Please put the city in the title

[DFdub]

Definitely in the “the city in the title is not ideal” camp.

putting “currently in French Lick” inside the first comment will cause the thread to come up when searching for “French Lick” the same as in the title. Too many provs travel too often for it to be value add.

[Walt]

On 1/5/2026 at 10:00 PM, DFdub said:

Definitely in the “the city in the title is not ideal” camp.

putting “currently in French Lick” inside the first comment will cause the thread to come up when searching for “French Lick” the same as in the title. Too many provs travel too often for it to be value add.

Also in “the city in the title is not ideal” camp.

But I also think a more helpful note inside the first comment would be “currently in French Lick, but based in Loogootee, although often visits family in St. Meinrad, and is planning to spend an extended spring break in Cumback."

[Peter Eater]

On 1/5/2026 at 7:00 PM, DFdub said:

Too many provs travel too often for it to be value add.

Really? Perhaps you can explain why RM ads put “Location” at the top, if it’s not a value add.

Edited Wednesday at 02:31 PM by Peter Eater

[DFdub]

6 hours ago, Peter Eater said:

Really? Perhaps you can explain why RM ads put “Location” at the top, if it’s not a value add.

Simple - RM location has a completely different purpose / value proposition - point in time reference to hire now.

RM location is at the top because its purpose is forward looking. It shows where the provider is TODAY and where the provider’s home base is set TODAY and where the provider plans to be TOMORROW (i.e., always current status). Surely you’ve noticed the huge portion of providers that simply change their location completely vs using the travel dates function also. I want to hire. Who is/will be where I want to hire?

CoM on the other hand is providing reviews for a provider period unrelated to where they slept last.  Locations for reviews are always based on where they were YESTERDAY (i.e., backward looking). I want to hire HotTwinkDaddySlaveMasterBear. Is he any good? Oh yeah… maybe he was in French Lick 2 yrs ago when he was first reviewed; so what.

Ask yourself:  does the review of services change somehow if this traveler was based in Schenectady last year but is now based in French Lick? I mean, why would we make the OP responsible for keeping the title up-to-date? That’s a lot of overhead.

[Peter Eater]

17 hours ago, DFdub said:

Surely you’ve noticed the huge portion of providers that simply change their location completely

Surely you’ve noticed the huge portion of providers that simply don’t change their location completely, but add “travels” with a list.

[DFdub]

59 minutes ago, Peter Eater said:

Surely you’ve noticed the huge portion of providers that simply don’t change their location completely, but add “travels” with a list.

My choosing the word “portion” suggests I have. I don’t see that your comment demonstrates any flaws in my reasoning though.

I shared my opinion, and then answered your follow-up question. I’m not asking you to validate my opinion. Nor did I indicate your opinion is invalid; adults can disagree on things that do not have a right answer.

[Walt]

So delete Palm Springs and add Miami and NYC to the title of this post

 

 

[MikeBiDude]

39 minutes ago, Walt said:

So delete Palm Springs and add Miami and NYC to the title of this post

 

 

You can report the thread or ask OP to change topic title.

[Walt]

2 hours ago, MikeBiDude said:

You can report the thread or ask OP to change topic title.

I think it's a bad idea to put the city in the title, so maybe I should have been more explicit!

I was offering an example to members here of one of the many times the city in the title doesn't work -- in order that if any followers of this specific post are so committed to keeping the city in the title, that THEY "can report the thread or ask OP to change topic title."

[pleasureseeker]

The percentage of times when the city does match vs when the city no longer does because of provider's travel is far greater, so it really is much better to put city in the title.

[Eric91]

I find it really helpful to put the city in the title.  I like to browse the forum and when I see a thread with my city's name in it, I will click on it.  

Even if the provider is not in my city currently, the information is still helpful because then I know that he will occasionally travel to my city and I can be on the lookout for him.

 

[DMonDude]

7 hours ago, MikeBiDude said:

You can report the thread or ask OP to change topic title.

People definitely can, but I'd be curious if anyone actually is doing it in any meaningful numbers. Unless a dedicated group of mods or users are actually committed to doing this consistently, it's not really a solution. Those of us who don't need the title to show city aren't going to be the ones doing the reporting/asking OP to change the title and it doesn't seem like the people who do want that are doing it either.

And in general, would it not be more useful then to just make it a forum rule that the city has to be in the post title or it will be removed? If it's this useful for some, why have it be optional at all? Long as it's optional and this thread isn't pinned to the top of the Deli, there will be people who don't know or forget to put the city in the title. So it just seems like something grander is required if people want the city in titles this badly.

Trying to get past whether or not it's a good idea, and to an actual solve here.

Edited 17 hours ago by DMonDude

[Peter Eater]

8 hours ago, Eric91 said:

I find it really helpful to put the city in the title.  I like to browse the forum and when I see a thread with my city's name in it, I will click on it.  

Even if the provider is not in my city currently, the information is still helpful because then I know that he will occasionally travel to my city and I can be on the lookout for him.

 

You’ve identified an important point, which concerns how COM is used.

If one usually scans RM for a provider and identifies a possible hire, then goes to COM to check feedback on him, there’s no need to have location in the COM subject line.

But if one usually scans COM for a provider and identifies a possible hire, then goes to RM to check details, then having location in the COM subject line has been hugely helpful (while making no difference to a RM scanner). 

[GTMike]

3 hours ago, Peter Eater said:

You’ve identified an important point, which concerns how COM is used.

If one usually scans RM for a provider and identifies a possible hire, then goes to COM to check feedback on him, there’s no need to have location in the COM subject line.

But if one usually scans COM for a provider and identifies a possible hire, then goes to RM to check details, then having location in the COM subject line has been hugely helpful (while making no difference to a RM scanner). 

Hahaha. Yes you are correct. But have feeling that a large percentage of folks typically end up doing both.  

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

6 hours ago, Peter Eater said:

You’ve identified an important point, which concerns how COM is used.

If one usually scans RM for a provider and identifies a possible hire, then goes to COM to check feedback on him, there’s no need to have location in the COM subject line.

But if one usually scans COM for a provider and identifies a possible hire, then goes to RM to check details, then having location in the COM subject line has been hugely helpful (while making no difference to a RM scanner). 

Yes!  I mostly use the latter method.

Including the home city in the subject title is immensely helpful for those who use the latter... And it neither helps nor hurts those who use the former.  So, including the city in the title seems to be a win/win for both camps (or at least a no-loss/win).

Edited 4 hours ago by Vegas_Millennial

[DMonDude]

3 hours ago, Vegas_Millennial said:

Yes!  I mostly use the latter method.

Including the home city in the subject title is immensely helpful for those who use the latter... And it neither helps nor hurts those who use the former.  So, including the city in the title seems to be a win/win for both camps (or at least a no-loss/win).

Going to redirect again. Have we not already rehashed the two different ways people are browsing RM/CoM multiple times throughout the thread?

What ideas does any one have for ensuring people put the city in the title and that those stay accurate/updated? Is anyone volunteering to be the "report an inaccurate city in title to the mods" crew? Is having city in title going to be an actual rule for posts here and posts without it be removed? Will this post be pinned to the top of the Deli as a constant reminder for people who are new or forgot before they make a post?

There's already new posts without city in title as of today. So what is the actual next step here?

Edited 1 hour ago by DMonDude

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

19 minutes ago, DMonDude said:

Will this post be pinned to the top of the Deli as a constant reminder for people who are new or forgot before they make a post?

I like this suggestion ☝️