OH2 Website is a POS!

[thefamilydog]

How does anyone do business out there with it consistently crashing…

[TinMan]

Persistence.

[thefamilydog]

I certainly hope the ones advertising aren’t paying too much for the pleasure…

[SnackyChan]

I wish they went back to allowing providers to post ads here. Why did the site owners get rid of it?

[thefamilydog]

Originally Posted by SnackyChan

I wish they went back to allowing providers to post ads here. Why did the site owners get rid of it?

And I loved the chat. Got a chance to get an idea of someone’s personality

[TinMan]

Originally Posted by thefamilydog

I certainly hope the ones advertising aren’t paying too much for the pleasure…

Companions do not pay for posts made on the various oh2 ad forums. Gentlemen don’t pay for access, either.

Originally Posted by SnackyChan

I wish they went back to allowing providers to post ads here. Why did the site owners get rid of it?

Because accepting payment for membership to an advertising site created what ownership apparently determined is unacceptable legal risk under various federal and state laws that were put on the books beginning in 2018. Better to eliminate the ad forums and keep accepting payment, even at a reduced participation rate, than keep the ads and not generate any revenue.

[SnackyChan]

Originally Posted by TinMan

Because accepting payment for membership to an advertising site created what ownership apparently determined is unacceptable legal risk under various federal and state laws that were put on the books beginning in 2018. Better to keep accepting payment, even at a reduced participation rate, than keep the ads and not generate any revenue.

Don't sites like LC/Tryst take payment for ads? Are they using a loophole, or just taking on the risk?

Couldn't eccie host the site in a location or country where this activity is considered legal?

[TinMan]

Tryst and LC’s risk analysis could be different for a number of reasons. Server location is less a factor than where the principals live. If they can’t be found and/or live somewhere that is less likely to entertain an extradition request from the US, then they may consider their risk pretty low.

At the time ECCIE made its changes the owner(s) lived in the US and were personally known by many of us. Site ownership has rumored to have changed since then, and I have no idea who now owns ECCIE or where they live. Whomever owns the site now apparently feels the current model is working well enough, because there have been very few changes since the site overhaul back in 2018-19.

[SnackyChan]

Gotcha. Thanks for the explanation.

[TinMan]

Keep in mind this is my own layman’s opinion based on what I learned during that time period. Other factors likely influenced various decisions on site content, but I have thought for the past five years or so that this was the core issue and haven’t seen anything come up legally or otherwise to change my mind.

[thefamilydog]

Then how do they (websites) make money?

[TinMan]

Be more specific about which websites. We have talked about oh2, Eccie and pure advertising sites like LC/Tryst. All three are different.

[thefamilydog]

Originally Posted by TinMan

Be more specific about which websites. We have talked about oh2, Eccie and pure advertising sites like LC/Tryst. All three are different.

Specifically ECCIE and OH2

[Sherry of DFW]

i used to be on tryst and LC
until both sites demanded that providers give pic of girls drivers license.... both back and front... if the girls wanted to contiue on tryst and LC
no way am i going to give hooker site my driver license pic and info..
so i stopped my ads on tyrst and LC -- eccie and oh2 and P411 are still safest sites..in my opinion

[TinMan]

Originally Posted by thefamilydog

Specifically ECCIE and OH2

Eccie has paid subscriptions. Oh2 does not. Presumably the few banner ads and pop ups aren’t sufficient to support the cost of running oh2, so the owner is financing that out of his own pocket or from some other source.