I received a PM from a massageplanet.net member recently which he has allowed me to answer on the open board.
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This has always been a touchy subject. However, as indicated by several threads about extras scattered about the board, lately LE seems to be having a bit of a chubby going for busting MP's. And they *are* using reviews from this board (as well as others) in their investigation.
We Admins have chosen to set a reasonable limit on details allowed in reviews. The fact that your post was edited some time after the original post is due to the fact that we don't read every post/thread as it is posted. When I finally read your review, and found it to be too descriptive in the listing of services offered. Hence, I edited it.
As well, I posted this:
To address your specific questions:
While I see your concern on Extra's and the need to exclude them, it would certain hurt the reviews if even "fantasy-like" descriptions are eliminated.
Whether you say you got Fellatio, a blow job, or just allude to the fact are equally clear in their meaning, and can provide evidence of illegal activities.
1)I would like to know if indeed this censorship (editing) is happening and without an acceptability standard how would one comply ?
The acceptable standards are clearly indicated in sticky's in the Toronto Massage section.
2)Are we not to mention words like release, dispense, deposit ? Show us a typical review format that can allow for comparisons!
The fact that a release is offered is probably as far as we want to go. Even though this is still illegal, it's fairly common knowledge that it happens. Nobody's going to use massageplanet.net reviews as proof of this. Check out some of the more senior members review style. We only delete a small fraction of the reviews/posts. Many more stand, and are extremely useful.
3)The PM activities are increasing due to these restrictions and it is cutting into my time to enjoy this board and its reviews since I spend a lot of time answering other's PM to me on my reviews.
Easy solution to that is to not put "PM me for details" in your post. By providing information on extras to other board members (reputable or otherwise) you run the risk of distributing said information into LE hands. If that happens, the fun for all of us is gone. We don't need to share all our hidden gems with the whole world. Well, we can share them, just be careful how much info you release...
In short, these rules aren't in place to kill the hobbyist's fun. They're in place to enhance it. Police raids on MP's don't help anyone, except the politicians.
REPLY
This has always been a touchy subject. However, as indicated by several threads about extras scattered about the board, lately LE seems to be having a bit of a chubby going for busting MP's. And they *are* using reviews from this board (as well as others) in their investigation.
We Admins have chosen to set a reasonable limit on details allowed in reviews. The fact that your post was edited some time after the original post is due to the fact that we don't read every post/thread as it is posted. When I finally read your review, and found it to be too descriptive in the listing of services offered. Hence, I edited it.
As well, I posted this:
To address your specific questions:
While I see your concern on Extra's and the need to exclude them, it would certain hurt the reviews if even "fantasy-like" descriptions are eliminated.
Whether you say you got Fellatio, a blow job, or just allude to the fact are equally clear in their meaning, and can provide evidence of illegal activities.
1)I would like to know if indeed this censorship (editing) is happening and without an acceptability standard how would one comply ?
The acceptable standards are clearly indicated in sticky's in the Toronto Massage section.
2)Are we not to mention words like release, dispense, deposit ? Show us a typical review format that can allow for comparisons!
The fact that a release is offered is probably as far as we want to go. Even though this is still illegal, it's fairly common knowledge that it happens. Nobody's going to use massageplanet.net reviews as proof of this. Check out some of the more senior members review style. We only delete a small fraction of the reviews/posts. Many more stand, and are extremely useful.
3)The PM activities are increasing due to these restrictions and it is cutting into my time to enjoy this board and its reviews since I spend a lot of time answering other's PM to me on my reviews.
Easy solution to that is to not put "PM me for details" in your post. By providing information on extras to other board members (reputable or otherwise) you run the risk of distributing said information into LE hands. If that happens, the fun for all of us is gone. We don't need to share all our hidden gems with the whole world. Well, we can share them, just be careful how much info you release...
In short, these rules aren't in place to kill the hobbyist's fun. They're in place to enhance it. Police raids on MP's don't help anyone, except the politicians.