. . . .The Observation: it appears to me that the reviews that appeared on ASPD were more detailed than the ones that appear on ECCIE, most especially in the BCD (Rest of the Story) section. On ASPD this section tended to be a fairly graphic chronology of the session, whereas on ECCIE, it tends to a general description confirming the activities and saying how great the lady is.
I much preferred the detail contained in the ASPD reviews. But does that necessarily mean the ECCIE reviews are of poor quality, or just different?
Thoughts???
Originally Posted by charlestudor2005
Charles. Thanks for bringing this up. Before ASPD took the final dive, the same circumstances were beginning to occur on the Arkansas board. Several observations and thoughts on my part I've stated in a previous thread about the importance of reviews - for both hobbiest and provider.
1. A review doesn't have to be graphic or a blow by blow account to be informative, but does have to contain details to adequately describe the provider and the experience. It helps the provider build clientele and helps the hobbiest know where they would like to spend their hard earned $.
2. Sequential reviews performed by the same hobbiest on the same provider appear to be self-serving. While a provider might become an "all time favorite", repetitive over glamourization (is that a word?) tends to come across as adolescent infatuation and a lame attempt to win the adoration of the provider. -- No offense to you guys that are guilty, here, but really!
3. Premium Access here, as I understand it can be earned as BCD status on ASPD. I'm guilty of not searching for the ECCIE policy, but I'd implore Big C to weigh in here. Feedback to the reviewer would help some of the reviews with a heavy dose of adoration and lack of details. Big C also had as a part of his signature on ASPD a link to a treatise on "How to Write a Review". That in itself would be helpful to those who are new to the hobby or are new to review writing.
4. There also seems to be a lot of time spent with banter within the review threads here - some useful, most of it isn't and could be better discussed within the framework of another thread - in the locker room or in coed discussion. Case in point - Kyla's preference for those under 40. Good info, but if she doesn't wish to see me, I certainly don't wish to spend my $ there. Its valuable info. IMHO, comments on a review should deal with the review itself, keeping in mind, that you don't want an open discussion of "The Rest of the Story" or BCD comments. That's can be especially counter productive for the provider and in fact do unintended harm or misconceptions.
The weather delayed the delivery of my
Wall Street Journal so I couldn't check the exchange rate, so you'll have to be satisfied with my 2 cents worth.