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Just wanted hop in and thank everyone for the info. This site is an awesome resource for newbie clients like me. 😁

I love how @RBENJI included photos as well as the links! Nice!! 
 

Looks like Piano Fingers has more than 10 fingers.  He's working with some admirable equipment which looks capable of playing a nice tune.  😜

Love this one. I can either be the masseur OR the client! 😛

Now this is how it's done well!  Where can I find him? 
Receiving an erotic massage and handjob – Maurizio Onano (kvotheof) – Gay for Fans

Wondering as well. DC needs some new options!

I suggest you reach out to Paul.  https://rentmasseur.com/MassagePaul
I was in DC around the time I was prepping for the 2014 Gay Games and found him to be very knowledgable about the athletic body (he’s a former dancer, IIRC).  He gave a great sports massage and had a very playful streak, which I’m guessing you might like 😉

Ugh. . . it's John - saw him 5 years ago. On my Top 10 list of "never again" experiences. Poor skills, out of shape, not 26 yrs old, more like 40.  Incessant talker about making money, missed opportunities, potential opportunities, yadda yadda. . . Don't waste your time. IMHO    

Ugh. . . it's John - saw him 5 years ago. On my Top 10 list of "never again" experiences. Poor skills, out of shape, not 26 yrs old, more like 40.  Incessant talker about making money, missed opportunities, potential opportunities, yadda yadda. . . Don't waste your time. IMHO    

Saw Alex last week. Nice guy, he's a member of the deaf community and so he communicates typing on his cell phone. No problem there at all. Massage was fair, lots of repeat rubbing. MT and HE at the end. I'm reluctant to repeat, I just didn't feel connected with him.         

this site has saved me so much $ and tear$. I honestly would like nothing 'more' than a relaxing massage from a trained professional. 
I'll be close to hiring a therapist, but I come here first and find out that they're actually more of an escort. 
Listed prices aren't always an indicator of what I'll be getting. 

I reached out to Azziz to schedule an appointment and we agreed to meet this weekend. He texts a day before to confirm the appointment and says "You know I charge $200 an hour right?" So I reply "that's bait & switch - you list $150 on your MF profile and you need to update your rates" to which he goes "I am not interested." Told him good bye. Thanks to the mixed feedback I received on his kneading skills from a user on this thread, I know that he is definitely not worth $200/hr even with all the extras. Love this forum for saving me money and precious time! 

Just saw this on Masseurfinder: Washington Gay Massage - Male Masseurs for Men in DC - Masseurfinder
Anyone seen him before? 

Visiting family and in need of a massage. Would even settle for a non-sensual, skilled rubdown by a handsome man. But ideally seeking a pro who takes it a step further. Surprised how little I see on offer around Asbury Park, Toms River, etc, on Masseurfinder and RentMasseur. 
Thanks for any recommendations. 

Just wanted to +1 this guy. Handsome, in great shape, decent massage and well equipped. 

Had a pretty disappointing experience with him. He said he brings his table with him for outcalls but showed up without it, and no mention of why he didn't bring it. Rubbed my body aimlessly with Aveeno lotion for an hour and kept lightly running his fingers around tickling me, even after I mentioned that I was ticklish. Allowed MT but refused any interaction — which I obviously know I am not entitled to — and then didn't provide a HE. For $210, a waste. I don't recommend.

Let’s just say, I know when I’m being cruised.
If I say more than that, I risk being sued. 
(there’s a haiku in there somewhere, but I couldn’t make it work)

Great idea Radio Rob! In addition to the above, I would also add: 
Massage skills rating (novice to Pro)
Time booked vs. actual time spent
In call vs Out call. If in call - ambiance, cleanliness, and ease of access.
Amenities offered (water, shower, massage table vs bed, music, choice of massage oil/cream)
 
 

Here's a teaser for a work in progress:
Option 1 logo...
(with this option, users will be able to pick from several different background images that I'm adding)

And for the Option 8 logo...

To close the loop on this...  
I licensed/purchased two of the logos.  Option 1 and Option 8.   Given the popularity of Option 1, it will be the "default" logo.  Meaning this is the one you will see if you are not logged in, and if you have not implicitly set a theme.   Option 8's logo will be available in a different theme. For those who absolutely hate all of this, the current logo/theme will continued to be maintained.  I'll create a "Legacy M4M-Forum" theme that you will be able to select as YOUR site default.  

Wow, the masseur has quite an impressive phallus! https://www.boyfriendtv.com/videos/744499/masseur-fucks-me-deep/

IIRC, Paul will do a two-hour session and should meet all your requirements.  He’s also a very nice man and incredibly fit.
https://rentmasseur.com/MassagePaul

As most of you know, the moderators had a chance to meet up in person last weekend in Ft Lauderdale for some working sessions around areas to improve the site.  Part of the conversations included our community guidelines and an effort to help modernize them given a lot has changed over the last year.  
I wanted to share some key changes that have been made:
The rule prohibiting reviews in the forums have been removed.  We're going to push people to use the new Review database as it's launched, but given that we're no longer trying to separate the forums from the review site this guideline no longer makes sense.  With that being said, within the Spa… existing guidelines for posting remain: Please be careful so as not to compromise provider licenses when discussing the services provided by masseurs. The rule prohibiting explicit content has been updated.  More explicit content WILL be permitted in areas of the site that are not accessible to guests.  (This includes the new Pornography category in our new Image Gallery and the new pornography discussion forum.)  You will know if an area is "Members Only" that title will be included in the area's name.  In the members only area, the following rules will apply: No Pedophilia, Necrophilia,  Bestiality, Xylophilia -- This is about half of our normal rules.  It should let you have a pretty open ability of what can be posted in the non-public areas.  
  There have been updates to rules that apply specifically to the Political Issues forum.  We're not going to use the same points-based warning system use on the rest of the site.  In the PI forum, we're going to follow a "three strikes" rule.  If a post violates a rule, it will be removed and the user will receive a strike.  If a user receives three strikes, they will lose access to the Political Issues forum.   We have added a new section added regarding signatures.  Specifically political content (such as political affiliation) or listing members you are ignoring is not going to be allowed.  In addition signatures will be limited to no more than 7 lines.    

We're coming close to a year following the loss of our beloved Daddy (@Guy Fawkes).  His efforts in running this place that many of us call home was nothing short of heroic.  He was the "one man band" who not only kept the lights on, but also helped keep us in line, managed the review site, and played mentor to many of us.  I know from first hand experience that it must not have been easy and that it was truly a labor of love for him.  
Part of what made us love him so much however was ultimately a challenge that almost cost this community its survival.  By taking on most everything himself, it left us in a spot where his death nearly meant everything he loved so much was almost lost.  When I agreed to help take over the technical operations of the site, improving the resiliency of this community was one of my top goals.  
I wanted to take a moment and share a brief update on where we stand with regards to ensuring the site goes on no matter what happens to anyone here.
Fixing the People Problem
Having a single person with the "keys to the kingdom" creates a single point of failure scenario.  In order to reduce the likelihood of this happening, the following changes have been made.  
We now have multiple full site admins.  Today, that is both @Cooper and myself.  Eventually I would like to expand this to one additional person so that should something happen to any of us, there would not be a significant amount of effort needed to cover for that person's loss.   You most likely by now have seen that we've grown our super moderator and moderator ranks quite a bit over the last year.  This was done intentionally for several reasons: It provides additional moderator coverage around the clock for the site.  We now have people on the west/central/east coast of the US and even someone based outside of the US.  This gives us better coverage to handle issues such as spammers or other important issues that might happen while part of the world is sleeping. It provides additional thoughts and view points as we debate our values and our guiding principles.   It reduces the workload of handling reported content for each of us while also ensuring if someone needs a break we don't end up in a "short handed" situation where the loss of someone means the rest of us end up overburdened.   Continuity of Operations
In the event something happen to me, I have documented all of the critical site components and usernames/passwords.  This information has been shared with @Cooper who is storing it offline should something happen to me.   In the event the site is unable to find someone who has system administration experience, I'm developing a plan where the site could be transferred to being hosted by Invision (the people that make the IPB software) as a managed service.  This is more expensive than the setup we have today, but it removes the hosting requirement as well as finding someone that knows how to manage servers, etc.  I'm still working on this documentation as the original version is outdated from when the site was moved to the cloud.   Fixing the Technology Problem
This past year has seen a number of scenarios where we've had "teething issues".  From times in which the server could not handle the traffic to the site, to bugs that have introduced unintended consequences, to "oops" moments where someone (*cough* me *cough*) fat fingered something that broke a part of the site.  
To provide additional scalability, the site is now hosted in Amazon EC2 (aka "the cloud").  When the site was first moved off of Daddy's server, I placed it on a VPS which worked, but did not have as much resources as we needed as the site began to grow.  As a result, I moved the site elsewhere and none of you even realized it!     The workload has been split into multiple servers in a manner designed to allow us to be able to scale as needed.  (We have a separate web, database, and search tier that can each be grown as needed.) As we grow, I can add load balancing and split the work among multiple web servers, database servers, etc.   Storage of files/uploads/attachments has been rearchitected to allow us to not worry about running out of space.  Anything uploaded to the site (gallery images, file attachments, etc) is independent from the site files themselves and won't effect the site operation. I have setup a development area that I can use to test/stage major changes to reduce the risk of problems as a result of updates and other feature changes.   Improving Security / Protecting Data
I have implemented TLS (formerly known as SSL) to encrypt the traffic between you and the site.  Not only do we leverage TLS, it's configured to the same standards used by banks to ensure someone does not sniff the traffic between you and us. In order to access ANY of the site's servers, you must first connect to a VPN.  There are no remote "back door" access areas to ensure someone cannot take over the server or do something catastrophic to the site.   I have implemented two factor authentication (2FA) for anything not directly behind our VPN such as the IPB admin area.  Even if someone guesses a password, they would also need to have a one-time password that changes every 30 seconds.  This reduces the chance of someone brute force attacking the site to try and take over control of it. I have setup multiple daily backups of all critical infrastructure components.  Specifically I have setup cloud-based snapshots that make a backup of the site daily that allows for quick restoration should something happen.  And in the off chance Amazon entirely disappear from the face of the earth, I have a separate daily backup that runs that stores files off-site in a different location.  That backup would take much longer to restore, but it would only be needed if we lost our primary site AND we lost our primary backups. Financial Continuity
This site has primarily been funded through member donations.  I sincerely appreciate EVERYONE'S contributions to this site.  We've had folks who have given their time and others who have given with their financial support and even some that have done both.  Each of these areas have been critical to being able to manage and grow the site.  (THANK YOU as well to each of you for your gifts!) In the coming weeks, I'm going to be adding a feature that would allow someone to setup a recurring donation if they don't want to have to remember to do so.  This is not meant to be a way to "push people to give", but instead be a convenience to those that would like to do so, but not need to remember to do it.   I'm looking at ways to try and monetize the site.  If you've accessed the site while not being logged in, you might have noticed ads embedded into the site.  These are shown only to guests, and disappear once logged in.  While the ad revenue does not provide all of the funding the site needs, it does provide a nice supplement without impacting our logged in members.   I'm also looking at potentially adding features or data to the upcoming review site that might be available as part of some sort of "premium" tier.  I don't have details on how or even if this would be sustainable, but it's something that I'm considering.  

Yup.  I'm not saying there is anything wrong with not opening the email or clicking a link.  It's no skin off my back either way.  It's simply something to understand.
Knowing that a majority of all emails are PM notifications, I need to make sure the notification template is as optimized as possible.  Knowing that over 50% view their email from a web interface means I have to take that into account when I setup security policies so that I don't accidentally block webmail clients.  
I'm not trying to make ya'll change doing anything.  I just thought ya'll might like seeing some of the things I can and do pay attention to.  In some cases, it might help you understand some of the choices I make when it comes to design.