away with a dodgy review... none

[JAMESCORK]

Yo Goddie.... Why the confusion? Especially with your eagle eye no one here gets away with anything. Lol.

[El Gordo]

Yo Goddie.... Why the confusion? Especially with your eagle eye no one here gets away with anything. Lol.

People get away with quite a lot here. With or without badges.

[Sam Spade]

In Ireland, the review system is important as it influences an escorts business, which is why the review system is open to abuse.
It should be noted the system is open to abuse not only by TR's, but also established reviewers and new members who may wish to trade off their reviews and the importance some escorts may hold them.*

If the TR system is abolished, will this stop the abuse?
I don't believe so, as the same individuals will still abuse the system whether they hold a badge or not.*
If however a TR looses his badge, the influence he may have in future reviews maybe of less importance,
thereby negating his influence.

Instead of abolishing the system, would it not be preferable to improve it?*
For example, if the system was made more transparent and accountable,*
making it much easier for members to loose their badge,
would this help to curb the activities of certain members?

Although this system is not perfect, it can always be improved.

[dave1dave]

I've read through both this and the last TR thread and there's a lot of good ideas and although this probably isn't the place or time to post it, i have a suggestion for an alternative..

As far as I can see, the two main arguments put forward for keeping the TR system are:
1. Joe soap knows he can rely on reviewers A, B and C
2. So that escorts know they're dealing with someone trustworthy.

Soooooo i'd propose two things...

The first is for the client (and this has been suggested before) Give them the option to anonymously add certain reviewers to their "favourites" so when they click on a certain lady's list of reviews they see a badge next to any reviewer they've previously added. Any registered user would be able add others who think the same way or who've had similar experiences with particular escorts and add them for future reference. It'd also help in so far as they'd likely be adding reviewers generally specific to their county, making their TRs more relevant. Their personal TR's wouldn't be visible to anyone but themselves so it'd remove any sort of stigma or elevated status that many say exists within the the current TR format.
When i started reading reviews it took barely any time to start recognising the names of reviewers that felt more genuine so i think it could work.


The second part would be for escorts. If an escort felt a guy was decent and punctual etc she could add him to Trusted Clients which would be visible to her. If that particular client/reviewer got say, 5 or 10 different approvals from escorts a badge would then become visible to all escorts and only escorts. NO details about the client, just a badge of trustworthiness for the benefit and quick reference of escorts - and the client would be completely oblivious if he had one or not. And if possible, escorts would be able to view which of their collegues deemed him Trustworthy which would create accountability.

Now that's a well thought out system. As the whole TR thing should really come from the escorts themselves.
It's an easy way for them to see if a prospective client is trusted by other escorts.
And sure we can still wear the embroidered T-Shirts Jimbop got us all made anyway

[Monkeynut]

The second part would be for escorts. If an escort felt a guy was decent and punctual etc she could add him to Trusted Clients which would be visible to her. If that particular client/reviewer got say, 5 or 10 different approvals from escorts a badge would then become visible to all escorts and only escorts. NO details about the client, just a badge of trustworthiness for the benefit and quick reference of escorts - and the client would be completely oblivious if he had one or not. And if possible, escorts would be able to view which of their collegues deemed him Trustworthy which would create accountability.

But is this sort of here already in the form of references? Those references are there for anyone to see but most people simply dont bother looking for them. When I book via PM I suggest that the lady looks at my profile and read my reviews/references but few actually do. So what does that say?
I think the actual badge is like a 'my micky is bigger than your micky' thing and really has little relevence. It has been posted here a few times that when reviews are read by potential clients, its not always the badge but the name that carries the weight.

[anon361]

We can, and we do. Our section is not as private as we would like though

But why is that, is it clients have actual access due to a careless or over zealous to impress escort or just reports on whats being said being passed around, only time I've ever had any dealing with it was this week and at that I was told nothing other than I was mentioned, surely there is a way E-I can shore up it's walls??

[wanted the best 69]

this whole badge thing is joke, even in electing escort of the month we poor badgeless ones only score 1 point though the badged ones score 4 tell is this a fair way of acting? look common sense suggests that those good badge holders will act in a respossible manner , but human nature as it is l,eaves those are not as who do not as ransom demanders, scarp it , it was a nice idea but not thought out well