"Outing" shills seems to be a popular pasttime on this board, but it looks like a few members might be a bit overzealous about the practice. Everyone has their own "tips" for identifying shills, but it might be helpful for new members to get a bit of heads up.
No matter how many of the factors below come into play, it's not a guarantee of a shill. If in doubt, give it a bit of time and see if the poster is really a shill or not (they can't hide it long -- ever. Shills are usually too stupid to realize how obvious they are.)
I'm not going to cover some of the more elaborate shillings I've seen (don't want to give them any ideas.) But...
The Blatant Shill just posts a few lines about how great the SP was, apologizes for being a newb, but provides no details or pricing. At least 90% of such posts are shills, but every once in a while it's just a genuine newb who doesn't know what information to provide. As such shills are obvious, there is no need to call them out until the newb has a chance to fill out the details in the review.
If you are posting a limited review because the SP or agency has requested it, please note that in your review. If there are existing detailed reviews that you consider accurate, you can just provide a link to that review and add your own comments instead of doing a full review.
The Stealth Shill is a bit smarter. They'll post a few reviews as a bundle. A couple about ladies who are known to be good providers, and the shill's target is mixed in their with a moderate review. The way you spot these is the shill will periodically post, but you'll notice they always mention the newest ladies from the same agency on each "review". Those new ladies are usually the shill's target.
If you are posting multiple reviews as a single post, please consider taking an extra few minutes to post them individually. It makes it easier to find relevant reviews (SP@Agency should be in the title, BTW.)
An Agency Shill is harder to spot, as they're hard to distinguish from an overly-enthusiastic fan. The main thing with an agency shill is they won't let any negatives about their favourites go unanswered, and their reviews are mostly cookie-cutter moderate-to-ravingly-positive comments. Every lady they see is spectacular, they all provide the ideal service list for the shill, and they never run into anyone where the desired service is off the menu.
If it's a new poster, give them a bit of time to develop a personality. They could just be a genuine fanboy. Such fans can be amusing, they just need to remember that aggressive harassment of negative posts is rude. The same goes for those who have an issue with an SP or agency (anti-fans or dissatisfied clients, occasionally an agency trying to dis the competition.)
Make your point in a review or two, and let it be. Don't keep complaining or raving in every thread about the SP or Agency. Legitimate problems will surface by multiple posters reporting them, not by an individual harassing an SP or agency. The star SPs and Agencies will likewise show up as repeated positive posts.
The one complex shilling I'm going to cover is the Community Shill. I've seen this one used by a couple agencies, but it's pretty much impossible to prove. You can only spot it by following a poster's history for a fair bit of time.
The way it works is any one of a number of accounts is used to post a question about a new SP who has just started. Over the next few hours or days, other accounts post "me-too" inquiries, and "I hear she's hot" type comments.
After 1-3 weeks of warmup, a moderately enthusiastic review of the SP is posted to the same thread instead of as a new thread. The post will often reference other reviews made with the account to "prove" their authenticity.
The real kicker to the community shill is that because the review is never so glowing that the differences fall under YMMV, the account can actually gain credibility for "reliable" reviews. They're only "reliable" because they're generic enough to cover any acceptable SP's service.
During the 3-4 weeks of the shill, the new SP and the agency's name are kept in the forefront of the board at least every other day or so. The posts happen often enough that the agency's name remains "visible" at least 25% of that time: the free advertising the shill is hoping to hook you with.
The only way you can spot the community shill for certain is when they use the same 10-20 accounts. It really gets uncertain when 4-5 of those accounts could also be legitimate fanboys. (Just because the agency is being shilled doesn't mean they can't possibly provide good service and have happy clients.)
One last point: if you're going to out a shill, have some fun with it. It's so trailer-trash to settle for just screaming and pointing "Shill!!!" when you can identify all the evidence they've left lying around, and hopefully embarass them into going away.
No matter how many of the factors below come into play, it's not a guarantee of a shill. If in doubt, give it a bit of time and see if the poster is really a shill or not (they can't hide it long -- ever. Shills are usually too stupid to realize how obvious they are.)
I'm not going to cover some of the more elaborate shillings I've seen (don't want to give them any ideas.) But...
The Blatant Shill just posts a few lines about how great the SP was, apologizes for being a newb, but provides no details or pricing. At least 90% of such posts are shills, but every once in a while it's just a genuine newb who doesn't know what information to provide. As such shills are obvious, there is no need to call them out until the newb has a chance to fill out the details in the review.
If you are posting a limited review because the SP or agency has requested it, please note that in your review. If there are existing detailed reviews that you consider accurate, you can just provide a link to that review and add your own comments instead of doing a full review.
The Stealth Shill is a bit smarter. They'll post a few reviews as a bundle. A couple about ladies who are known to be good providers, and the shill's target is mixed in their with a moderate review. The way you spot these is the shill will periodically post, but you'll notice they always mention the newest ladies from the same agency on each "review". Those new ladies are usually the shill's target.
If you are posting multiple reviews as a single post, please consider taking an extra few minutes to post them individually. It makes it easier to find relevant reviews (SP@Agency should be in the title, BTW.)
An Agency Shill is harder to spot, as they're hard to distinguish from an overly-enthusiastic fan. The main thing with an agency shill is they won't let any negatives about their favourites go unanswered, and their reviews are mostly cookie-cutter moderate-to-ravingly-positive comments. Every lady they see is spectacular, they all provide the ideal service list for the shill, and they never run into anyone where the desired service is off the menu.
If it's a new poster, give them a bit of time to develop a personality. They could just be a genuine fanboy. Such fans can be amusing, they just need to remember that aggressive harassment of negative posts is rude. The same goes for those who have an issue with an SP or agency (anti-fans or dissatisfied clients, occasionally an agency trying to dis the competition.)
Make your point in a review or two, and let it be. Don't keep complaining or raving in every thread about the SP or Agency. Legitimate problems will surface by multiple posters reporting them, not by an individual harassing an SP or agency. The star SPs and Agencies will likewise show up as repeated positive posts.
The one complex shilling I'm going to cover is the Community Shill. I've seen this one used by a couple agencies, but it's pretty much impossible to prove. You can only spot it by following a poster's history for a fair bit of time.
The way it works is any one of a number of accounts is used to post a question about a new SP who has just started. Over the next few hours or days, other accounts post "me-too" inquiries, and "I hear she's hot" type comments.
After 1-3 weeks of warmup, a moderately enthusiastic review of the SP is posted to the same thread instead of as a new thread. The post will often reference other reviews made with the account to "prove" their authenticity.
The real kicker to the community shill is that because the review is never so glowing that the differences fall under YMMV, the account can actually gain credibility for "reliable" reviews. They're only "reliable" because they're generic enough to cover any acceptable SP's service.
During the 3-4 weeks of the shill, the new SP and the agency's name are kept in the forefront of the board at least every other day or so. The posts happen often enough that the agency's name remains "visible" at least 25% of that time: the free advertising the shill is hoping to hook you with.
The only way you can spot the community shill for certain is when they use the same 10-20 accounts. It really gets uncertain when 4-5 of those accounts could also be legitimate fanboys. (Just because the agency is being shilled doesn't mean they can't possibly provide good service and have happy clients.)
One last point: if you're going to out a shill, have some fun with it. It's so trailer-trash to settle for just screaming and pointing "Shill!!!" when you can identify all the evidence they've left lying around, and hopefully embarass them into going away.
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