With the increasing mention of SPs reading reviews here (and complaining or punishing punters) I thought it might be useful to surface the reasons/posits why an SP might get to know about this site:
1) (Active) UKPer tells her about it because:
a) He wrote it and wants brownies for it, whether that be "love", discount or extras UTC services
b) He read it and disagrees and wants to warn her because he wants brownies a la 1a above
c) He read it, decided to see her and is demanding the same experience (and or discount)
d) He read it, wants the same experience or more and will write a review to either improve her reputation or else diminish it
e) He read it, couldn't believe it and asks her about it
f) He read it, thought it funny and decided to share it with her got laffs (and she was/wasn't amused, repercussions etc.)
2) SP is Internet savvy and decides to just Google "herself":
a) She reads the reviews and identifies the punters responsible and contacts them with demands and repercussions
b) She reads a negative and joins UKP to dispute it with success and a fraud is exposed
c) She reads a positive, joins UKP and becomes a darling with her great CRM within the rules of posting.
d) She reads her reviews, decides she doesn't like being outed and "bans" UKPers as customers OR forbids UKP reviews.
She continues to monitor UKP to "guard" her reputation, thereby continues to "intimidate" customers about disclosing details to UKP.
e) She reads a negative, disputes it with UKP, she's proven a liar, she bans UKPers as customers and forbids UKP reviews
f) She hasn't been reviewed but finds UKP, joins as a "punter" and writes her own review (perhaps several under different ids):
i) UKP discovers the deceit and outs her.
ii) UKP doesn't discover the deceit and UKPers visit her:
a) UKPers are pleased with her services...
b) UKPers are not pleased by her services...
g) She hasn't been reviewed and proceeds to bribe punters to write reviews...#
h) She hasn't been reviewed and decides to earn reviews and a good reputation through honest hooking
3) A pimp or fellow SP "warns" her about UKP:
a) - h) See 2
i) She entraps fluffy punters by threatening to expose them because of what they wrote on UKP
4) She is a member of other punting "review" sites that warn her about UKP:
a) - i) See 2 and 3 above
5) She is a member of SP sites discussing punters that warn her about UKP:
a) - i) See 2 and 3 above
6) A banned UKPer or other disgruntled punter with an axe to grind tells SP "bad things" about UKP (eg Review site trolls, Reddit ranters, barebacking site griefers):
a) - i) See 2 and 3 above
To all our wise punters please do add other truths and consequences to the above list and discussion points for lurkers and contributors to consider and debate.
To the naive and/or silent please read the above VERY carefully and tote up the genuinely positive outcomes for punters before asking yourself:
1) What does your list say about your motives for using UKP?
2) If you are in favour of a "trustworthy" punter resource to find genuinely good SPs and avoid bad ones why would you tell SPs about UKP or admit to using it? If you think you have good reason to tell them then please to discuss your reasoning here.
3) By all means discuss other pertinent points that aren't mentioned above and extend the discussion