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This might reveal me as a complete newbie but. Where are the forum rules found? I've clicking around but can't find any official rules just people making mention of things being against rules.
I might be missing something obvious but I'd rather ask than accidentally break rules.
[QUOTE=Emme Gee; 1129820]This might reveal me as a complete newbie but. Where are the forum rules found? I've clicking around but can't find any official rules just people making mention of things being against rules.
I might be missing something obvious but I'd rather ask than accidentally break rules. [/QUOTE]Click on the FAQ
[QUOTE=Emme Gee; 1129820]This might reveal me as a complete newbie but. Where are the forum rules found? I've clicking around but can't find any official rules just people making mention of things being against rules.
I might be missing something obvious but I'd rather ask than accidentally break rules. [/QUOTE]Goto the [url=http://www.usasexguide.info/forum/index.php]'homepage'[/url] link, look on the left side in the second frame, the second option.
Ok, so its not a rule, but I don't get the retyping of our posts to enforce perfect grammer, paragraph seperation, proper use of punctuation etc. Which only makes our posts take forever to get posted. Seems like a lot of work for the guy correcting all these school papers. And why can't I put 3 periods at the end of a sentence if I want to? And use an exclamation point AND a question mark at the end of the same sentence to indicate a loud question! Nope, the exclamation mark got deleted. WHy cn't I tip lik a txtn teen-a-ger if I want 2?
Especially on about the most politically incorrect forum there is, come on.
Ok, so where do I comment if I want an actual response. Hello, is this thing on?
This will probably get removed, but as much I enjoy and appreciate this site, I believe the rule of not naming names when it comes to robberies and arrests is incredibly stupid. This is a REVIEW site. Meaning we can say that her pussy stinks and her ass is fat and she has a bad attitude, but we can't say that she engages in robberies? This makes absolutely no sense to me. Personally, I'd rather meet a nasty smelling, flat chested, flabby ass gal who laughs at the size of my dick than have a gal or her pimp pull a gun on me and take my money!
This whole "innocent until proven guilty" thing doesn't work on site like this. We need to know what's going on. If it turns out ot be bad info, the truth will come out.
[QUOTE=Mundane; 1265412]This will probably get removed, but as much I enjoy and appreciate this site, I believe the rule of not naming names when it comes to robberies and arrests is incredibly stupid. This is a REVIEW site. Meaning we can say that her pussy stinks and her ass is fat and she has a bad attitude, but we can't say that she engages in robberies? This makes absolutely no sense to me. Personally, I'd rather meet a nasty smelling, flat chested, flabby ass gal who laughs at the size of my dick than have a gal or her pimp pull a gun on me and take my money!
This whole "innocent until proven guilty" thing doesn't work on site like this. We need to know what's going on. If it turns out ot be bad info, the truth will come out.[/QUOTE]I with you 100% Mundane! I am, as the handle suggests, a rather shy individual, with a lot to lose if I were to get busted at my hobby. Since it is just a hobby and not my life, I keep the two completely separate. One of the ways that I best manage to do this is to live by the adage "better safe than sorry". So what if I have to miss out on more dreams than I would like, all it would take is that one wrong decision to bring it all crashing down. Boards like this are one of the places I go to help keep me safe, and help me to insulate my personal and professional life from my hobby. I would rather have the information, particularly from a senior member, than to have it removed or edited to "protect the innocent" when it's my ass on the line.
Stay safe,
Shy
[QUOTE=Mundane; 1265412]This will probably get removed, but as much I enjoy and appreciate this site, I believe the rule of not naming names when it comes to robberies and arrests is incredibly stupid. This is a REVIEW site. Meaning we can say that her pussy stinks and her ass is fat and she has a bad attitude, but we can't say that she engages in robberies? This makes absolutely no sense to me. Personally, I'd rather meet a nasty smelling, flat chested, flabby ass gal who laughs at the size of my dick than have a gal or her pimp pull a gun on me and take my money!
This whole "innocent until proven guilty" thing doesn't work on site like this. We need to know what's going on. If it turns out ot be bad info, the truth will come out.[/QUOTE][QUOTE=Shyknox; 1266880]I with you 100% Mundane! I am, as the handle suggests, a rather shy individual, with a lot to lose if I were to get busted at my hobby. Since it is just a hobby and not my life, I keep the two completely separate. One of the ways that I best manage to do this is to live by the adage "better safe than sorry". So what if I have to miss out on more dreams than I would like, all it would take is that one wrong decision to bring it all crashing down. Boards like this are one of the places I go to help keep me safe, and help me to insulate my personal and professional life from my hobby. I would rather have the information, particularly from a senior member, than to have it removed or edited to "protect the innocent" when it's my ass on the line.
Stay safe,
Shy[/QUOTE]Well. You guys know how I feel about this, having already been chastised and threatened with expulsion for doing just what you're discussing. But we don't run the board, so until the powers that be change the rules, we are (unfortunately) put in the position of having to abide by them, no matter how stupid we think those rules are!
[QUOTE=Mundane; 1265412]This will probably get removed, but as much I enjoy and appreciate this site, I believe the rule of not naming names when it comes to robberies and arrests is incredibly stupid. This is a REVIEW site. Meaning we can say that her pussy stinks and her ass is fat and she has a bad attitude, but we can't say that she engages in robberies? This makes absolutely no sense to me. Personally, I'd rather meet a nasty smelling, flat chested, flabby ass gal who laughs at the size of my dick than have a gal or her pimp pull a gun on me and take my money!
This whole "innocent until proven guilty" thing doesn't work on site like this. We need to know what's going on. If it turns out ot be bad info, the truth will come out.[/QUOTE]I TOTALLY agree with Mundane, Pup and the others responding. If we can't post the providers name and / or info why the hell is the "ripoff" thread even on the board. I thought the purpose of this entire forum was to protect us, the consumer (as well as providers) from harm. So instead we protect the "guilty"? WTF? Once again, just MHO.
I was recently served with an infraction because I "bragged about unsafe sex," although it was sex with my girlfriend (at the time). If I'd talked about "unsafe sex" with my wife — I don't have one, but just as an example —*would that have been "bragging about unsafe sex"? Ridiculous. I think I [i]can[/i] Be accused of being off-topic, though, since this is a site about pros, not wives and girlfriends.
This site used to have a non-judgmental policy about unsafe sex practices. I'm baffled as to why it's been changed. This site is about meeting women for sex. What *kind* of sex two consenting adults choose to have is their business. If a site member chooses to post that he had unsafe sex with a provider, what's the big deal? That's extremely useful intel, both for those who might want to partake and those who might want to avoid such a provider.
I've generally agreed with Jackson's policies in the past, but not this time. (There was one other exception, too, but that was a long time ago.) I think it's a real shame. The bottom line, though, is that this is Jackson's site. The utility of this site to me is pretty enormous, so as much as I despise this rule change, I can't imagine I'll do anything about it. I have the money and expertise to start a competing site if I wanted to, but I lack the time and motivation, so I guess I'll just have to deal.
But at least I can register my strong protest here.
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Hi Tampa Monger,
Posting Safe Sex Complaints
Per the Forum's Posting Guidelines, Safe Sex Complaints may only be posted in the following Safe Sex Complaints threads:
[url="http://www.internationalsexguide.info/forum/showthread.php?t=1084"]International Sex Guide Forum[/url]
[url="http://www.usasexguide.info/forum/showthread.php?t=5710"]USA Sex Guide Forum[/url]
Members may also use the Forum's PM system to voice their Safe Sex Complaints towards individual Forum Members.
Here's the full text of the reasoning behind this policy:
[quote][blue]Forum Members wishing to criticize other Members for not following what they consider to be safe sex procedures may do so only in the [url="http://www.internationalsexguide.info/forum/showthread.php?t=1084"]Safe Sex Thread[/url]. Members may not comment upon, criticize or confront other members on this subject in the general discussion threads. Any such "safe sex complaints" posted in the general discussion threads will be deleted without comment. However...
Forum Members may not repeatedly post or otherwise taunt other Members regarding their refusal to follow safe sex procedures. Specifically, references to having sex without a condom may be made only by incidental reference and shall not be the focus of any report. Such "safe sex taunting" reports will be deleted without comment.
If you want to criticize another member for not following what you consider to be safe sex practices, then send him a PM.
It does no good to criticize members for not following what other members may consider to be safe sex practices for the following reasons:
1. It's a disincentive for members to contribute.
2. It never serves to change any one's behavior.
3. It almost always leads to arguments.
4. It provides a "cover" for Serial Antagonists to provoke other members.
To address the usual arguments:
1. If a guy wants to engage in sex without using a condom, that's his risk and his business.
2. If a girl wants to engage in sex without using a condom, that's her risk and her business.
3. If [u]YOU[/u] want to protect yourself from either or both of the aforementioned parties, then [u]YOU[/u] should use a condom for sex all the time and thus [u]YOU[/u] will be protected from the allegedly unsafe sex practices of the other parties.[/blue][/quote]Thanks,
Jackson[/blue]
First off, thank you Jackson for the time you put into this site I for one appreciate it.
But I'd like to know your feelings concerning Licensed Massage therapists who also do this community a service and the public posting of information on them, let alone a thread dedicated to that info.
I for one love a LMT who provides this service but I would never do a public report for the world to see. Now BP girls who advertise as escorts or body rubs are different, but to go to a LMT and get a HE then post about it invites trouble and not just from LEO it also brings in the Health Dept and possibly a state or city's licensing dept (or whoever monitors LMTs) then to make it easier by providing a dedicated thread. It's one thing to have to have someone to dig through a BP thread, but to have one almost semi-dedicated? Someone could just show up one day and go back through the thread and have himself (or herself) a field day!
I implore you to perhaps consider a new rule about posting info about people who have much more to lose then just a few days in jail.
Thanks!
Oscard
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Hi Oscard,
Outside the obvious limitations on posting real names, private street addresses, etc., I do not delete information merely because it's accurate or because someone is concerned about protecting his favorite provider/venue.
Therefore, I would appreciate it if you would refrain from discouraging other members from posting information that is in fact within the Forum's Posting Guidelines.
Thanks,
Jackson[/blue]
Why are posts delayed for moderator approval?
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Hi Jack0505,
I appreciate your position.
First, please recognize the the purpose of monitoring reports it not to aggravate you but to keep the forum free of SPAM. It is specifically because I put in the work to monitor posts that The Forum is relatively SPAM free. I don't like all the work, but I know from experience that there's no other option.
Second, if I lowered the Senior Member requirements to 6 months OR 25 reports, I would have spammers specifically posting 25 posts within a few days to get the senior member status, and then start spamming the forum. That's what did happen ALL THE TIME a couple of years ago when I once had the either/or criteria.
Third, the USASG Forum is a compendium of travel reports, not a chat room. I care about the reports, not the chit-chat. Therefor, I don't think it's really that big of a deal if, for example, a travel report to Chicago is visible at 6pm or not until a few hours later?
Fourth, I moderate and approve all new reports at least twice per day, and sometimes several times a day. The average delay is less than 6 hours. I know because I watch the statistics every day. The only time the delay is more than 12 hours is on those few days when I have some issue that prevents me from getting to a computer, such as a day when I may be flying between continents. Even then, I usually find an internet cafe at the airports so I can approve the pending reports before I get on my flight and again when I land.
Personally, I think you should be commending me for doing such a great job of managing the forum instead of telling me that I don't do it fast enough.
Thanks,
Jackson[/quote]
I'm referring to a post I made here, [url]http://www.usasexguide.info/forum/showthread.php?7357-Backpage-Advertiser-Reviews[/url]
Now the question I have this is my 2nd "infraction", so am I run the risk of losing my access / account here?
My first infraction I don't even remember, I was asking a question to a moderator in the open about a technical issue, I've been posting on various bulletin boards since I got my first computer in 1998. I've asked questions to mods in forums countless times. The only "reprimand" I've ever received was a no answer, but here I get an "infraction". Fine. Would be nice while you're writing me an infraction maybe show me the proper avenues to go by. It's a rather large bulletin board. Kinda frustrating to be honest to search through, and frankly 15 years posting on various bulletin boards I've yet till now be reprimanded for asking a question to an anonymous moderator.
And now I get one for "discussing racial issues", again fine, but fact is my response was a response to another post, nothing remotely offensive whatsoever, go ahead and pull it out and read for yourself if it's possible. I don't want to say what I do for a living but I educate people. That other post which I responded to was like mine. Discussing racial issues, and it's still up! In fact, his closing remark was about "being proud of your race", and how exactly is that in any way reflective of the purpose of this bulletin board? They didn't get an infraction, nor was it deleted! I'm not trying to be an immature cry baby but I mean WTF? I don't think they meant anything by it, nor did I in my response. I happen to be a member of the group the poster was commenting on, but it seems crystal clear obvious somebody's picking sides here.
I just want to make sure that next time I say anything innocuous that there's not another rule I might be violating and I get another infraction that gets me thrown out of here.
I got no problem with your rules but this infraction be. S. Being leveled out for simple reasons of unfamiliarity, I can understand posts attacking other posters, or blatant racism, drug usage, condoning illegal behavior, personal information, etc, but I mean this is ridiculous.
The one hour edit limit. If even that long. On posts is a too short. It used to be about a day. Way too often posts.
Have misleading or inaccurate information. After a few PMs, the poster would like to edit or update the post but cannot.
Perhaps this should have been under suggested improvements, but I did not see a reason to start a whole new thread.
Thanks for your attention.
[QUOTE=Member #3973; 1480630]The one hour edit limit. If even that long. On posts is a too short. It used to be about a day. Way too often posts.
Have misleading or inaccurate information. After a few PMs, the poster would like to edit or update the post but cannot.
Perhaps this should have been under suggested improvements, but I did not see a reason to start a whole new thread.
Thanks for your attention.[/QUOTE]Replies to posts became problematic when the poster edited the original post after it had been replied to. Jackson cut the edit time down to one hour to address this.
You can still say what you want to say differently by replying to your own post after the edit time.