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Without weighing in on the pros and cons of the original suggestion,  I'd like to point out that it takes the same "seconds" for the original poster to use Translate to post in English and/or to provide an English translation of the original quote...which switches the translation burden away from the moderators.

My guess is it's because if none of the moderators are lingual in any language besides English then they can't see if any violations are going on in a thread. Sure they can use a translator app but just easier on them.

If this is a spiteful post by a "new" member, and is untrue, then it should be removed and the poster banned.

Suggestion: all NON-PHYSICIANS on this website stop giving their medical opinions/experience here. Your information can be misleading & unhelpful. And typically wrong. 
Do we go to our plumbers for accounting advice? 
Do we go to our barber for legal advice?
It took my 8 (yes, eight) long, arduous years for me to to learn my craft (I'm a physician) from medical school to residency.  Unless you have gone thru such a journey your (inaccurate) advice is potentially very DANGEROUS.   Yes, for real.
Bad advice can lead someone astray, to their peril. One of the first things one learns in medical school is "First, do no harm".   
Possibly one of the most challenging issues I must navigate as a physician is trying to fix the erroneous, distracting, & sometimes bizarre ideas my patients have heard "from a friend" or "read online". When I fail to help my patient successfully navigate this problem,  they get hurt.
I know you mean well. But it's not helpful. 
Thank you Unicorn for answering the questions/comments above. Your medical opinions were spot on.
I have given thumbs-up on his answers so you can see his & my (two physicians) concordance.
Much love to all,
Josh 
 

I think you are being more rude than funny.

I suspect your reactions (deposits, charging for messages, etc...) cost your more than you realize.  You are so concerned with billing for every minute, that I believe you lose good opportunities.  I, for one, know that I would not consider a new client deposit on a local visit.  I am certain that I am not alone.
By trying to narrow down the field so tightly that only the best clients slip through, you limit your income.
In any business, I find it more profitable to put your clients needs first.  I've known a couple of escorts that followed this model and eventually reached a point where they had so many regulars that they could be far more picky about who they see.  When you're with them, they don't seem to own a clock.  They communicate freely and just about never mention money at all.  A guy I met in Vegas invited me to shower together when we had already gone over.  Not only did he leave with a nice tip, but I'll call him every time I'm in Vegas.
You've mentioned in the past that you have trouble getting regulars.  Find some escorts that maintain regulars and learn from them.  Your way does not seem to work.  That should be apparent by now.  Time to make some changes.  If you keep doing what you've been doing, you'll keep getting what you've been getting.

Lmao. I predict they will indeed be "leaving you the fuck alone"…….PERIOD!
I’ve said it before…..if you honesty feel that way……you’re in the wrong business. 
Yeah…..let us know how that works out for you. 
Not even Hermes and Cartier can get away with charging the window shoppers baby.
You don’t stand a chance. Not because your goods aren’t amazing, but because that business model doesn’t work. 

I hire less based on lessons learned from previous hires, but it has nothing to do with Covid.  I did avoid hiring during 2020, but this year I've been too busy if anything.  I don't find it to be much more expensive and I still find quite a few good options when I have the time.
I also seem to have noticed that the more expensive guys are seldom worth it.  My best encounters have been with guys in the $200-$250 range.  I usually give everyone about $300 regardless of what they're asking and don't hire anyone over $300.

Too bad the US can't do the same.  Hopefully we'll at least put a policy in place where you have to have it to fly.
 
 

Aaaaand we're done.  People should have enough info to make an informed decision for themselves.  Cleaned up this thread and locked it.  

I’ve rarely mentioned the forum. I consider it my own little therapy and bonhomie group.

"What incentive do I have to unlock my pics for these people?"  
If you have enough business already, the answer is: none.  No incentive.  
But if you are looking to win business (the purpose of most ads) the answer is: lots

Speaking as a potential customer (and with all due respect), I find the idea of paying to see private pictures in an advertisement to be completely unacceptable. It is an AD.  You are putting it there to try to get business. I am looking at it because I am contemplating paying hundreds of dollars to get intimate with you.  Before I commit to a meeting, I want to see as much as possible so I know we are a match.  I think it is better for both the provider and the customer if I am better educated about you before we meet. 

And yes, a customer may be 500 miles away when we make the request.  Guess what? Customers travel. I always try to line things up before arriving, and that includes looking at the pics of potential hires.  A guy won't show me more pics?  Simple. I don't hire him. Next. 

Finally, the option to click “this user has requested to see your private pics” was added by the site to make things easier. I used to write lovely messages of interest, but they NEVER got any reply or acknowledgement, so now I just click the button.

I am in a client service business, too.  My customers are often demanding, unreasonable, and occasionally I fire them.  But at the end of the day, they are my customers, and I do what I can to accommodate them.   That's business

Life often requires us to manage our expectations if we are going to be happy.  As a horny gay teenager, I was attracted to the studly, handsome hunks that I saw in ads in GQ and Esquire.  I just assumed that life would be like that - one hunk after another.  And when I started to get out and around in the gay community, I saw that there are a lot of that kind of man in our community and I chased after them.  The thing is, as has been noted, that kind of man is usually attracted to men of the same type, so more often than not I was frustrated and disappointed and I felt sorry for myself because I couldn't find a boyfriend.    Bit by bit, I began to realize that I was looking for a fantasy, not a boyfriend, and my view of what I found attractive in a man began to expand.  The more it expanded, the less lonely I was. 

An anticlimactic ending to a spirited discussion gone nasty:
Living up to the reputation of his unflappable, enigmatic avatar, a provider rubbed a few forum clients the wrong way when he refused to play the longstanding game, "The Client's always right" 
Reflecting his avatar's legacy of being the classic provacateur, @rn901shook things up with this gem:  
To which @xyz48Bvolleyed back:
Just as things were headed toward bedlam, @glutessaved the day with
 
It wasn't the Vidal-Buckley debacle of 68, which degenerated into insults and resulted in a nearly 40 year feud. But it showed us the dangers of forum members quarreling about deposits, biological or otherwise. 
For the Forum News team, I'm Carlton Cobain.

Epidurals are wonderful. Often immediate and lasting pain relief. I would definitely give it a try, sooner rather than later. I have never had a bad experience.

I’d like to know who you are so I can avoid hiring you.
That’s all.
If you’d act differently as a provider if we knew what your contact details were than you are acting now when we don’t know what your contact details are, I don’t know that I’d feel totally safe around you. I’d have to be wary the whole time in the back of mind if duplicity is afoot.
And just like you as a provider want assurances, we as clients want assurances. If you’re saying baring yourself intimately is somehow upping the ante such that we should be willing to expect to meet higher demands than we would from other service providers, then you as an escort have to be willing to meet us and provide assurances not expected of other service providers. Withholding even the basic means of keeping you accountable as a provider on this site makes me question how trustworthy you are in said intimate situations. The basic minimum for providers is that they provide a means to accountability to clients to prove they’re to some degree accountable for their actions. What you say here as a purported escort (how do we know that to be true even?) is irresponsible insofar as there’s no way we can search “401 rn901” and get info on you to determine if we should consider you a reputable, trustworthy provider. No profile links. Nothing. Yet I’m supposed to feel good about giving you a deposit if I should approach you for services? 🤔 

“I feel Harry and Meghan are sincere and truthful”
The reason why: I find their moralizing attitude (‘do as we say, not as we do’) reprehensible as they are basically parasitic, making money from Harry’s inherited position while Meghan, a minor actress, used innuendo to smear the Royal Family after the Queen and others had done so much to ease her into married life. 

Anyone have experience with him?
MODERATOR NOTE: Split this into a new topic since it was not related to the original subject matter.  The OP was referring to a link posted by someone else.  https://rentmasseur.com/MiguelFerrero
--RadioRob

Guys, remember that sometimes the moderators need to implement things in a way which minimizes the amount of work they need to do to support this forum.   Their work is unpaid, and there is a LOT of it.  We are lucky that they welcome our input and banter, in turn we need to respect the decisions they make.    Thank you @RadioRob @Cooper and all the moderators for all you do!
 

Mickey & Jerry have periodically added a third person over the years, and even offered a 6-hand massage.  Tried the 6-hand one time and it was just sensory overload for me.  In the past, they have been very careful and selective who they invite to join them.  The additional person is usually very similar in style and substance. 

Well, at least his 1300 posts cover a wide variety of providers. Your posts have about as much variety as the gene pool in a West Virginia Walmart. But please keep posting! You'll turn your 80 ads for Utopia/Shangrila into 1300 real soon, I'm sure.

No, but I can slather myself in mayonnaise and do the macarena for you while singing "Should I Stay or Should I Go" in falsetto.
What's that?
It's intended to be an incentive?
Oh, I see.
Never mind then.

Been a long time observer here but never posted before.  I saw Tyler on his recent visit to the Bay Area.  He is cute, looks like his photos, nice young man in general.  I would guess he has no formal training.  Maybe rate the massage a C.  Extras were limited, but as with most things here, YMMV.  He does have a Rentmen ad as well: https://rent.men/Tyler_Masseur.   Personally, I would not repeat.  

As a member and a reader, I noticed that the reviews here are more gossips, and unfair judgmental tool either to praise someone, or  infamy.
Some of these guys has no roof above his head at night. And tries the impossible to survive. 
let’s show some mercy, when giving our opinion in them. 
there some reviews that are completely acceptable and informative. But the others are nothing than a cheap gossiping. 
another thing I noticed… some people discuss  guys as if they were a product or a piece of meat. This is completely against human rights, and against any law. Sex work is a work, and nothing can downgrade these guys to the level of discuss them in this way.
It’s good to remember that without them, some unfortunate men will stay virgin for the rest if their lives.
With all my respect, my regards and appreciation for every guy fighting the world to keep standing on his feet and keep his head up. 
You are phenomenal my dear, the work you do won’t change who really you are. Keep going! Keep fighting! You are Resilient. 
 
J.M.

I know that some people do sex work who are barely getting by, and that maybe they are even doing that because they don't know what else they can do to survive, but I think most of the escorts discussed here are in a far better place in their lives financially speaking. 
As for how people communicate about other people, welcome to the world of online discourse.  The internet brought society some good things, but elevating public discourse wasn't one of them.  It's very easy to be overly nasty when hiding behind a keyboard.  That being said, if you are talking about reviews I think it's perfectly legitimate that someone posts his thoughts/feelings about someone he hired who underperformed as long as he's being honest.  Giving a negative review to an escort is just as legitimate as writing a negative review of a restaurant because the food wasn't good or the service was bad.