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Update: The Erotic Review is no longer available in the US. When accessed from the US, the site’s front page now reads:
Notice to TER Members in the U.S.
(Please note that users outside of the U.S. will still have full access to the site.)Notice FAQs (Updated April 11th, 2018)
The U.S. Congress has passed the Stop Enabling Sex-Trafficking Act (SESTA, also known as The Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act or FOSTA). SESTA amends Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, a federal law which has served as the bedrock of protection for online publishers – from Facebook, Yelp, Reddit and Twitter to The Erotic Review – from being held liable for user’s posts on their sites. Under SESTA / FOSTA, the U.S. government can prosecute websites and those that operate them criminally for posts made by users.As a result of this new law, TER has made the difficult decision to block access to the website from the United States until such time as the courts have enjoined enforcement of the law, the law has been repealed or amended, or TER has found a way to sufficiently address any legal concerns created by the new law. TER is not alone in responding to this threat to your First Amendment Rights: Craigslist has pulled all of its Personal Ads, Reddit has closed a number of Subreddits and sites such as CityVibe and Men4RentNow have gone completely dark. Other websites have taken or are expected to take similar actions.
TER will suspend recurring billing for all U.S. monthly subscribers as well as provide a credit to all other U.S. subscribers equal to the period TER remains blocked to U.S. users.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience, but do not believe that TER has any other choice as long as the law remains in effect. We hope to see you soon! If you have any questions please contact support@theeroticreview.com and we will do our best to answer them.
P411 – Preferred411
(very popular site for client/escort networking and screening, widely used in southern Louisiana/Gulf Coast, as well as many other areas in the US)
Slixa
Slixa is probably our best bet for an Eros competitor, but they haven’t proven to be any match for the escort-ad-mall behemoth as of yet…
Switter – A sex work-friendly social space – Switter.at
@NOLAcourtesan on Switter
Switter is like Twitter, but for sex workers and clients. Ads/listings for sex workers (escorts, pro-dommes, etc.) posted on the #swlisting hashtag.
OK so it’s not exactly an ad or review site, but Twitter remains one of the best places to research an escort you’re interested in meeting up with. Because of Twitter’s ease of use, immediacy, lack of censorship, and the built-in audience, escorts tend to update it much more often and with much more content (pics, thoughts and announcements, travel schedules and last-minute changes, and sometimes even videos) than we do our ads or even our own websites.
ECCIE
New Orleans Escort and Courtesan Annie Calhoun on ECCIE
(very popular in southern Louisiana/Gulf Coast)
Update: ECCIE is back!
Update: ECCIE.net is no longer online. According to this Tweet from April 17th 2018: “Eccie.net is finished. This was not due to coercion but deemed the best choice by an owner who prized his anonymity and is “too damn old for this shit”.
EroticMonkey
Erotic Monkey is gaining in popularity a bit (at least in my area) now that The Erotic Review (TER) is inaccessible in the US.
Bedpage
Bedpage.com
(This is a new site that appears to be a Backpage clone. It just popped up in April 2018. I don’t know anything about it, so as with any of these sites, proceed at your own risk.)
CityVibe
Update: CityVibe is gone.
My Provider Guide
Update: MyProviderGuide is now gone.
Southern GFE
Southern GFE Adult Directory and Escort Guide – SouthernGFE.com
(not widely used in NOLA/Louisiana)
TOB – The Other Board
The Other Board – TheOtherBoard.com
Prior to SESTA/FOSTA, TOB was not widely used in NOLA/Louisiana, but it seems to be gaining in popularity a bit now that TER is inaccessible in the US.
TNA Board – Truth iN Advertising – Escort Reviews, Ads, Discussion Boards
TNA Board – TNAboard.com
TNA board appears to be very popular in Washington, and it has designated forums for states along the West coast and a few on the East coast. Nothing for those of us in the South, though.
Update: Nightshift is gone :( While Nightshift.co was never a forum used by escorts and clients in my area (they didn’t even have a forum for our city), I always liked it because 1) I found very flattering endorsements of myself from clients who lived in the region(s) where most of the site’s users lived, and 2) That community always seemed to be full of just plain nice, good people–several steps above the majority of those who frequented and commented on the forum(s) that was/were popular in my area.
Anyway, before the site disappeared, a message was posted on the front page. This is a direct copy-paste of that message:
Offline
Hello NS,
On Wednesday April 11th, 2018 the United States government signed the FOSTA-SESTA bill into law, making platforms liable for the content that their user’s post.
While the bill is touted as a way to crack down on sex trafficking, many including the Department of Justice, the ACLU, the EFF, anti-trafficking groups and sex worker organizations are concerned that the law enables online censorship and makes sex workers less safe.
Nightshift was created to give our members a place to come together and offered tools for people to share and connect in a safe environment. Unfortunately in light of the bill passing, Nightshift has decided to shutdown indefinitely to protect the community and the privacy of our members.
We have been humbled to receive your support throughout the years. As a part of this transition, we have already stopped all recurring subscriptions and removed all the data we were hosting online.
Our customer service team will continue to operate until the end of April to answer any questions you may have.
Thank you for being a part of our community and we hope that one day we can serve you again.
Best,
Taylor K.
RS-AVS – RS2K Advertising and Verification Services (formerly RoomService2000)
Not relevant to Louisiana. Also: this moron has Louisiana and Texas listed as “Lower Midwest” states. Wut.
Concierge du Monde: Finest Male Companions for Ladies
Concierge du Monde – Finest Male Companions for Ladies – Male escorts for female clients
See! They do exist!
Sex Workers Outreach Project USA (SWOP USA)
New Orleans chapter of SWOP (Sex Workers Outreach Project)
SWOP-NOLA.org – Sex Workers Outreach Project – New Orleans
(inactive; on extended hiatus)