I believe that discretion is what makes for a good Hobbyist/Provider relationship (financial or otherwise) work. A married man seeks out the companionship of a Provider for whatever reason to obtain some "relief." A Provider has clients that afford financial support in exchange for the aforemontioned "relief" in whatever form or quantity might be arranged beforehand.
So where does outting fit into that? I received an email from a Hobbyist alerting me to a Provider that had outted him to his wife. Despicable! Now he's undoubtedly feeling the heat from a variety of sources. If children discover the truth about "Dad" what sort of damage does that inflict upon them? Nowadays, some companies enforce a personal conduct code that can result in demotion, loss of pay or your job if its learned that you indulge in Hobbying.
And what about Providers? They're also wives and mothers, have family that may not be aware of their profession and, if they have another job, can face the same consequences (loss of job) that a Provider might.
Does the Eccie oligarch enforce some "code of conduct" when/if an outting occurs? Doe the simple "wod-of-mouth" inflict sufficient punishment upon womever perfrom the outting? Do Hobbyists impose the "black mark" on a Provider so that she suffers financial penalties? Do Providers place a similar mark on a Hobbyist foolish enough to do this? Is there someplace that such information is exchanged so that Hobbyists and Providers alike can verify the other party's sanity and good faith?
I understand that Eccie has to be careful what it does and does not allow tp be posted re Hopbbyists and Providers but does this rise to a level that it should be posted elsewhere as an alternative source?