The critical thing is preserving the wall between provider and ROS.
Originally Posted by TransAm
For what it's worth, when I began back in 2000, during ASPD's infancy, the reviews and everything that were in them were completely public. I had gotten a lot of bad advice from providers that were encouraging me to not kiss, CBJ only, and to upsell as much as possible. None of it made me enjoy my chosen profession very much, and was counter to my own instincts. Thanks to a client showing me ASPD, I spent a lot of time researching reviews of well respected and much maligned providers. I took in what worked, threw out what didn't, then did what I could to blow everyone out of the water. I was around less than a year (which seems to be my m o), but there are people who remember me over a decade later. I say this to make a vital point - I don't think it is helpful to keep providers and ROS separate. For every ten bitching harridans, there's bound to be at least one younger version of me, on the verge of a sexual awakening. How much sense does it make to deprive the hobbyist population of one savvy businesswoman who understands the value of both good and bad reviews?
I guess I just feel bad for the Houston hobby culture of today - things that were standard in my time, before Escape, are somehow shocking now. Everyone would be experiencing it if all the providers had access to the other providers tricks of the trade.
But, I guess privacy is more important than mind-blowing sexytimes.