DynamicUno

4 hours ago, BenjaminNicholas said:

I can't unsee this.

I even pronounced it out loud and then laughed for a solid 30 seconds.

He edited it to fix the spelling, it's "Liza Miinnelli" now...

26 minutes ago, José Soplanucas said:

I think I have noticed more legit ads in Friendboys. I wonder whether or not clients are finally going to support the alternatives to RM.

Before the pandemic, when I was still hiring in the US and supporting Friendboys and Mintboys as alternatives to RM, we got a lot of backlash here. A lot. Let's see what happens now.

I'm not sure why you'd get backlash.  I don't have any problem with trying alternate sites.  Unfortunately, both friendboy and mintboys have a far inferior profile presentation and search capability compared to RM.  Also, since it is much easier and cheaper to put an ad on those sites, a lot of the ads feel more "sketchy" than on RM.

If one of these sites could get their ad presentation and search better designed, it could make them more competitive to RM.

5 minutes ago, marylander1940 said:

Specially those who's only job is escorting and as we all know there busy days and weeks and slow ones too.

Do you really need to go on vacation? 

 

Really? You're basically implying that someone that isn't working a regular schedule doesn't need a break from their normal routine.  I see escorts as just like most freelancers. They often have to work double-time to keep income flowing, they're either working on the current gig or working on the leads for the next gig.  That means down-time is often irregular at best, weekends are not guarantee.  If anything, freelancers benefit more from unplugging from the daily grind.

On the other hand, freelancers can schedule that time off at will, not subject to an employer's policies or dictates.  That's a nice bit of freedom that I miss.

@WilliamM has become unstuck in time.

RM is a frequent target of denial of service attacks. It's possible they had one and it took some time before their CDN adjusted to respond to the traffic and block it.

Weird, I am blocked from his profile, but I have never interacted with him at all.

Usually, I've been able to see expired profiles only if I had a direct link or if they were in my buddy list.  They would never come up from a search or show up in the city listing, but a provider could easily reactivate at any time.  

I can see a coding error in their UI pulling inactive profiles into listings, but I haven't seen any inactive profiles in my area listing. It's likely not a deliberate change.

3 minutes ago, The Big Guy said:

I thought @Unicorn was from California? 

I'm pretty sure Unicorn is from the West Coast and has no connection to the Best Coast. 😁

Are you asking about escorts or guys in general?  You already got a lot of candidates in this thread you started here...

22 hours ago, Marc in Calif said:

This year National Hard On Day falls on October 25! 🥳🍆🥳

Isn't National Hardon the movie where Nicholas Cage steals the Washington Monument?

20 hours ago, BenjaminNicholas said:

Unless you hire exactly the right tag-team of escorts, your attention to minutiae will always be your achilles heel.

For you, the ideal two other guys might be a long-term couple who also escort. 

Taking a walk down memory lane, it reminds me of how successful and well-reviewed Adrian & Blake of Orlando were.  They were partnered in life and knew exactly how to work in a third.  This would have been right in their wheelhouse.

That kind of emotional/sexual choreography takes some time to perfect, but from what clients of mine have said, they were fantastic.

There was another Orlando latin couple, Alex and Rob who were also real life partners and advertised as a package deal.  I am glad I got the chance to meet them before they retired from the scene, they had a knack for working together to make sure a third enjoyed their time with them.

Verification == the card didn't decline

8 minutes ago, Charlie said:

One thing she said I would agree with: I have been encountering hotel room bathrooms with toilets that are too low for normal-sized elderly adults to use comfortably.

It's a trade-off.  A lower seat can help with elimination (same principal as the squatty potty footstools). 

A higher seat like you set in many ADA toilets areeasier to dismount. The elevated toilets are interesting to assist people who need to move to and from a wheelchair or scooter by being close to the same level.

Now i wish they would install washlets on more toilets for everyone, I seriously got spoiled by them in Japan.

3 minutes ago, BOZO T CLOWN said:

As @caramelsub stated in an earlier post, it is possible, or even probable, that the switch to having X-rated material visible to only Premium members was as a result of legal action, or threat of legal action being taken against them. Or it could be to increase their profits. Either way, both reasons are legitimate. 

And anyone who calls this business decision a "money grab" has absolutely no concept of what a money grab is. For example, I am a member of numerous hotel, airline, and rental car elite membership groups. These companies are constantly changing their rules regarding freebies, upgrades, points, etc.  Rarely, if ever, are these changes made to the benefit of the member. It happens everywhere all the time. It is not a money grab. It is a business decision. Get over it already!

BoZo

 

You completely ignored my point. I'm not saying it's a "cash grab", nor am I complaining about the level of access my free account affords.

I am saying that if I were an escort paying to advertise, this change drastically changes the value of that much more expensive ad.  Far fewer people can see the photos most likely to generate a lead.  For RM to make that change without any notice or explanation is a huge disservice to their key customer base.

45 minutes ago, BOZO T CLOWN said:

Just to be clear, a non-paying member like yourself, who still has ability to browse escorts personal profiles for FREE, unlimited ability to send and receive DM's from escorts for FREE, and can get a FREE Rentmen.com Personal Page, is going to call up Rentmen and complain that in addition to all of those free benefits, you also want to be able to view X-rated for free?  lmfao.
When they stop laughing, and put your profile into the "Entitled Freeloaders" folder, please report back to us.

BoZo

 

As a non-paying member (I cancelled my subscription when they tried to raise the rate to $19.95/mo), I don't care if I'm able to see the dick pics or not.  A lot of members apparently have made the same decision. 

If I were an escort paying to advertise on the site, the number of potential clients able to see my assets is key to the value of that ad to my business.  I would be pissed if RM made an arbitrary change sharply reducing the number people who can see the photos most likely to result in a lead. 

They already reduced number of client subscribers by trying to double the rates. It's also now harder to start a new subscription because they only take MC or Bitcoin for payment methods so the number of paid subscriptions should be slow to recover.

The problem is that they devalued the ads for the escorts without any notice, so they are paying the same rate for an ad that will likely generate fewer leads.  There doesn't seem to be any regulatory reason for this change, except for maybe using the ability to pay as a proxy for age gating member accounts. I don't see RM getting into Apple/Google app store ecosystems either.  

Just now, Vin_Marco said:

 

"Fight fucking" could be a new service niche.  I know some guys like full submission wrestling...

53 minutes ago, jeezifonly said:

Her comments serve as a signal to the hospitality industry. It’s an ever-growing demographic in America. 

Her shower demands are easily accomodated with a wheelchair accessible shower stall. Such rooms usually have a higher toilet seat, as well.  Linens and bedding might be possible to accommodate up to a point.  Demanding the entire built environment such as hallways and elevators be sized to her liking is unreasonable.  Most places that can accommodate wheelchairs could accommodate her just as easily.

1 hour ago, Decatur Guy said:

Maybe this will all catch up to me at any minute. But as of 4 p.m. ET Monday, I can still see full frontal in public pics. Private pics are still a thing in some profiles. And I can access videos. I'm on a premium membership at $19.95 (which is a recent big increase; I've also had an issue a couple of times with the credit card not going through).

And please don't shout at me in boldfaced, enlarged type. I'm just reporting what I can see at the current time and what has been happening in my account. I'm not responsible for these decisions, the mess ups at RM or anyone's frustrations over them happening.

Perhaps by tomorrow, it will be different on my screen. It's hardly the first time in the history of the internet that different people in different places on different browsers and on different plans see different things. 

If you're on a paid account, I think you can see the premium album photos automatically.  I think the thumbnails might have a fire icon in lower corner, but they aren't otherwise distinguished.  That's different from the private album(s), which I think show up with a lock icon of you don't have access.

So basically the cock pics haven't been "deleted" as another user claimed, they've been regulated to a category you can only see with paid client account.

Personally, I think this move devalues the advertising benefit to RMs main customers, the escorts.  The photos that show their most enticing attributes are now hidden from a huge segment of their potential customers, so it's possible that they will see a substantial drop in contacts.  I don't think there was any regulatory justification, unless getting clients to pay is a proxy for age verification.  We can only speculate since RM hasn't communicated about the changes.

28 minutes ago, Vin_Marco said:

Well, I'll be damned! You are absolutely correct and I did nothing to remove the seven dick pics in my ad. I just looked and it seems to me they've been moved into a "premium gallery" and I had nothing to do with it. I hate to say it, but I have a slight suspicion that rentmen is requiring people to become premium members to see explicit content. I'm not surprised 😕 

It would have been nice for RM to let the providers know about the change.  This had to be affecting the response rate on a lot of guys's ads.

As has already said, only premium clients can leave reviews on RM. So the pool of clients who can leave a review is only those who have decided to pay for the service. 

RM also recently tried doubling the subscription cost, which must have caused a huge number of cancellations judging by how quickly they reversed that decision.  I doubt a lot of the clients who cancelled due to the price increase have resubscribed yet, so a small pool got even smaller.

I don't know if your can see if clients who look at your profile are premium or not, but if you can it might be interesting to see the ratio.

I had a great session with him last night.  He's very affectionate and delivered a great pounding. I would hire him again, and recommend him if he's visiting your town.

Just now, DynamicUno said:

Here’s how a ring of romance scammers tricked victims into falling in love - The Verge

WWW.THEVERGE.COM

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Scarlet Widow’s targets lost thousands of dollars for love.

 

Relationship/romance scams have been out there for a long time.... Just new tactics.

Here's a story from the Verge about how the scam rings work.