Guys who will approve any review

31 comments

• twentyfive

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  5 years ago

  There a few more than just them there’s that AZ420 and a couple more 
• lotsoffun201

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  5 years ago

  I don’t approve every review. Believe me I reject probably 30% of those I see. I think if there’s some useful info I’ll approve it. Trouble is we can’t see all of those that we reject
• wallanon

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  5 years ago

  "Trouble is we can’t see all of those that we reject"
  
  Could be a point there. When in doubt I'll typically approve because I'd rather have more info than less. I've also rejected some who decided to tell me stuff about a named dancer only her OBGYN would know.
• founder

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  5 years ago

  Would you like to see a member's voting record on their profile page?
• wallanon

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  5 years ago

  "Would you like to see a member's voting record on their profile page?"
  
  I don't feel like I need to know that about other TUSCLers, but would not be opposed to it if others think it's important.
• rickdugan

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  5 years ago

  Fair enough on the reject side, but I'll at least say that the guys I named are extremely generous given some of what I've seen them approve.
  
  I'm not saying that I'm the toughest hombre on the review front. I think that award goes to clubber. But I do agree with clubber more times than not, especially when they can't seem to recall what they spent on anything. When that happens, a review has a much higher hurdle to clear for me and it better not be three paragraphs of fluffy nostalgia or other nonsense. Add to that no memory of the crew on duty and it is almost assuredly a shit can moment for me.
  
  
• rickdugan

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  5 years ago

  ===> "Would you like to see a member's voting record on their profile page?"
  
  + 1,000!
• rickdugan

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  5 years ago

  I have nothing to hide and anyone is welcome to scrutinize what I approve or reject.
• rickdugan

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  5 years ago

  Also, the more transparency in the process, the better.
• lotsoffun201

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  5 years ago

  Lately there have been a significant number of duplicate reviews as well as closed clubs. Closed clubs are a slippery slope. I feel it’s better to allow it and save someone the trouble of headed someplace only to find it locked.  Hong Kong reviews read like novels and frankly I don’t feel like reading a play by play of what happened. Others do, so I review them after skimming through. 
• shadowcat

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  5 years ago

  Yes. We need transparency to make sure there is no collusion. :)
• flagooner

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  5 years ago

  I approve them if they give me $5
• Icey

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  5 years ago

  I approve most reviews.... coz, I'm not anal although I love anal, I'm not an English teacher and I'm not judging them based on their opinions.
  
  I don't approve reviews that name people, are for clubs I know are closed, or just sound like ads.
• NJBalla

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  5 years ago

  I just noticed this, would not be surprised in the IP Address for the usernames listed are the same person. . Hate to make this site overcomplicated but I have a solution. The community should be able to hand out strikes for the approvers. If you get a strike from 3 different members for approving a bad review you lose your reviewer privelege for 3 months. This isnt an extreme penalty like loss of site priveleges, but we cant have 2 sentence reviews by people hoping to a month free.
• lotsoffun201

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  5 years ago

  @NJballa, considering I’ve been on this site since 2003 and ave met Founder personally, I’m sure, at least with me, what you say is completely untrue. 
• rickdugan

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  5 years ago

  ===>" Hate to make this site overcomplicated but I have a solution. The community should be able to hand out strikes for the approvers. If you get a strike from 3 different members for approving a bad review you lose your reviewer privelege for 3 months. "
  
  Not only too complicated, but prone to abuse. You cannot make anything on this site based upon some number of member rating because there are a handful of guys who have a fuck ton of troll accounts.
• NJBalla

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  5 years ago

  *Shurgs* I tried.
• Jsmithtis

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  5 years ago

  I’d like to see who they reject
• minnow

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  5 years ago

  Fellas, I just recently noticed reviews popping up where the approving and rejecting votes (if any) are shown, and the order in which the votes came in. One flaky review was tied at 2-2, when a 3rd thumbs up put the flake over the top. I don't have any names to add to rick's list as my time is too precious.
  
  I'm not really pushing for this, but I'd be amenable to having ones accept/reject statistics listed in their profile. On the topic of closed clubs, I'd be amenable towards accepting the review on a non-VIP credit basis.
• Papi_Chulo

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  5 years ago

  Yes - there do seem to be a # of serial-approovers which is not an issue in itself except they do seem to approve a good # of flaky reviews
• Papi_Chulo

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  5 years ago

  "... Would you like to see a member's voting record on their profile page ..."
  
  Off the top of my PL-head I'd say it's not a must-have but it would be a somewhat interesting additional piece of data so a 👍 for me.
• Hank Moody

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  5 years ago

  My record is going to show nearly 100% approval. It’s partially because I’ll approve approve a review as long as it has some useful info in it. If I see a review that should be rejected but isn’t a club I’ve ever been to, I’ll usually not vote at all and leave it for a local or someone with direct experience to reject it. My stats will give the impression I approve almost everything but that’s a bit misleading. 
  
  I do reject anything I know is wrong based on personal history as well as any extras linked with a named dancer as that’s my personal triggering event. 
• MackTruck

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  5 years ago

  What rick dugan said about losing review privileges is not a good idea. Some have it out for another member and collude with friends. Also, some are just nitpicky as hell.
  
  I see a problem with certain members rejecting nearly all reviews
• MackTruck

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  5 years ago

  Seems like some here want a socialist site here
• rickdugan

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  5 years ago

  ===> "Some have it out for another member and collude with friends. "
  
  And some just "collude" by logging in with their other accounts. 😉
• rickdugan

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  5 years ago

  My approval rate is probably around 70%. I don't think that reviews have to be a masterpiece to warrant approval, but I had better see enough specific intel that I believe that the person actually visited the club that day for more than 20 seconds.
• trickystick

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  5 years ago

  I'm probably like 80%. I maybe was higher at first, but recently am less tolerant with reviews that have poor grammar, structure, and overall are difficult to read or seem like they were written by a 5th grader.
• wallanon

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  5 years ago

  I haven't really been reading TUSCL much, but started looking at the reviews again since there was so much grousing going on. There's multiple reviews I've approved the last couple of days that checked a lot of boxes the regulars push for on the forums, but the content is boilerplate and generally lousy. I'm not expecting to be entertained by a review, but there should be something evocative about the experience when I read it. Not asking for changes. Just an observation. Since we can comment on reviews whether we accept or reject them, I've just started putting my thoughts there. If people are just posting whatever to get the VIP access they won't care, but if guys are trying to be helpful maybe they'll do better the next time around.
• twentyfive

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  5 years ago

  It’s complicated for sure, but there are some that just don’t get it, and think different than the majority of us, for myself I tend to read and review the clubs I’m familiar with, occasionally some will attract my attention that I’m not familiar with but usually I try to defer to there hoping that they have good intentions and aren’t approving or rejecting for personal reasons. 
• wallanon

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  5 years ago

  So I just went back and looked at some of the reviews I voted on that made it to published status. I'm rethinking whether I want to post feedback on all posts or not. If it's a downvote for me then that's what I voted, but it'd be nice to pass constructive feedback with an upvote directly.
  
  @founder - Would it be much work to put in a "blind" message feature where reviewers can send direct feedback to the submitter they get whether their review is posted or not?
• Icey

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  5 years ago

  I really don't get the obsession over others' experiences.... especially given than most of us will never visit and have no knowledge of the majority of clubs in other cities that are being reviewed.