Ways That Adult Work Could Be Improved

[Vice Admiral]

Actually what I probably find the most annoying thing of all – more annoying than the issue with which I started this thread – is the fact that the moment a girl deactivates her profile, the text of all her e-mails to you (though not yours to her) immediately disappears.

You may argue that what she wrote is no longer relevant if she’s not on the game any more.  However a punter may occasionally want to refer back to old correspondence, and I can’t see what harm it does.

It can hardly be a data protection issue.  In any case, if a punter’s seen a girl, he will know her telephone number and – if it was an in-call – her address.  And he may have texts saved on his mobile.

It seems to me that AW is being unnecessarily over-cautious in “wiping the slate clean” in this way.   I wouldn’t have thought most escorts would give a damn whether or not their old e-mails can still be read?

[winkywanky]

I've already said I've lied about my age.

Frankly, I'm deeply saddened and mortified Rochelle...

To be honest I think the age thing is pretty well bollocks anyway, the most important thing is that pictures are an accurate portrayal of what a WG looks like.

[Rochelle]

Actually what I probably find the most annoying thing of all – more annoying than the issue with which I started this thread – is the fact that the moment a girl deactivates her profile, the text of all her e-mails to you (though not yours to her) immediately disappears.

You may argue that what she wrote is no longer relevant if she’s not on the game any more.  However a punter may occasionally want to refer back to old correspondence, and I can’t see what harm it does.

It can hardly be a data protection issue.  In any case, if a punter’s seen a girl, he will know her telephone number and – if it was an in-call – her address.  And he may have texts saved on his mobile.

It seems to me that AW is being unnecessarily over-cautious in “wiping the slate clean” in this way.   I wouldn’t have thought most escorts would give a damn whether or not their old e-mails can still be read?

Why is that so annoying? It's the same for us with your emails too.

[Vice Admiral]

Why is that so annoying? It's the same for us with your emails too.

As I indicated, it's sometimes nice to refer back.  But I accept that's not essential.

A more particular issue is the fact that the disappearance of the e-mails is (necessarily, I know) so immediate.

I've had one or two instances over the years where something like this happens.

I seem to be getting on very well with a girl – who then indicates that she's thinking of leaving the site but will nonetheless still see me, as we've been discussing.

She sends me a final e-mail.  By the time I get to it, she's left the site and the text of her e-mail's disappeared for ever.

Did she say, "Sorry, I've changed my mind."  ???

Or did she say, "Here's my phone number, please communicate by text from now on."  ???

I'll never know.

[Rochelle]

As I indicated, it's sometimes nice to refer back.  But I accept that's not essential.

A more particular issue is the fact that the disappearance of the e-mails is (necessarily, I know) so immediate.

I've had one or two instances over the years where something like this happens.

I seem to be getting on very well with a girl – who then indicates that she's thinking of leaving the site but will nonetheless still see me, as we've been discussing.

She sends me a final e-mail.  By the time I get to it, she's left the site and the text of her e-mail's disappeared for ever.

Did she say, "Sorry, I've changed my mind."  ???

Or did she say, "Here's my phone number, please communicate by text from now on."  ???

I'll never know.

That's her own stupidity for not making sure you read the message before deactivating her profile.

[Moby Dick]

Set a maximum price limit of £99/hr 

[Vice Admiral]

That's her own stupidity for not making sure you read the message before deactivating her profile.

Good point.

But the sad truth is that not all escorts are as bright as you, Rochelle!

(Also, to be fair, most girls wouldn't have a clue that de-activating a profile has this effect.  It's not the kind of thing you'd know unless you were a very experienced user of Adult Work.)

[Avg_Joe]

yeah, emails disappearing is a pain in the fucking ass

[daviemac]

yeah, emails disappearing is a pain in the fucking ass

If you really need to keep them, copy the contents and save to a file.   

[Ahalfa Carling]

if you subscribe to the 'Detailed Email Notifications' scheme, accessible from your Edit Profile Page, do the actual contents of the mail sent to your punting e-mail address with the full message get deleted/recalled if the SP deletes their profile??

[daviemac]

if you subscribe to the 'Detailed Email Notifications' scheme, accessible from your Edit Profile Page, do the actual contents of the mail sent to your punting e-mail address with the full message get deleted/recalled if the SP deletes their profile??

No, the notification does not include the message, the only way to keep the contents of an AW email is to copy and save it.

Detailed Email Notifications   
When another member of AdultWork.com sends you an email, (or replies to an email you sent them), we send a notification to your registered email address.  This notification does not include any of the text the other member has written deliberately, to maintain confidentiality of the activities you may be engaging in or topics you may be discussing.

[Ahalfa Carling]

OK, just wondering.

[Rochelle]

No, the notification does not include the message, the only way to keep the contents of an AW email is to copy and save it.

It can, at least for us. Maybe it's possible for you guys too somehow?


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[daviemac]

It can, at least for us. Maybe it's possible for you guys too somehow?

Yes, sorry you are right, it has to be paid for though, it can't be done free.

[Rochelle]

Yes, sorry you are right, it has to be paid for though, it can't be done free.

Dude, that's obvious. It's right there in the photo.

[daviemac]

Dude, that's obvious. It's right there in the photo.

How many punters want to give AW money??   

[Rochelle]

How many punters want to give AW money??   

Don't know why you're asking me that.

[tobyk1]

I find the advanced search function does not fully integrate.

E.g if I want to narrow my search to only SPs charging £100 and over for 30 mins, it’ll still bring up the odd Rom. Charging £40 for 30 mins.

[daviemac]

Don't know why you're asking me that.

It was a rhetorical question.   

[Plan R]

In the 'likes' list change;

Rimming (giving)
Rimming (receiving)

to;
Rimming (I give)
Rimming (I receive)

SPs for whom English is not their first tongue (fnar fnar) often misunderstand the format.
 

[whoya.kiddin]

Given AW refuse to remove profiles of transsexuals who indicate their sex as female (WTF!)  I wouldn't get your Hope's up about action from this thread.

[B4bcock]

To be honest I think the age thing is pretty well bollocks anyway, the most important thing is that pictures are an accurate portrayal of what a WG looks like.

Wouldn't it be great if it was compulsory that all verification pics had to be made available in some way, even if paid for through credits.    There is, of course, more chance that hell will freeze over.

[winkywanky]

Wouldn't it be great if it was compulsory that all verification pics had to be made available in some way, even if paid for through credits.    There is, of course, more chance that hell will freeze over.

They couldn't really do that of course, some WGs choose to retain their facial anonymity on their profiles for reasons of discretion.

[B4bcock]

They couldn't really do that of course, some WGs choose to retain their facial anonymity on their profiles for reasons of discretion.

. . . . and most choose to do so because they look nothing like their gallery pics in real life.   

[winkywanky]

True, that applies to many 

[daviemac]

Wouldn't it be great if it was compulsory that all verification pics had to be made available in some way, even if paid for through credits.    There is, of course, more chance that hell will freeze over.

I take it you never punted in the 'good old days' pre AW when all you had was an advert for a 'massage' in the back of one of the free papers. You phone up and they came to you but you had no idea what you would be getting. Not even a description let alone a photo.

[winkywanky]

Yes, normally the difference between the sexual glory of the Gallery pics and the asexual gory of the Verification pic is no more than the usual female smoke & mirrors shit of cafefully-applied make-up, and actually bothering to wash their hair.

[Lewis]

I take it you never punted in the 'good old days' pre AW when all you had was an advert for a 'massage' in the back of one of the free papers. You phone up and they came to you but you had no idea what you would be getting. Not even a description let alone a photo.

Back then there wasn't so many scammers and Romanians though. Generally you ended up with someone half decent. Well, I can't recall a bad experience with a WG back then when you had no idea what she looked like until the door was opened, or if there was more than one girl who was paraded in front of you to choose from.

[king tarzan]

Munter ban!!!!!

[daviemac]

Back then there wasn't so many scammers and Romanians though. Generally you ended up with someone half decent. Well, I can't recall a bad experience with a WG back then when you had no idea what she looked like until the door was opened, or if there was more than one girl who was paraded in front of you to choose from.

No brothels in my neck of the woods, it was an advert in the paper, outcall only and you got what turned up, mobile phones were a rarity as well it was landline numbers.

Have to admit I've had worse experiences from AW. 

[Londonpunter30]

Wouldn't it be great if it was compulsory that all verification pics had to be made available in some way, even if paid for through credits.    There is, of course, more chance that hell will freeze over.

It would be better if verified profiles couldn’t be sold on.  As the text stats all they need to do is send in ID to show they are over 18, doesnt even have to match the pics.

It’s worse now as some of the repeat scammers look like they have worked out how to verify a profile

[tesla]

I take it you never punted in the 'good old days' pre AW when all you had was an advert for a 'massage' in the back of one of the free papers. You phone up and they came to you but you had no idea what you would be getting. Not even a description let alone a photo.

or the even "older" day when you had to send a stamped addressed envelope to a box number and then wait a few days to see if you got a reply

[advent2016]

I wish it supported a 2FA login or persistent login - minor geek annoyance.  I tend to only use it from a virtual desktop in the cloud, never from my own pc so there never can be any history.
Support plugins/API. Aw improvements is great, but I'd like the experience in a mobile browser.

Major annoyances.
I wish when it can't find a profile it wouldn't offer me a lot of defaults like bareback, non-female etc.

Ban profile swapping

More granular likes/sane although I know a lot of providers tick every box to get better custom. e.g. It shouldn't be possible to have like:snowball and dislike:cim

Standard report formats. They could take a leaf from the best of UKP.

[workinallweek]

 have the ability to search  a route 
for example in the proximity  going from margate to scunthorpe  escorts within 5 miles of route  in the search criteia

[winkywanky]

have the ability to search  a route
 
for example in the proximity going from margate to scunthorpe escorts within 5 miles of route  in the search criteia

That's a good one.

[tesla]

I wish it supported a 2FA login or persistent login - minor geek annoyance.  I tend to only use it from a virtual desktop in the cloud, never from my own pc so there never can be any history.
Support plugins/API. Aw improvements is great, but I'd like the experience in a mobile browser.

Major annoyances.
I wish when it can't find a profile it wouldn't offer me a lot of defaults like bareback, non-female etc.

Ban profile swapping

More granular likes/sane although I know a lot of providers tick every box to get better custom. e.g. It shouldn't be possible to have like:snowball and dislike:cim

Standard report formats. They could take a leaf from the best of UKP.

any chance you could rewrite in English please

[Home Alone]

or the even "older" day when you had to send a stamped addressed envelope to a box number and then wait a few days to see if you got a reply

Jee-zus!! That'd be  for anyone: who lived with an OH; or whose works address was for a company where all the post delivered there was opened in the postroom!

[tesla]

Jee-zus!! That'd be  for anyone: who lived with an OH; or whose works address was for a company where all the post delivered there was opened in the postroom!

or as many did , you could use an accommodation address

[Home Alone]

Ah, but I never punted in the " 'good old days' pre AW", tesla.

As you'd probably worked out!

[tesla]

Ah, but I never punted in the " 'good old days' pre AW", tesla.

As you'd probably worked out!

yep worked that out, I started in 1979, contact mags and SAE's  and public call boxes when you had a number

[RandomGuy99]

Better mobile version of site that doesn't randomly lose the discreet setting and start showing in pink on your phone.

The whole user interface is dated and could do with a big refresh.

[Boristheboy]

What I would change: allow multiple selections or better logic in the interview details search. For example, I like girls with piercings, so I can search for girls who have ticked that they have piercings. But if they have tattoos as well and have ticked "both" then I have to search for them separately. Either allow me to select from multiple categories or make the search logic understand that a search for either tattoos or piercings should include girls that have ticked for both.

[The sperminator]

On the likes list, why is there unprotected sex and bareback? If there is no difference, lose one.
Also add the  option of COB in the likes list

[Londonpunter30]

On the likes list, why is there unprotected sex and bareback? If there is no difference, lose one.
Also add the  option of COB in the likes list

I’ve never understood the logic behind that.  They don’t have blow job, oral sex and getting sucked off listed.

I’d rather just unprotected sex listed as that’s obvious to all, bareback seems to mean different things to others

[B4bcock]

AW has the green "Available Today" sign which I find very useful.   How about a red "Not Available Today" sign if a SP is definitely not seeing clients on that day?   Many girls will leave a phone number showing even if they are not working, which can leave a punter wasting time sending messages which don't get read.   Also, very few SP's use the diary function to show what days and times they are available.  If a punter can see at a glance that the girl is unavailable he can move straight on without wasting time and, from the SP's perspective, she won't turn on her phone after a day off and find countless messages from hopeful clients.   I suppose, of course, being AW, they would make a charge for such a function which would probably kill it before it got started.

[Vice Admiral]

AW has the green "Available Today" sign which I find very useful.   How about a red "Not Available Today" sign if a SP is definitely not seeing clients on that day?   Many girls will leave a phone number showing even if they are not working, which can leave a punter wasting time sending messages which don't get read.   Also, very few SP's use the diary function to show what days and times they are available.  If a punter can see at a glance that the girl is unavailable he can move straight on without wasting time and, from the SP's perspective, she won't turn on her phone after a day off and find countless messages from hopeful clients.   I suppose, of course, being AW, they would make a charge for such a function which would probably kill it before it got started.

An excellent idea.  In theory!

However my guess is that – even if such a service were free (which logically it should be) – disappointingly few girls would take advantage of it. 

[lillythesavage]

Age verification shouldn't be that hard to do, especially when done at same time as profiles get verified now; as in actual age, not just proof of 18+.  If birthday is stored by AW (but obviously not displayed on profile) age could be updated automatically.

2"

Having done a few profiles for friends, I can tell you that the age when it shows " verification pending" is absolutely that shown on the id presented and therefore the correct age for the woman who has presented the id.

Once it is verified the year of birth, not the date, day or month, can be changed to whatever they want it to be, there is no limit to the reduction in age they want to make.

Very easily fixed if they desired, obviously no desire to be accurate by AW.

[lillythesavage]

have the ability to search  a route 
for example in the proximity  going from margate to scunthorpe  escorts within 5 miles of route  in the search criteia

Spot on, that would be excellent, but will never happen sadly.

[Pushmybuttons]

Open a profile in a new tab from search on iPad. So I can look at different options without having to go back to the search each time.

I know control and open does exactly this on a computer/Mac.  But I mainly use an iPad and it doesn’t work on that. 

[jonnw16]

Since this thread has been revived, I would like Blogs from SPs on my Blacklist to be excluded from the scrolling Blog feed at the top right of the desktop site.