TER looks more organized and professional with tons of escorts listed as well. They do have a dedicated staff as they run with a revenue model also.
TER has no restrictions on what you put in a review.
It’s a lot easier to get the salient points and not have to comb thru comments or read between the lines.
It’s also easier to see if a specific person has been reviewed to check if it is a possible sting or well known provider.
Well yes I agree TER looks better but doesn't replace ampreviews and had no way to screen fake review data.
I've been burned because 1/2 dozen TER reviews from real mongers didn't identify a provider as not looking like her pics, but was 15-20lbs overweight and 10 years older than pics implied.
Because TER doesn't have real time comments, Ampreviews has made inroads maybe 20% of reviews (determined by review ratio between two sites) despite only being around 4 years vs TER for 20+ years. Typically one review site dominates in an area, and it's impossible for an upstart to get traction without offering something not available from primary site.
So, TER only became a dominant player in bay area when Erotic Monkey owned by Rubmaps (which also has comments) started trashing reviews and not trashing Mrs. Alpaca ,(Peach Cafe NG#) org written reviews, I think because this was after Sesta Fosta (passed 2018), and they were afraid of the Feds after CityVibe got shutdown, they were trying to push that the reviews are mostly fantasy. They didn't want to jeopardize Rubmaps which I think has been big earner.
But Erotic Monkey had discussion section, comments. Erotic Monkey got going when Amp Maps shutdown also with comments which got going when another review site shutdown, etc. going back to SF Redbook.
So, the reality is that TER doesn't have reviewers in SF Bay area because it's well run and good organization, but because it was only thing available at the time when Erotic Monkey trashed reviews, but before ampreviews had any presence. I had signed up on TER years ago but never used it till 2 years ago.
I've tried to get obvious org shill reviews pulled from TER by writing support, but they don't do it despite acknowledging the the issues. The reality is that positive fake reviews draw members, most are just wannabe mongers. Even ampreviews won't pull an apparent fake review unless it violates terms of use.
But comments after I think without criticizing reviewer can say things like when I saw the provider she was pretty fat, 20lbs overweight, or seemed to be 40+.
There are a number of non VIP monger members I've interacted with who are on the site only for comments which you can read and write without VIP. They don't read ampreviews reviews, but di read the more numerous TER reviews.
I also think comments after the reviewer keep the reviewer more objective more imo.