* Krista Knight *

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find several of the comments by reviewers here funny in a sad, misguided, uneducated and incredibly telling way.

*The claim that using reviews enables sexual predators is not supported by evidence or logic*

You see, only a reviewer who is trying to justify his use of reviews instead of admitting to his helping the objectification of women would state that. As another commenter stated, a provider, (and I am a provider as well) yes it does, But you see, as providers who are reviewed we really don’t have a platform where we can be honest and state what really does happen behind closed doors. 1) We would be heavily flamed within the hobbying community by these predators who are amongst the most “popular” on these boards and labeled man haters. 2) We would be admitting to participation in an illegal activity.

And to further my point in objectification *That reasoning would brand subscribers to Consumers report appliance predators* etc.*

We are not appliances, food, or cars. We are living, breathing human beings who provide the most intimate and vulnerable services there are. An appliance nor a restaurant or a car can be extorted, abused, or blackmailed as we can and are. Yes, someone can threaten a company who manufactures toasters, but when they threaten a company with a bad review the company has legal recourse, and those threats aren’t often accompanied with outing, LE, hurting families etc as what often times, more than most realize, happens to providers.

Reviewers of appliances, food etc are asked by the online sites to provide substantitive evidence to prove things that could be considered slanderous, such as there were bugs or the appliance burned me, where a reviewer of a provider only has to utter something like “I saw track marks” “She had warts” “Someone is watching her place” etc to completely ruin a ladies reputation without having to provide proof and most often, even if the lady has documented proof that the reviewer never saw her or is lying, it is nearly impossible to get the review down, and even if it is removed, once that review is up for even a few hours, her reputation is destroyed.

I also find it sadly amusing how reviewers and posters on boards seem to enter what they believe is a “golden zone” when posting as though they are untouchable by LE. The boards are overrun by LE and those who are busted are often not permitted to state so and oftentimes convinced to turn over their board handles.


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I wish more people could see things the way she describes. Especially about how normally you would have to provide proof of the negative things they said but they can say whatever they want even if it has no truth to it and then people read it and believe it and choose not to see a provider because of a lie that isn't even remotely true.
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