You may be wondering why I have gathered you here today...
As some of you may know, I have had a great deal of trouble with an individual who has been amusing himself by harassing me on PERB and Big Doggie Vancouver and posting malicious fake reviews of me on PERB and TER, using a number of different handles.
That was the basis for my 'no reviews' policy.
As the situation has now been taken care of by Mods on PERB and Big Doggie, that policy is no longer in effect, and I offer a heartfelt thank you to the Mods involved, and also to those on the board who did their very best to help resolve the situation and offered me support during some very stressful times.
As a safeguard against this situation EVER arising again, I have, for some time now, been giving any client who sees me an innocuous appearing and very common object (not anything anybody would have to 'explain away') at the end of every session. The client may simply keep it as a souvenir or - and this is its true purpose - should they choose to write a review they will be asked to refer to the object at the end of their review.
As each of these objects is slightly different from the other, and of a finite number, I will know not only if the review is valid - but will know if someone who has NOT seen me is taking a wild guess and trying to slide something by me.
In other words, I know exactly which objects have been given out, and which have not.
This way, any review, good, bad, or indifferent, will at least be known to be describing a session that actually happened!
It sounds complicated - but in reality is extremely simple. And if you lose your object? Or the dog eats it? Don't worry - I remember real sessions very well and should I have any doubt, I'll just ask where and when the date occured
After all, the whole purpose here is not to hinder or question in any way the content of reviews, but rather to expose those who are exploiting the review system to serve their own malicious purposes and in doing so are undermining the integrity and usefulness of authentic reviews, and review boards in general.
And this, ladies and gentlemen of the board, is, I hope, the very last time you will ever need to hear about this situation.
Alright! Bring on the free beer and monkeys!
As some of you may know, I have had a great deal of trouble with an individual who has been amusing himself by harassing me on PERB and Big Doggie Vancouver and posting malicious fake reviews of me on PERB and TER, using a number of different handles.
That was the basis for my 'no reviews' policy.
As the situation has now been taken care of by Mods on PERB and Big Doggie, that policy is no longer in effect, and I offer a heartfelt thank you to the Mods involved, and also to those on the board who did their very best to help resolve the situation and offered me support during some very stressful times.
As a safeguard against this situation EVER arising again, I have, for some time now, been giving any client who sees me an innocuous appearing and very common object (not anything anybody would have to 'explain away') at the end of every session. The client may simply keep it as a souvenir or - and this is its true purpose - should they choose to write a review they will be asked to refer to the object at the end of their review.
As each of these objects is slightly different from the other, and of a finite number, I will know not only if the review is valid - but will know if someone who has NOT seen me is taking a wild guess and trying to slide something by me.
In other words, I know exactly which objects have been given out, and which have not.
This way, any review, good, bad, or indifferent, will at least be known to be describing a session that actually happened!
It sounds complicated - but in reality is extremely simple. And if you lose your object? Or the dog eats it? Don't worry - I remember real sessions very well and should I have any doubt, I'll just ask where and when the date occured
After all, the whole purpose here is not to hinder or question in any way the content of reviews, but rather to expose those who are exploiting the review system to serve their own malicious purposes and in doing so are undermining the integrity and usefulness of authentic reviews, and review boards in general.
And this, ladies and gentlemen of the board, is, I hope, the very last time you will ever need to hear about this situation.
Alright! Bring on the free beer and monkeys!
