The truth about Recomendation

In highlight of recent thread: http://www.cerb.ca/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=143465

I got to wonder; Yes I have heard it from multiple sources both hobbyist and provider. I am wondering about how important is recommendation to you?

Discuss - be anonymous and just vote on the poll if you wish.

Maybe I got it all wrong. I don't put too much value in recommendation - as it could be skewed. I make my decision on seeing a lady based on how we connected through chat/pm/her post. Not counting how many recommendation she have or when the last time she got one.

What about the rest of CERB?

I added the last two for the ladies that wishes to participate - how does having lots of recommendation helped you? Did it make your career take off? Is it that important? If we had a great time and I saw you again and again but never wrote a recommendation would you be disappointed?

(first time posting a poll... hope this work.)

Well I have posted a recommendation, or two, or three or.....;-)

And that is because I had a good time with the lady, and the lady was the big reason I had such a good time.

Recommendations that I write are first and foremost, my way of giving a public thank you to the lady. The second and third reason are sort of interrelated. Second, a recommendation might help the lady's business because she might gain a client or two (or more) because someone read the recommendation. Third, for a gentleman looking for a lady to see, a recommendation might help in his decision.

Me, however, I do on occasion read recommendations, but really I chose who I'm going to see based on a lady's profile/postings/website/email/pm's back and forth. But I know recommendations can help both the lady and gentleman. So while I am not a user of recommendations myself, I am happy to write recommendations, it may help the lady and another gentleman in other encounters

One quick thing, a lack of recommendations is not a negative IMHO. One lady I saw, a great companion BTW, did not want any recommendations written due to some personal reasons, so I respected her request. It meant there were three recommendation worthy encounters I had but never posted about, but that doesn't mean the lack of recommendations made her a lady not to see, she was a lady a gentleman would have had a good time seeing

Hope that makes sense

A rambling

RG

Ultimately, while I like to look for a combination of things and make my own decisions, credibility has to play a huge role in recommendations. If many well respected people have posted good recommendations about someone, those recommendations are hard to ignore.

Ultimately, while I like to look for a combination of things and make my own decisions, credibility has to play a huge role in recommendations. If many well respected people have posted good recommendations about someone, those recommendations are hard to ignore.

Thank you for your response in this - could you simplify it :b

I might be reading this the wrong way; but what you are saying is its more of who is posting the recommendation instead of how many recommendation is already posted?

Don't want to put you in the spot - but what about when you wanted to see provider 1 which has no recommendation, but saw there's a lot of recommendation for provider 2 which generate a little less interest for you originally. Would this change your decision then?

It is not just the amount of recommendations that a lady has' date=' but you also need to look at the constancy. That can tell you a lot about her style and quality of her service.[/quote']

 

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I do feel comfortable when a provider has a certain number of recommendations. But when a lot of reviewers use similar sentiments, it provides a much better understanding.

 

 

Btw, regarding the poll, I'm assuming the second option means See a lady who has been reviewed, but not recently?

Thank you for your response in this - could you simplify it :b

I might be reading this the wrong way; but what you are saying is its more of who is posting the recommendation instead of how many recommendation is already posted?

Don't want to put you in the spot - but what about when you wanted to see provider 1 which has no recommendation, but saw there's a lot of recommendation for provider 2 which generate a little less interest for you originally. Would this change your decision then?

No problem at all Areez. Glad to respond. Just as it reads. I find it hard to ignore recommendations from well respected members. Nothing more or nothing less. Maybe short and sweet, but if you want me add, if a provider has no to little recommendations, or even recommendations from newbies, I hold nothing against that provider. Until I see massive red flags, I give equal chances. Hope that helps...

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I do feel comfortable when a provider has a certain number of recommendations. But when a lot of reviewers use similar sentiments, it provides a much better understanding.

 

 

Btw, regarding the poll, I'm assuming the second option means See a lady who has been reviewed, but not recently?

Sure thing, say if she had a slew of recommendation in the past and just haven't been getting any recently - would it make any difference to you.

For the sake of arguments all her recommendation in the past echoed the same excellent time she provided.

Sure thing, say if she had a slew of recommendation in the past and just haven't been getting any recently - would it make any difference to you.

 

For the sake of arguments all her recommendation in the past echoed the same excellent time she provided.

I just assumed when that happens that most of the people who normally leave reviews have already done so. And every so often, the odd guy might write up another review. I don't think a gap in reviews after a flurry in the beginning is any indication of something wrong.

My take is that I enjoy seeing a new recommendation, I put all if myself into every encounter, I wear my heart on my sleeve and love to provide pleasure to my guests. Seeing them moved enough to put the feeling I left them with in writing just makes me smile. Although I do see many people on a semi to very regular basis that do not or have not written a recommendation for me. Although I know they are enjoying our time together they may be more private with what they feel comfortable sharing.

Others, sometime make me wonder.... From there reaction post session I know they have had a great time and yet no recommendation but will write one on others... Hey the way it goes. :)

I have had many guest tell me they have chose my services because of what others have said about my me.

Although there will always be the ups and downs of recommendations when reviews are not allowed, I still feel that if many say the same sentiments over and over again... You can feel pretty comfortable that the provider offers great service.

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Kisses all

XoX

She's got no recommendation post; Does not affect any of my decision.

I go by PM's back and forth, posts that I see by the lady can certainly tell me if I would like to spend some time with her. Sometimes I go on a gut feeling, some call it the little voice inside which is usually correct 99.9% of the time.

When I see posts by long term Gentlemen say they've had maybe 5 or 6 not so good experiences who have been in the life style for many years, I think it is pretty safe to say at least on cerb that you are going to have a pleasant experience.

Speaking for myself, I'd need to have an vote option where it says recommendations can be one of several factors in my decision to see a lady.

Much of what has attracted me to several ladies here are their posts and contributions. A lot of the ladies here have a wonderful history of thoughtful, witty, fun posts that I respect and enjoy. Others will communicate very via pm. For them, whether or not they have recommendations would barely matter to me at all.

Some ladies will have a detailed website and profile that can provide a pretty clear sense of her. For them, recommendations would be nice but I wouldn't say mandatory.

Still others don't contribute to the forums at all, don't have a website/detailed profile, etc. At that point, recommendations would become a much larger factor. Though honestly, even with recommendations, I can't say I've seen anyone that falls into this category.

So basically I'm a believer that there are a number of ways that a lady can catch my interest and make me feel confident about enjoying some time together, and it's the combination of them that is important. So while I do read the recommendations they are to my mind only one possible avenue, and not the most important one at that.

I just assumed when that happens that most of the people who normally leave reviews have already done so. And every so often, the odd guy might write up another review. I don't think a gap in reviews after a flurry in the beginning is any indication of something wrong.

I have asked people who have written me many recommendations not to write any future ones because I didn't want the recommendations from them to look like shills. Maybe it's silly for me to think this way but I have heard the other board talking about how they think the recommendations here are shills. If my regulars wrote a review every time they saw me, I don't know if people would take their reviews seriously anymore. So I would have to agree with you Piano. This is a business where you want people to come back time and again. I don't think a gap in reviews should be anything to be concerned about.

I think that like anything else in life, do not let your opinions be formed with assumptions. Do your research, read the cowboy's diary and go with the lady that fits you the best. Even if she has no to very little recommendations or a gap in between recommendations. We all have to start somewhere. An escorts value in this industry is the service she provides. Recommendations may be a result of the escorts hard work and service but should not define who the escort is in the industry. Service may change at anytime for the better or worse and ymmv is always something you should consider. However, I would say base your decision on your individual experience with the escort and or how the escort presents herself/if the escort would be a good fit for you.

I think the only time you should be concerned is if you see a lot of bad reviews and the lady on the cowboys diary.

I love recommendations and I always appreciate when someone take the time to write something nice.

Great feedback so far; thank you for the participation on this thread ;)

I'm still trying to figure out how these two:

She's got no recommendation post; Does not affect any of my decision.

[FOR THE LADIES] Recommendation has help me in my path.

Have the highest votes at the same time. It would seem that one contradicts the other

I'm still trying to figure out how these two:

 

She's got no recommendation post; Does not affect any of my decision.

[FOR THE LADIES] Recommendation has help me in my path.

 

Have the highest votes at the same time. It would seem that one contradicts the other

I thinks this is possible because we are only getting a small amount of votes (37 to the time I started writing this post.), factor in the guys that decided not to vote for option #1, even though they might do exactly just that.

And about the ladies - most of the ladies here have a recommendation about them written at one time or the other - hence it might have helped them in some way.

Honestly I kind of anticipated the skewed result; hope that clarify things a little for you.

Interesting topic. I may be unique in this because I'm a guy.

I found when I had reco's on here, while the ladies may have enjoyed reading them, most of the ladies booked me based on word of mouth, not the reco's. Now that all my reco's have been removed (a result of a rule change here), I have seen no reduction in bookings at all.

AS for what I would look for in reading a lady's recos'; I think how "good a time" someone has is totally unique to the chemistry between the sp and the client. I am not looking at the reco so much to see how favorably the client perceived the encounter, but more to get an idea of the mood/temperment/style of the lady and maybe to know some details of options offered that may not be specified in an ad (i.e. does she kiss)

I like the ability to have and read recos here, but honestly, I don't read them very often.

I guess I don't put a huge amount of stock into recos although I usually will read them if I'm thinking of seeing someone I haven't seen before. That being said, I would consider no recos for a provider who isn't new to be a red flag. If you've been around for a few months or more, I would imagine SOMEONE must have had something nice to say right?

I'm pretty new to being a hobbyist, but I've seen a handful of ladies and checked recos for all of them. I don't put 100% stock in them, but they certainly help me narrow my choices down. When I'm looking at BP I look for someone who has TOFTT to make sure it's not a bait and switch; if I'm booking with someone on CERB I'm generally more comfortable to just book and not worry about reading all the recos.

Just my couple pennies.

I have so much to say about this subject, but it is late and tomorrow is hump day :) I will take time to reflect on what I would like to say about recommendations, and will post at later time.