why should we / what makes you write up a review, here?
gothamyte
from that Adam Westsiiiide of Gotham
look, i love this site. this place is a blessing.
but i personally avoid writing reviews. it's nothing against this site. i just don't write reviews, as a general practice. i love SCs too much as a thing to write a review good or bad about it. is my feeling.
besides, all the reviews generally capture what needs to be said, why are more reviews necessary....?
maybe if there were questions asked about each venue that needed to be answered, maybe i'd participate in that. but just freestyling a review on a venue...i dunno, i love SCs good and bad. i'm sure this site appreciate reviews to keep it going, i'm just wondering aloud & asking silly questions
but i personally avoid writing reviews. it's nothing against this site. i just don't write reviews, as a general practice. i love SCs too much as a thing to write a review good or bad about it. is my feeling.
besides, all the reviews generally capture what needs to be said, why are more reviews necessary....?
maybe if there were questions asked about each venue that needed to be answered, maybe i'd participate in that. but just freestyling a review on a venue...i dunno, i love SCs good and bad. i'm sure this site appreciate reviews to keep it going, i'm just wondering aloud & asking silly questions
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Your experience will not be mine and vice versa. Dancers are frequently changing and also many clubs are very different depending on whether you are going day or night. I have had some visits that were similar but never the same.
I see this site as a research tool and I like to get as much information up front before I make a decision. I’m going to spend money and don’t want to waste time. This site helps me choose wisely. Plus I just like to hear about others experiences and many posters send in very entertaining reviews.
Help guys avoid bad dancers and bad clubs.
Or, at least avoid the clubs and dancers who aren't right for them. Also, via PM I exchange information with a small group of locals, and that information is useful to me. If I didn't review, I wouldn't be in that loop.
I think the physical club might not change too much over the short term. But, since we are still in the covid pandemic - there are changes that can occur - and that’s where a current review could be useful.
Do you ever travel solo, for business or pleasure, and want to go to clubs out of town?
Do you enjoy driving around a strange and unfamiliar city, checking out club after club to find they all suck? Then you learn, the day after you return home, that you missed the world-class, unforgettable, almost-as-good-as-Follies club in that city because you just didn't stumble across it?
That is why we write reviews, and evaluate them seriously before publishing or rejecting them.
I write reviews mostly to be helpful to others doing the same.
There are a few cities with a lot of clubs where some guys might want to follow ups and downs, I could care less. Most places have a handful of clubs and the locals, any that are interested enough to sign up and read the reviews, should probably already know what they are all about.
Either you want to help or you don't.
Travel club visits are a different story, but in that case I’m probably going to the clubs that have a lot of reviews already, so…
I like reading reviews. To read more than a couple a day, you need VIP status. So I've written some. Perhaps a few people have found them useful or interesting / amusing.
- I like directing business towards high-value dancers and away from ROBs.
- VIP membership benefits, especially if I'm thinking about seeing a new dancer or visiting a new city.
But the biggest reason?
- I love to write, and I'm good at it. It enhances the experience.
I don't really trust reviews much though. I've seen new reviews for clubs that are closed. Lots of clubs not listed. Some haven't been reviewed in so long that the reviews are obsolete.
I started writing some reviews because a few individuals encouraged me, simple as that. I’m more inclined to write reviews of places that haven’t been reviewed in a while. In a couple of places where I wrote a review after nobody had done so for a while, I noticed an uptick in people writing their own stuff about that club. Most likely just a coincidence but I am going to let myself think it was my doing 😎
I'm not, though.
I was just being honest. And I agree with what Icee said--writing reviews kinda cuts into one's anonymity.
I also feel like such a snitch writing a review.
And I also feel weird folks look me up and be like, you've been on this site for 10+ years. You've only written 4 reviews.
Yeah and if you read them they're wordy and a bit odd. Some of it on purpose so anyone who knows me don't figure me out.
I'm not against anyone writing reviews. I dunno, I guess I'm saying it'd be also something if this site asked specific random questions about venues from different people after their visit, or something. I dunno.
And if some of y'all are insinuating that I'm odd because I joined a review site and yet here I am complaining about folks submitting reviews, I'm guessing that I discovered this site not because of the reviews, but over something else, like a discussion and wanted to join for that.
Keep in mind 10+ years ago this site wasn't like it is today. Generally, yes, but not wholly.
Loved this site since I discovered it.
And I'm always amazed at all the improvements (may not be the best word for what I'm trying to say or thinking of) on this site over the years. I'm trying to say this site is always trying to be the best that it can possibly be and I truly dig that.
You're overthinking it. The people giving you the business have said similar things to other people. A lot. If you read here regularly then you know that already. There are many things I've seen in clubs that I talk about with IRL friends or maybe share in PMs that don't go in my reviews. You don't want to get outed with your reviews, then keep them vanilla but worth reading. I'm in clubs all the time, but haven't really been writing reviews lately because it's the same few clubs and I'm not really traveling (thanks COVID).
So, if there are a few guys on the other end of the spectrum (fewer reviews, more discussions), then who really cares?
And bottom line the stuff I'm noticing now after hundreds and hundreds of clubs isn't stuff that dudes who need the reviews are looking to read. I have to be in the mood to write stuff for casual clubgoers.
I have never had the misfortune to deal with a ROB, but if I did, I would out them on this site - one more bit of valuable info for the masses. I have also, in rare occasions, called out club management for good or bad behavior.