I worded it the way I hear it from hobbyists. The ones that don't post reviews don't because they feel that the activities they are required to list are incriminating.
Originally Posted by Lacey Companion
I am not sure I completely buy that excuse from gents. I think that is the easy answer to give because it generally ends discussion that might lead to their real reason for not writing reviews. Sure some guys are worried about incrimination, but they could still use the current template and simply state:
"See ROS for more information on activities."
There are a number of other reasons gent's refuse to write reviews that range anywhere to they are just selfish and lazy to they are trying to avoid the drama that some reviews can lead to. Drama can come out of jealousy from another regular provider they see, or a disagreement over how they wrote the review. They will throw up the incrimination comment just to avoid any further discussion. They may have very good reasons and that is their choice. I just point this out, because changing the template probably won't have any impact on folks that simply choose not to write reviews for whatever reason.
There are more than a couple of actual lawyers that are members here, and perhaps they could speak to the probability of a prosecutor taking a stack of reviews as the only evidence to try a man for pandering or solicitation. Doesn't seem real likely.
As to the idea that reviews give a tool to LEO to put you on their radar, I have news for you--your general posting can do that just as easily. If you want to try an experiment, go to Google and type a screenname and some common keyword language specific to the hobby, and watch how many times this board will pop up in the top ten results--and they will be coed posts.
Of course, this is all just fantasy and entertainment. We never actually do these things we write about wishing we had done, right?