so.............What DOES makes a UKIP member a useful contributor?????
I was expecting a few erudite posts from Nigel
I'm still waiting to learn if 2 positives in 3 weeks is too often...
As johnny34 has said, I'd usually see that as touting/someone trying to boost their review count but I think there can be legitimate reasons for such reviews if the differences between the two reviewed punts are quite substantial, e.g. duration (30 mins and an overnight) or the services were very different etc. Nonetheless adding a comment to an existing review should usually suffice so as as you say some "official" clarification would be nice.
instant pile-on for anyone with a small number of reviews and posts (me) who likes to be nice about SPs (also me).
Catch 22 where I don't bother to write reviews because I don't have enough reviews to avoid the doubters.
And I like to be friendly and nice to SPs, then everyone thinks I'm a bird/tout/whatever.
I really hope you don't think punters on here aren't nice and friendly to SPs - I very much am in my punts and frankly I think in my reviews to. However the purpose of reviews is not to be nice and friendly to the girl, it's to provide brutally honest and accurate information to help other punters so you shouldn't neglect to mention any bad points or sugar coat things. Having said that, your 1 review seems pretty reasonable and balanced to me and no one criticised it either.
As for "everyone thinking you're a tout/the SP" that's rubbish and you know it. ONE person suggested that and another explicitly declined to say either way but pointed out why your post could be interpreted as touting:
https://www.ukpunting.com/index.php?topic=250135.msg2630338#msg2630338The reason people are suspicious is because we get a lot of touts on here. To me your posts seemed fine so you shouldn't be so sensitive - just post some more reviews and you'll have no problems. You've been a member here for nearly two years and the first time you were criticised was just over a week ago so don't pretend the reason you don't post reviews is because of others.
Yeah theres always the danger that people will make fake reviews if every one is being forced to make reviews then fake reviews will come up so that people can stay on board thats the thing when people are forced to make reviews.
So it could be conterproductive.
As LLPunting has stated that's obviously not currently the case but presuming you were being hypothetical your concern would be legitimate however I still think fake reviews would be very rare. Almost everyone on here has had at least one punt so there's no reason they can't just leave a real review. The 6 month rule for positives makes things a little harder for some but I think most would just review an older punt and neglect to say when they actually saw the girl rather than posting a fake. Writing a fake review by copying previous reviews while making it different enough not to be obvious or just making something up off the top of your head would probably take longer than just writing a review for a punt you've actually had.
Judging by your other posts for example, I'd be very surprised if you can't review anyone.
As for the very small number of members who haven't had a punt, there's only so much lurking they need to do before they should just get stuck in and see someone.
I don't really begrudge people asking things like "who's good in xxx?" as a first post and not reviewing. Everyone has to start somewhere, and you don't know whether that person will follow up the advice and potentially save someone else from being ripped off down the line. At the very least, it opens up some form of dialogue that may yield useful info (although they'll probably never return after being called a troll, be castigated and so on.....)
I do usually begrudge them because as LLPunting has suggested, they're very often the laziest of idiots who don't specify what they want/their tastes and have clearly not bothered to do any research on here or even seemingly a search on AW. Even when they have it's still extremely rare for them to come back and become a useful contributor. While that might be in part due to the reception they often receive, even when they are ignored or even helped, it is still very rare for them to contribute in return, even many months later. I'd also argue someone who can't handle some justified criticism is likely to be too sensitive to be a reliable contributor.
Anyway as for what I think makes a useful contributor, it's basically the same as JonasG has said:
For me personally is whenever you have a negative experience, post it ASAP. That to me is the most useful member. Positives are good to see no doubt, but to be made aware of a shit WG is so important.
We've all had shit punts for whatever reason, attitude or not being responded to and being made to sit in our cars like a prick.
If you're a regular on here, make sure to get it on here ASAP irrespective if they will point you out as that punter.
Anytime I've had a horrible time, the first thing on my mind is to get a review up on here! Half to make myself feel better, half to help other punters.
The amount of times I've liked a profile on AW and then researched on here and seen the negatives is untold. So helpful.
That's a useful member to me.
To elaborate slightly, generally I find the most useful contributions by far to be negative reviews, followed by neutrals (or positives with negative aspects/important details that would make me avoid a girl or at least think twice), followed by positives for unreviewed girls and then those with very few reviews. There can be some exceptions (e.g. depending on the reasons for a negative or neutral review etc). Nonetheless, all reviews are helpful to some degree and there can be posts which are very helpful too but I don't really see any good excuse for having no reviews. Having only a few is perfectly fine as long as that roughly reflects the numbers you've punted/the fact that you stick to only a few/one.
