Is Daddysreviews.com Losing Its Touch, Its Flavor ?????

[+ deej]

>>It’s great to have these silverbacks like

>>Lucky, Deej, Rick Munroe, Chuck50, Bilbo, One Finger,

>>Jackhammer, to name just a few.

>

>No offense to the other guys you mentioned, and I'm no ageist,

>but the hair on my back is definitely dark brown. I'm just

>sayin'... :o

 

No problem honey. Those of us who have no hair on our backs didn't mind this description much either.

[lookin4hotties]

I just wanted to take a second to just thank all

who are still on this board. It is not the same

as the old days, but honestly I love the info,

humor and I still totally enjoy reading the MC.

 

Other people might not like it, but I am glad that

some of the personal attacks are gone. Yeah, FFF

is always funny as hell, but if things get really

personal and stay personal, the board stops being

fun and becomes something else.

 

Even though a few well-known souls are gone,

I think that some of the coolest people around

are still currently posting. Thought that the

Larry Craig thread was just awesome thanks to

Rick Munroe, Lucky, JeffOH and others.

 

To conclude, I raise my shit covered dildo...whoops...

I meant champagne glass...to FFF and those no longer

here and also to those who stick around and post every

day or just once in a while. You all are still

worth it to me.

 

As far as the reviews go, I look at the pic, stats

and location and just use my own judgement. Usually

decide if I'm going to meet someone after emailing

them and then finally talking to them on the phone

instead of reading each poster's review.

 

Also have met some truly great people who have

never been reviewed. Anyway, I'm just grateful

for the site and for all the people that always

make this place worthwhile.

 

Thanks,

 

Lookin4hotties

[Samai139]

I agree that the lower value of the US dollar compared to the Canadian dollar is one reason for fewer posts on the strip bars in Montreal--at least for me. I just came back from a short weekend and thought about posting some observations, then decided not to because there was nothing very relevatory about my experiences; nothing that would be of any great interest to anyone who has been to Campus and Stock Bar in the last few years. I don't have the wonderful memory of some posters who can remember every dancer's name, and can match that name with physical descriptions, etc. I also don't have enough money to try out that many in the back room, now that dances are $20 each and I can't really tell much about the dancer with just ONE dance. If anyone has any questions about the bars or dancers, send me a private e-mail---if I can answer I shall.

I also think that some members are reluctant to post thoughts, reactions at times because of the downright nasty nature of some others. OK, you don't agree with my opinion or my thoughts---there are ways you can do that without being rude. Maybe I'm overly sensitive, but I've been surprised that a remark that I've made has infuriated someone. If there are errors in grammar or spelling in a posting it doesn't mean that poster is an idiot or not worth reading. I've been tempted many times to respond to some condescending post or reply with: "Have you looked into a mirror recently? Are you Mr. Perfection?" Then I realise that that would just prompt a barrage of snide, nasty posts----so much for a little reservation.

I do enjoy this site, and visit nearly every day. Quite often there is nothing to catch my attention, but that's life. Thanks to the administrators, posters, and others who make it possible---please keep it up )

[+ ArVaGuy]

>>>It’s great to have these silverbacks like

>>>Lucky, Deej, Rick Munroe, Chuck50, Bilbo, One Finger,

>>>Jackhammer, to name just a few.

>>

>>No offense to the other guys you mentioned, and I'm no

>ageist,

>>but the hair on my back is definitely dark brown. I'm just

>>sayin'... :o

>

>No problem honey. Those of us who have no hair on our backs

>didn't mind this description much either.

 

 

::Chuckle::

 

OK, we use the term at the environmental group I work for to refer to the long tenured staff, 20, 25, 30+ years. It's a term of affection for the wisdom, experience, and contributions they've made to saving the planet. And a few of the old gorilla's should not be antagonized for obvious reasons.

 

BTW, I get my back waxed on a quarterly basis otherwise I'd resemble one of the real hairy beasts. :+

 

 

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c262/cpapa8162/Fun%20Pics/Silverback.jpg

[uwsman2]

I agree that the site is less interesting when there are fewer daily reviews being posted, but then I'm assuming that the lower level of posting reflects a lower level of submissions. Maybe this is a sign of the "aging" of the board. I used to submit reviews (under a different screen name than I use for the message center) every time I hired an escort, but I've become more selective -- I'm thinking maybe I won't submit a review on an escort I've seen only once, unless it would be strongly positive, because anyone can have an off-day and it's a bit unfair to publicly malign somebody's business if just because I was less than enthusiastic, and so I wait for a second experience to have a better basis on which to review, and this means I'll never get around to writing a review if the first time was so uninteresting that I don't care to try again at $200+ a pop. And, over time, some of us who were regular reviewers may be settling into repeat relationships with escorts, as a result of which we are not submitting reviews every time we have a session. Over the past several months, all but two of my escort experiences were repeaters, so I ended up submitting fewer reviews than I might have in earlier days given the same amount of hiring activity on my part. Why submit a redundant review on somebody I've seen 4 or 5 times who has 70+ reviews on this site and has been reviewed recently by others?

 

So I had a fairly good session in NYC several months ago with a guy who has yet to be reviewed on this site. Fairly good, but not stellar. Good enough to think about hiring him again. If I do get around to that, I'll submit a review which will be fairly based on several experiences. And my practice with escorts who've not yet been reviewed on the site is to ask, at the end of the session, whether they've heard of this site and whether they'd like to have a review. Some guys may not want one, because of the waste of their time with too many phone calls and emails as a result - thousands look at this site regularly, after all.

 

At any rate - many different explanations for the smaller number of reviews.

 

As to the message center, I always check it out and infrequently post, but I really miss some of the regulars who've dropped away. We need to develop some new, opinionated regulars to keep everybody interested!!! )

[2hard2tame]

Gee. I know why I stopped posting.

Because anyone who has an opinion other then from the accepted, politically correct, self serving bullshit that is taken for reality these day is shot down, criticized and back stabbed in true queen fashion. Anyone who has a thought different from the general crowd gets ostracized and marooned on the island.

Kinda the same thing that the gay community not so long ago had to fight. Have you guys forgotten already what its like to be persecuted and disallowed for your beliefs and because of who you are?

No, my kind sir, this board suffers from what everything else that USED to be open, fun and exhilarating...the lack of free speech and opinion.

The escorts like me who never let fear of pissing of a potential client get in the way of speaking plainly and openly.

[Guest DickHo]

>Unfortunately, it's easier to make unproved negative posts in

>the MC than to participate in a solution to a problem that is

>unknown and apparently not everyone experiences. (Hey, there

>ARE reviews that get through every day and get published. Talk

>to Daddy about yours.)

 

You assume that I never followed up: wrong. I did not make an unproved negative post. I said that I sent two reviews that were not posted. That is neither negative nor unproved.

 

You can check my posts in this board. I am not in the habit of whining, complaining or making false accusations.

 

Dick(Holier Than Thou)Ho

[AdamSmith]

Surprised no one has mentioned the 800lb gorilla (apologies to all silverbacks!), namely the passing of Hooboy. This is not meant as an attack on current management. Just an observation that the electricity/atmosphere/aura of his business venture, like many others, flowed in important ways from the founding owner's personality, as expressed both in foreground and one-on-one behind the scenes.

 

I think the change in tone when he died was palpable. Again, this is not to rap anything new management did, just to note what turned out to be Hooboy's evidently irreplaceable persona.

[+ ArVaGuy]

>Gee. I know why I stopped posting.

>Because anyone who has an opinion other then from the

>accepted, politically correct, self serving bullshit that is

>taken for reality these day is shot down, criticized and back

>stabbed in true queen fashion. Anyone who has a thought

>different from the general crowd gets ostracized and marooned

>on the island.

>Kinda the same thing that the gay community not so long ago

>had to fight. Have you guys forgotten already what its like to

>be persecuted and disallowed for your beliefs and because of

>who you are?

>No, my kind sir, this board suffers from what everything else

>that USED to be open, fun and exhilarating...the lack of free

>speech and opinion.

>The escorts like me who never let fear of pissing of a

>potential client get in the way of speaking plainly and

>openly.

 

First, let me start by saying Welcome Back. And that I hope to see you around the board again.

 

But think about this, you allowed yourself to be run off by the likes of some of these characters? You're kidding me, right? I'd say that as long as you follow the rules in the TOS you've got just as much right to be here as anyone else.

 

As for a lack of free speech, well....such an argument is a cop out IMHO. There is orthodoxy everywhere not just on this message board. In fact, from my personal experience I would say that the gay community has a tendency to be less tolerant of anyone who does not agree with established gay orthodoxy. Living in DC I see this every single day and it amuses the hell out of me and many of my friends.

 

I will admit that I am not fully versed on the controversy that you allude to here with your posts a while back. When threads start to degenerate like that one did I just move on and pay little attention to them. However, if you feel you were unfairly characterized there's no better way to show you are the better man than by sticking around and participating. To scamper off and sulk gives solace to your critics. In other words my good man, you let them win by leaving.

 

As for escorts being fearful of pissing off potential clients I fully understand the concern. But if Tom Isern can continue to post here and still making a living then so can anyone else. Rick Munroe has been here for a very long time and in that time I've seen him have a dust up or two but he's not scampered off like some others. I have hired guys off this board based on their posts even when they don't fully meet my preferences. No doubt some other clients have done the same. I am not hiring them to discuss the finer points of social issues.

 

Finally I will close by saying that if you are going to allow yourself to be run off of this board for the issues you claim then as you move through life you will be in for a lot of similar disappointments. Come on, jump back in the water and don't let the sharks run you off again. :-)

[2hard2tame]

hahaha. Well thank you sir.

yes, what happened did have some play on my absence from here, but it was mostly my new job. I love it, and Im excited to see how it turns out.

Nah im here, and I am here to stay regardless to what some of these gentlemen have to say.

 

[jackhammer91406]

Hey, the hair on my back is about the only place it isn't silver.

[Philly Guy]

>If you want to see more reviews, write some. <shrug> That's

>the one thing Daddy can do absolutely nothing about.

 

 

I just emailed you a confirmation email from Daddy of a review that was not published here but made it to MER with 48 hours.

 

The escort rebuttled me in a very nasty and inaccurate manner. None the less, history proved me right; the escort is no longer on the scene. It is a shame my review was not here, I am sure some people might have saved some money x(

 

It is dissappointing when people go to the trouble of taking the time to help other's from making a costly mistake and it is all for nought. I am sure there are more than an average of 4 submissions a day particularly when there are so many new escorts. If in fact it is true that there are only an average of 4 submissions a day than either the escort business is in trouble or this site is not long for this world :-(

[Guest zipperzone]

>>The escorts like me who never let fear of pissing of a

>>potential client get in the way of speaking plainly and

>>openly.

 

Pissing of a client? I think the moderators should move this post to the Fetish Forum :-)

[2hard2tame]

>>>The escorts like me who never let fear of pissing of a

>>>potential client get in the way of speaking plainly and

>>>openly.

>

>Pissing of a client? I think the moderators should move this

>post to the Fetish Forum :-)

 

 

Speaking of queen.

[+ ArVaGuy]

>>Is Daddysreviews.com Losing Its Touch, Its Flavor ?????

>

>Let me check; hang on a second.

>

>

>

>Nope, tastes the same to me. Although, for some reason, I no

>longer seem to get that bitter aftertaste.

>

 

What flavor would that be Rick? Vanilla? Cum Raisin? As for me I partial to Butter Pecan. :9

 

Uh oh, seriously off topic....would not want to upset the topic cops. }( }( :+

[+ Axiom2001]

>>I wish the board was more interesting. I also wish there

>were

>>more reviews. But, for some reason our lord leader (who

>shall

>>not be questioned, according to deeg) does not comply with

>our

>>wishes. So be it.

>

>If you want to see more reviews, write some. <shrug> That's

>the one thing Daddy can do absolutely nothing about.

>

>And when did I say you couldn't question Daddy? In fact, I

>generally suggest you do exactly that by writing to

>[email protected] -- but some people would rather bitch

>in public than actually do something HELPFUL.

 

 

Some four months ago, I spent time writing a timely review; when it came time to submit, the damn thing would not work. I read here what to do to rectify the situation; again, the friggin' system would NOT work.

 

In May I was in NYC and saw three hot men. I wrote a review for two of them on the hotel's user-friendly Dell computer, or was it another brand? At any rate when I clicked on send- the damn, friggin' system DID NOT accept.

 

On August 1 I had a great time with a well-known and popular escort who's been reviewed as well as been discussed at length in Deli. And his initials are NOT BN (although I have nothing again this young man to say the least!) I've been rather hesitant to write another review although this tall Southern stud doesn't really need another one because I don't want to spend the time at the keyboard, proofread twice, only to submit and have it NOT go through!

 

I, too, know that this issue has been discussed and that "daddy" has been notified only to have the email go for naught-- no response in return!

[+ Axiom2001]

>>Unfortunately, it's easier to make unproved negative posts

>in

>>the MC than to participate in a solution to a problem that

>is

>>unknown and apparently not everyone experiences. (Hey, there

>>ARE reviews that get through every day and get published.

>Talk

>>to Daddy about yours.)

>

>You assume that I never followed up: wrong. I did not make an

>unproved negative post. I said that I sent two reviews that

>were not posted. That is neither negative nor unproved.

>

>You can check my posts in this board. I am not in the habit of

>whining, complaining or making false accusations.

>

>Dick(Holier Than Thou)Ho

 

 

I have rarely gotten into disagreements, but this one I could not resist because I, too, have written in 2007 only to have the reviews not be posted because of some glitch which needs to be corrected and hasn't.

 

I've also send a few emails to "daddy" regarding the problemo; nothing positive has come from this, so I have chosen NOT to write and have the content remain remain on the screen after I'd clicked "submit!"

 

But to end, I must say to DickHo: You go, man!!!!!

[jackhammer91406]

Dude, I think he meant his reply to be facetious (funny/sarcastic) but not serious.

[+ deej]

>I, too, know that this issue has been discussed and that

>"daddy" has been notified only to have the email go for

>naught-- no response in return!

 

What issue? I don't see anything in your post that can be addressed.

 

How many of those times did you write to Daddy and explain exactly what didn't work?

 

You give zero information here that would help any diagnostician. It's like taking your car for service and saying "the damn thing's broke". How is the mechanic supposed to know you're talking about the emergency flashers?

 

Were there messages? (Yes.) Did you read them? (You give no indication.) "Doesn't work" gives nothing to work from. Absolutely nothing.

 

Reviews are coming in. Are those reviewers somehow smarter than you? I'd find that hard to believe. They're probably just better at reading the messages about required fields that you've left blank. (Hint: they're RED.)

 

Write to Daddy. Tell him what didn't work. It's the only way anything will get done when HE DOESN'T KNOW about your issue!

 

The form works for me (once all required fields are filled in). I test it every time this tired old song comes up. If you ever see a review of an escort named TEST, you'll know one of my tests didn't get deleted when it should have. ;-)

 

And Daddy does respond to email when a response is needed. You'd be surprised how many times replies are returned because the ISP disallows the domain or the mailbox is full, or they end up in the recipient's junk or spam folder. That's all Daddy's fault, it seems. It was a problem Hooboy had from the day the site opened, which is why it's explained in the FAQ and that section remains largely unchanged from the earliest days.

[+ deej]

FWIW, I received no email from you.

[+ deej]

>You can check my posts in this board. I am not in the habit of

>whining, complaining or making false accusations.

 

I am well aware of your history here and am generally happy when I see your name appear. But when you claim something negative without further proof, I can only assume your accusation is unproved.

 

You did not offer the information that you had followed up. What was the response? Did you receive confirmations of the reviews that were not posted?

 

You're leaving a LOT of information out here.

 

Assume, just for a second, that I cannot see your screen. Tell me what happened.

[Rick Munroe]

>BTW, I get my back waxed on a quarterly basis

 

I would never do that! :o Derek and I were really glad when our body hair started to really come in (we were both pretty smooth when we met) and we think back hair can be very sexy. :9

 

http://www.hunart.com/web13.jpg

[+ ArVaGuy]

>

>I have rarely gotten into disagreements, but this one I could

>not resist because I, too, have written in 2007 only to have

>the reviews not be posted because of some glitch which needs

>to be corrected and hasn't.

>

>I've also send a few emails to "daddy" regarding the problemo;

>nothing positive has come from this, so I have chosen NOT to

>write and have the content remain remain on the screen after

>I'd clicked "submit!"

>

>But to end, I must say to DickHo: You go, man!!!!!

 

Axiom, I also rarely get into disagreements here, but it looks like I am going to have to wade further into this one. I’ve been submitting reviews here since 2001 and have now lost track of the number. By my estimate the number is close to 20 or more. Fortunately nearly all of them have been positive.

 

Never once in all that time have I ever experienced any issue neither in submitting a review or the timeliness of when it’s published. My two most recent reviews were submitted on July 12 and published on July 24 without any issue. In fact, both reviews appeared on the same date as I requested to Daddy in the notes section of the submission form. No fuss, no muss. No problem.

 

I cannot for the life of me understand why certain posters continually have issues in submitting a review. Nor do I understand the impatience that accompanies the interval it takes for a review to be published. From my perspective any review I submit waits its turn and will appear in due course. Actually it’s a nice surprise for me when said review does appear.

 

Perhaps my experience is different because of the method I follow in submitting my reviews. My practice is to draft the entire review out in Word over the course of a couple of days or weeks. Since I have curtailed my hiring and concentrate only on the really primo guys I prefer to take my time when working on a review so that it accurately captures the encounter. Also my travel schedule is rather hectic so it can take me short while to find time to focus on writing.

 

Further just before submitting a review I pull all the escort stats together so it’s right at my finger tips when filling out the form. Consequently there’s no searching for data and trying to recall such details when filling out the stats section of the form. Then it’s a simple cut and paste into the text block. A few more clicks here and there and a final hit on the “submit” button. Again, it’s no fuss, no muss, and no problem for me.

 

The confirmation e-mail has always arrived in less than 24 hours though I think the form states it can take as long as 72 hours to receive. Given my most recent experience with American Airlines trying to get e-mail confirmation of a flight booking I’d say things around here can be pretty efficient for such matters.

 

On line submission forms are convoluted based on experience related to my work. Collecting all that information for a database can get messy. Web forms can have a tendency to “time out” if the user is taking too much time to populate the fields. In addition various ISP’s do have difficulty communicating with certain servers from time to time. I can’t help but wonder if this is the common denominator for the submission problems experienced by some users.

 

Obviously reviews are getting submitted by plenty of users as evidenced by the daily publication of reviews in whatever number. It would seem to me if there was some really chronic technical issue then there would not be any reviews ever. Not only that but I’d hazard a guess that my own personal experience would have been similar in the last six years of submitting reviews.

 

Furthermore I cannot accept the canard that “this site is dying” or the “reviews are fewer and not as good as they used to be” argument. This is based on my history on this site as noted in a previous post in this thread. Go back and check the archives on this message board and there are complaints about the quality of reviews, the low number of reviews, the lack of message board posters, the loss of so and so poster, the meltdown over such and such issue or general malaise around here for every single year of the existence of this site since at least 2000. In fact many of those complaints seem to be initiated by the same individuals over and over again ad infinitum.

 

Talk of the “Death” of this site seems to be premature year after year. Perhaps one of these days somebody might get it right and things might just disappear. All good things must come to an end. That will be an unfortunate occurrence on a personal level since I’ve met some really great people through this site. In the mean time I will just keep the following in mind when reading such posts about submission issues or the message board:

 

We like to kvetch around here and we do it well.

[Rick Munroe]

>What flavor would that be Rick? Vanilla? Cum Raisin?

 

Spearmint! Love to spear or get speared, and always minty fresh.

 

>As for

>me I'm partial to Butter Pecan.

 

That's fine for Dr. Jekyll, but what flavor does Mr. Hyde prefer? ;-)

[+ ArVaGuy]

>>What flavor would that be Rick? Vanilla? Cum Raisin?

>

>Spearmint! Love to spear or get speared, and always minty

>fresh.

>

>>As for

>>me I'm partial to Butter Pecan.

>

>That's fine for Dr. Jekyll, but what flavor does Mr. Hyde

>prefer? ;-)

 

As I recall he found your ass pretty tasty. :9

 

We just might have to ask him on your next visit.

 

In the meantime maybe this can tide you over.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/jekyll/