tylerthebadwolf

For whatever it's worth, I'm always grateful for gentle correction. I find editing myself to be extremely difficult and there are plenty of opportunities to misuse or misspell a word in my writing that winds up altering the intended meaning. If you're going to offer unsolicited advice, be prepared to have it rejected (even when it's accurate). But some folks are glad to know how we might be more effective communicators. -t

Boy, Keith. If I didn't like you already, lol ❤❤. This kinda talk is like foreplay. -t

It's so mystifying to me then how they continue to offer "verification" services and that users continue to believe in and rely on them. It seems like such a deliberately misleading feature. Either you're validating and confirming that this person is the person in the photos and on their ID, or you aren't. Everyone should keep this in mind when they see that "verified" tag on a RM profile. It means virtually nothing. -tyler

Perhaps he LIKES what he does. I'm always and genuinely shocked to see this kind of attitude in this forum of all places. "...Why he has to escort." Gross. -tyler

Paul – I am exceptionally sorry this happened to you. That the Rentmen setup allows for this kind of entrapment is a tremendous problem with that platform that doesn't come with an easy solution. I would love to know more information when you feel safe sharing it, as I'm sure most of us would. Whatever advice I can offer clients (current and potential) to keep them safer in their searches is priceless to me. Your experience is important, however traumatic I'm certain it was. -tyler

I don't have the strength to go through all 400 pages of this conversation to see where I fit into it, but It's nice to hear someone else mention the awfulness of the RM message system. Not to mention, @Eric Hassan, the fact that users literally have no idea who has access to view/intercept any of those communications. When I've worked for other companies with proprietary messaging systems like that, administrators (at basically any level) had access to view/edit/delete all messages on all sides. So if you're relying on Rentmen to keep your secrets for you, I've got some troubling news. Clients reading this and friends who might communicate that way: please be patient with providers who ask you to use a secure messaging system. You can't imagine what a struggle it is to be called names and shouted down for refusing to make plans or discuss details via Rentmen messages or SMS. It sucks so badly to be trying to do something eminently practical (and for everyone's good) and be told to "go fuck [my]self, princess" because "everyone else [they] deal with does it this way." I don't have any beef with the "princess" part, but the rest of it makes my job harder, and puts your safety in jeopardy. -t

YOU are! -t

Thank you for reading all of that, Keith. And for finding some meaning in it. -t