Okay, gonna vent here please bear with me.
As a woman, reviews are extremely embarrassing to read and the personal details in them as far as I am concerned are a personal invitation for law enforcement to build a case.
If I see someone who has a ton of reviews who wants to see me, I think that it is going to be a one time visit and nothing more. I would much prefer to be reviewed by someone who claims to visit me more often. Repeat business is the best kind of business there is. Being review # 52 is not.
This business is personal. The choices in who you wish to see and how far you wish to go, all personal. I am not competing with a 20 yr. old PSE type, I am competing for a client who I would love to see more than once. In other words, I am looking to build trust and intimacy.
There are sooo many guys on here who are members who have no posts and no reviews. Those are my favorites. I figure they are looking for the same thing I am, a soft place to land and to be valued, and that's right....To be seen again!
I cannot tell you how many times I have had someone say they saw something in my review and would I let them do that? I have never met this person asking, so I have no idea. Some people are more deserving than others. Some people are worth pleasing and going the extra mile for more than others. Some people will chew you up and spit you out and step on your back on their way out the door. It's a genuine concern. I have had people look on ROS and use my residential information against me. I have no clue what is being written about me in ROS.
Rant over, and yes I am grateful for the nice reviews I do have and for the kind gentlemen who wrote them in a sincere effort to help me out when they thought they could. I am a quiet sort of person, and reviews are just too naked and too intimidating sometimes. And yes, major hobbyists can be extremely cool regulars too. I do happen to know and care about a few but I keep it all to myself....