If rip offs were alerts, they would not all be listed in reviews and Coed. If anyone should be alerted, it should be the dumb azz who pre-paid lol. There are too many bs drama filled alerts, that are nothing more than someone who got pissed off...not dangerous situations. If a girl NCNS, that's not a freaking alert. Write a review about it!
Originally Posted by London Rayne
Actually a really bad example, as a review is not allowed of a NCNS per board rules. NCNS are supposed to go in CoED, a policy which I personally disagree with. I really think they should be linked to a profile, just like reviews are.
If a guy does the same, that's what the powder room is for. There are ways to get the word out without cluttering up the Alert sections with bs. Guys wanting bbfs, forced activities, drugs, pimps on the scene, LE, and weapons would be alert worthy IMO.
I do not consider the OP's example of being ripped off to be alert worthy, but I do think the pimp scene very well is. He could have pulled a freaking gun!
And that is the reason I think the thread is alert worthy. It is a situation we all believe could go badly given slightly different circumstances.
I took a quick look through the top three posts right now in Dallas Alerts, if the thread in question was not alert worthy... Then why are the following:
(Not a question for you London... but certainly a mod should answer.)
http://eccie.net/showthread.php?t=329466
No concrete evidence of any threats. Just someone trying to get around screening. I would place this in the same category as the thread in question.
http://eccie.net/showthread.php?t=327344
Nobody's safety is threatened here. A lady is simply posting about a guy threatening a bad review, if he doesn't get a makeup session. I think this is alert worthy, but given the guidelines given by bubba of something that "endangers the safety", should be in CoED, but a better location would be the ladies area.
http://eccie.net/showthread.php?t=326398
Here we have a provider given the runaround by a client wary of the all too common bait & switch. She decides he is potentially dangerous because of this, and the fact he doesn't have the agreed upon cash. Had he had the cash, we never would have heard about this. A safety danger, I believe not. Alert worthy, I believe so, but not based on the guideline of something that "endangers the safety". Per the guidelines should be in the ladies area.
So... if the modes can't see why we are confused about what should go there, I think they need to look a little closer. I was going to go further, and give more examples, but thought it would just get boring, as examples where there was truly a safety threat are so few, yet there are plenty of threads there.
Color me confused.