The indication is that you can only directly contact someone you have already given an Okay to/with. So if you haven't been doing those, better brush up on your recent visits.
Originally Posted by FireKitten
From what I understand, if the provider has contact info in her p411 profile (phone, email), then not only can she can be contacted simply by providing the url of her profile in her showcase, ad, in a review of her or given directly to the client/potential future client, but also, a client can even look up her profile on p411 using her phone number or email address. It would be kinda dumb on p411's part to allow a paying client to only be able to connect to providers that have given him an OK.
The notes that you have will also remain intact as well as a guy's folders (favorites, excluded, blocked), so a good idea if p411 hobbyists want a list to look at, make some sub folders and you have plenty of time before the changes to put the providers which you are wanting to or even have the least bit of interest in possibly seeing for a future session in a folder. And since they are going to eventually add new providers to their system, I am sure that there will be a way to add them as well if you choose to do so.
Another feature that is going to be new is, a provider can leave small comments on a client's p411 account, and vice versa, which are going to be visible to the person that has a comment on their profile and anyone that looks at it, which can be invaluable.
Obviously, providers cannot leave comments about other providers or hobbyists about other hobbyists. Of course, each person is also going to have to ability to hide the comments (not some, it is all or nothing) made about them from others to view if they wish as well.
So with that, the ease of screening and all, I am going to be continue renewing my p411 account.