FISHIN' FOR FUN!

Now that I've become more or less a man of leisure, I find myself surfing around the internet looking for fun like all the other horn dogs I'm supposed to know more than because of my vast experience dealing with the escort world. And through my powers of deduction and observation...plus all that aforementioned experience, I've come to a few conclusions. And here are my recommendations:

The big fish (BACKPAGE) is a fraction of what it was just a month ago before the big bust. As I've mentioned before, their business (at least in the NY escort section) is off 66% and what's left is primarily (more than 50%) spammy-headlined Asian ads. The remaining advertisers (besides the Asians) are mostly fake and/or unattractive women. Add to that the danger involved because Backpage is the #1 target for law enforcement operations...and what you get is yesterday's news for anybody who'd rather not meet the vice squad. Not only would I stay away from surfing that site, I wouldn't want to go anywhere or to anybody who even advertises there! 

Next...the VILLAGE VOICE, once the leader in the print medium, is finally folding to pressure exerted by multiple blocs of objectors both law enforcement and otherwise. That fishin' hole has dwindled from 20 pages to just one. And there are nothing but head shots as compared to yesteryear when the shopping bazaar was truly bizarre - what with all the big booties and 42DD chests on display! But again...when Commissioner Kelly goes on television citing that you need only look at the classified section of the Village Voice to understand how adult classified advertising and human trafficking go hand in hand, you get the idea!

CRIAGSLIST, once #1, now features escorts in the "casual encounters" section. Negotiating for a good price with somebody who you know isn't paying for her ad (the ads are free) might net you a cheap date. But there are a couple of problems fishing here. There are a lot of bots advertising and/or answering ads and their gig is to rob your identity! It's become a big problem on CL. Plus...Craig's moderators are constantly deleting ads with phone numbers so mostly, searching "w4m" doesn't get you much because the ads only last 5 minutes.

Moving on...I've actually found that ADULT SEARCH has an eclectic mix of women some of whom post their ads directly on the site...and others that are scraped from different url's to round out the content. However they got on the site doesn't really matter to the consumer. They're there - and they're looking for guys like us to call. And I gotta tell ya...when I look at ADULT SEARCH, I do see girls who interest me! Plus...there's a carousel of ladies on top of the site any of which you can click on to check out. I'll take the merry-go-round. ADULT SEARCH works for me!

If you're not a baller on a budget and want to go high end, EROS is the place for you. Saks Fifth Avenue type guys have known about EROS for years. What's good about the site is the "all escort" section. There you'll find almost 500 clickable thumbnails which expand to fancy-looking ads of the hottest girls in the business. Many brag that they're porn stars (although almost anybody can be a porn star nowadays) and while there have been issues as to whether everybody on Eros is real, I'd have to say the percentage is higher than most of the others. Eros tries to weed out the fakes but honestly, they're not always that good at doing the job.

CITYVIBE, once a dominant force has since faded away in the New York area...though they're the biggest in Los Angeles. While they do have a user-generated erotic services section, not a lot of people advertise there...or go to look for companionship. But if you go to Hartford and run an ad (this is for any girls reading), you'll get 1000 views in a single day for a whole dollar. And if that don't beat a Two Brother slice or a Panda House plate of 5 dumplings, I don't know what does. Talk about getting a lot of bang for your buck! If I'm an escort, I'm hopping a train to a Hartford hotel where a dollar goes a long way!

Well anyway...that's my take on the current fishing holes in the New York bight (you can tell I used to be a fisherman).  Have fun and may you land a trophy bass for the New Year.