What. A. Disaster this has become. Marco should have stayed in his hovel.
I am going to be brief, I have had a very long day and I am exhausted. Corporate America has been unkind today
From what I gather, the main concern is the matter of privacy regarding profiles and their exposure to public search engines. Now, I am completely illiterate on these savvy Internet tricks so bear with me. If, in fact, an established handle/description/what have you is hidden from the public view, would that alleviate some tension? If the male members that had said feedback were only accessible by providers, not Joe the Internet Schmoe, would that solve this issue of security? Help me out here.
Originally Posted by K lovve
I can't speak for others, but I will say it does not satisfy my concern for security.
I've brought this up with Marco, and apparently, either you got your leash on him or he isn't capable of answering the question.
I can understand needing to keep a consistent tab on problematic clients who can change numbers, handles, and names. However, RBB seems to be aiming a little higher than that. The housing of descriptions matched to contact info or handles is a problem for me. Even if said information were "Secured", we have seen the security expertise of the RBB crew to date, and as you mentioned, even ECCIE has been compromised. With problem clients constantly changing handles, matching of handles to descriptions seems like it's designed to punish those of us who have a persistent presence in the hobby. If RBB's security measures were equal to ECCIE's, it would still be a problem because you are housing unpublished contact and descriptions on RBB.
While you and Marco have made the argument that providers are subject to reviews and having their descriptions posted, neither of you have addressed the fact that providers post ads as a business while we are private parties who have never posted our contact info or advertised our description.
I will close with this: I do not believe that RBB has been designed with malicious intent. I would never have agreed to facilitate conversation if I thought I would be representing a completely corrupt system. Whispers, while I consider you a friend, I think your proposition to impose a warning to every female associate with RBB is not only crass and unnecessary, but it is completely out of line. While I agree that there are kinks to be ironed out, I also believe that women need a board that will cater to their needs. We deal with nonsense and unethical behavior more often than most think. There are many girls in this world that would benefit from a structured community offering both information and support. I DO believe that is the sole intent the RISQUÉ Blackbook came to be. Please keep in mind that while organization within the hobby may come easy to some, it is not the case for everyone.
Let's keep this civil, guys, and I will do my best to keep Marco on his leash.
I don't think it's that easy to sum up RBB's design intent. Even though Marco denies it, I think it's common knowledge that RBB was M!NT's web presence for quite a few years before he began denying it. Girls like Taylor, Celeste, and Ariel are known M!NT providers who have been a staple on RBB. While I cannot recall with accuracy if there was a time when RBB exclusively listed M!NT girls, I can tell you that there have been months, if not years, when M!NT girls were greater than 80% of those listed on RBB. There is no question that RBB has been closely tied to M!NT and Marco. If RBB's current purpose is to provide support for providers, then it has changed. Perhaps with ownership change, perhaps it just evolved over time. I can't say that even then, intent of design was malicious. I will say that Marco has shown a remackable lack of ethics in some of his dealings. RBB is a tool of its owners, and as such, we can judge the effectiveness of the tool. Intent is up to the owners.
As for kinks being ironed out, that is something that should have been prepped before launch of the system. To launch a project that holds user and other people's data expecting to work out the kinks during operation is pure folly.
I don't have a problem with women having a board that caters to them, if you feel the need for one, I am in no position to dispute your needs.
I think you and I are at odds with RBB's history and current intent of the owners and probably who the owners are. Marco's posts in this very thread shows that his role in RBB isn't as small as you were lead to believe by Paprika. Even if I were to take your word for truth (not because I think you lied, but because you may have been misled), the fact that Marco has a Moderator and Developer account on the site and server makes me not want to have anything to do with that site.
If I ever find my handle, contact information, or description ends up on that site without justifiable proof that I treated someone unfairly, it will lead to problems for the site.