Research, specifically escortbusts, as well as general advice
[QUOTE=NcsuAlumni11;2448528]I'm still new and trying to find the proper way to research SP before meeting.
[URL]http://raleigh.backpage.com/FemaleEscorts/last-morning-beautiful-ee-cand-also-ask-bout-the-vanillaandchoc-swir1-most-wanted/17577716[/URL]
This one popped up, according the Google images the photos seems legit, but I don't exactly know what I'm looking for.
Then I googled the phone number.
[URL]http://www.escortbusts.com/312-802-8260[/URL]
This came up, and I'm assuming that all ads that are bust get uploaded to this website, would I be correct?
Thanks for the help, just trying to be safe and learn the ropes.[/QUOTE]To understand a site like EB, all you have to do is what works for pretty much everything in the world: follow the money (in this case the links) and use logic and common sense. First of all, if you go to the top level of the site, you can see that it is obviously auto-generated from BP escort ads. If all those girls had been busted, their ads and this very forum would eventually disappear, so that's already BS.
Then, for each girl, there is mention of chatter, without details (where would that come from? We are that chatter) and generic links to the other site to provide superficial plausibility for the chatter claim. It is obviously not in the interest of the other site for the scene to dry up, so they are being used just like the backpage girls are, even though some traffic is being sent to them.
The second type of links is associated with positive statements like "more girls, better, and legal" and goes to A+FF. They are the ones who benefit from EB, so they, or some sleazebag who works for them, set it up. A+FF probably have many other such schemes going on, and there are many other sites that get traffic by creating content based on backpage, including purported "review" sites where all reviews are fake and glowing. It's all about money and traffic.
Now, more generally, you have to learn to interpret the results you obtain from searches on phone numbers and images. Here again it is just logic and common sense, but people are generally reluctant to provide a method because LEO probably reads these forums. I can just see them getting paid for it and come up with social engineering schemes to apply in this very forum (think about it). So there is no substitute for actually reading the forums on a regular basis (not just searching or asking when you are about to TOFFT), and ideally in more than one geographical area. That helps you see (before ads expire) how people do the interpreting I was referring to. Furthermore, it helps to see how LEO do stuff by watching the abundant news and documentary footage about their stings. (I know, it's bad for your nerves; it drives me mad, too.) Watch these and ask yourself how these poor guys got in these situations and what, if anything, you would have known to do differently. Same in the forum: when someone posts a review of a disappointing experience, would you have done anything differently?
The other thing you're trying to be safe from is bad service. Not much you can do other than use your intuition, starting at first contact, and if you go ahead, escalate slowly to minimize the risk. Be ready to cut your losses at any moment. (That certainly puts a damper on my excitement.).
All that means that in addition to what you spend on the actual services received, you will put some time and money into research, learning experiences, and safety. That's a pain and also drives me mad, especially considering how nice, easy, simple, safe and civilized all this goes across in better parts of the world. Which brings us to my last point: In the long term, you should also take an interest at the voting booth. Money, manipulation and traffic (votes, not clicks) rule politics as well. But if we all vote accordingly, when our kids are our age that might eventually change. <-- Yeah, like that's ever going to happen in this society.
