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Does anyone know what happened to the website? I hope nothing has happened to it. This site had so much info on it.

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I dont have his contact info anymore. My phone was accidently dropped in water unable to be saved.

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I'm sorry but sowet sucks.

RT deletes anything that isn't a positive review for his advertisers. He only allows reviews on advertisers.

He doesn't see value in the truth, nor do his clients, which is a mistake.

I'm ok setting rules with not listing blatant things such as the reviews here.

There needs to be a better review board. Rubmaps would be cool if it were free. I'ts $15/mo or less if you buy a year subscription. I don't partake enough to be willing to do that. I also doubt enough people are legit reviewers to make it worthwhile.

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Long long ago (we're talking 2001 till about 2004ish) Sowet was THE place. I'm sure others will say that TOB was more lively and it was but Sowet was much more civil, catered to a "higher-end" (depending on one's tastes) of client and escort and of course the always famous (and busted / infiltrated) Key Club. However last time I visited Sowet, there had been 1 new post in 4 or 5 days and that place was a ghost town. Even the ads were fairly stale.

It's whatever. I'm grateful that RT had Sowet back then because that's how I got my feet wet in doing this. I haven't called on any advertisements from over there because EB was just much more reliable as well as a lot more things to choose from. I don't wish the guy any ill will but given that Sowet was so dead, I wouldn't be surprised if he pulled the plug. Most of his business was AMPs anyways. I know some women advertised there but the spas significantly outnumbered the individuals.

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Long long ago (we're talking 2001 till about 2004ish) Sowet was THE place. I'm sure others will say that TOB was more lively and it was but Sowet was much more civil, catered to a "higher-end" (depending on one's tastes) of client and escort and of course the always famous (and busted / infiltrated) Key Club. However last time I visited Sowet, there had been 1 new post in 4 or 5 days and that place was a ghost town. Even the ads were fairly stale.

It's whatever. I'm grateful that RT had Sowet back then because that's how I got my feet wet in doing this. I haven't called on any advertisements from over there because EB was just much more reliable as well as a lot more things to choose from. I don't wish the guy any ill will but given that Sowet was so dead, I wouldn't be surprised if he pulled the plug. Most of his business was AMPs anyways. I know some women advertised there but the spas significantly outnumbered the individuals.

Sowet has sucked for years. RT ran it into the ground, deleted reviews with any useful or negative information, and ruled the discussion board with an iron fist. I got to the point where, when I was looking for an AMP, I would check sowet to see if the AMP advertised there - if they did, I would scratch it off my list. Seriously.

Good riddance.

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I personaly will miss sowet greatly.:( RT did have information on there that I found to be very useful and valuable. Iv made several friends on there both providers and johns. I never noticed, or ever heard of anything bad about sowet.

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I never noticed, or ever heard of anything bad about sowet.

Oh, I have some stories, trust me....... ;)

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I personaly will miss sowet greatly.:( RT did have information on there that I found to be very useful and valuable. Iv made several friends on there both providers and johns. I never noticed, or ever heard of anything bad about sowet.

T.O created TOB because of the very reasons and MANY MANY MANY more than have been mentioned. I knew about and was on So wet before TOB was created....The switch over was obvious. Not to say RT is a bad guy, he's great, he just ran his board well, less than straight.

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Oh, I have some stories, trust me....... ;)

I'm gonna echo this but its water under the bridge. It maybe that his server just broke or he switched it off. Time will tell. I got along with RT just fine through the years I just felt that around that 2004 to 2005 timeframe, something major changed and Sowet went from being the "better" (subjective, my own opinion) place to find escorts to TOB / EB being the better one. I'm sure it had everything to do with the whole Key Club fiasco and a lot of people getting caught up in that.

It's w/e. People either liked or despised RT, I don't think there was much middle ground in how one felt about him. Again, I didn't think he was a bad guy but I really haven't had much to do with Sowet since I moved back to the US last year and even cursory looks while living abroad showed the site was relatively dead.

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Wow, im speachless. I had no idea it was so bad. :eek:

When all the changes where made, i was still working for the bunny ranch. I didnt even know about TOB until I signed up.

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Sowet/RT was the catalyst that made me need to be a success in this industry on my own, so I actually owe him a big thank you. The problems of yore are LONG over , and I did ok in the end. Even without marching to the SoWet drum. ;)

I really do hope he's ok though. Someone please shoot me a line if they know what's up.

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I had visited his site a few times in the last month and seem to remember a post from him saying he was rejoining the corporate workplace--I was under the impression he'd keep sowet going--but perhaps it didn't work out-the site was having ad issues I'd guess given the competition etc--

I've been around long enough to remember all the sowet blowups and the early says of this board--but candidly I've met a few people lurking around denver sites a lot more trouble and less honest than RT--I wish the guy luck--

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Yeah, as others have said, too much "moderation" of, most importantly, reviews (ie. If paying customer, can't leave a bad review). And the discussion board.

Won"t put out names, but, recall a provider that had great reviews. But somewhere down the road, started to have issues, hence, service went to pot. Bad reviews and threads popped up. RT would delete them, post something along the lines of "obviously another provider or client who has an agenda against her. She's the best!". Once the checks stopped, "she's been a thorn in my side for months: busts, bail, substances, psycho, etc".

Swung by the site a few days ago. Saw a thread re: Denver AMPs being a huge cluster f**ck right now. WAG, too much drama, not enough money coming in to deal with everything.

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Oops! "Paying customer" should be "paying advertiser". But then again, guess that's a "paying customer".

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Swung by the site a few days ago. Saw a thread re: Denver AMPs being a huge cluster f**ck right now. WAG, too much drama, not enough money coming in to deal with everything.

Holly shit balls... I missed that. I keep missing out on all the drama. But this a good thing.

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I notice that TER will also let negative reviews get deleted... .

Yup. Happened to me. Put in a middling review a couple of years back. Deleted. Near as I can tell, putting in a 5mi radius (and even then, not really specific since location for first call-in was, basically, "south at xyz street") from provider's incall was enough to pull review for her "security" reasons. Then again, several other reviews got pulled for her with even more generic locations.

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I personaly will miss sowet greatly.:( RT did have information on there that I found to be very useful and valuable. Iv made several friends on there both providers and johns. I never noticed, or ever heard of anything bad about sowet.

You'll be one of the few to miss Sowet or RT. It's been years since I've even logged in to check it out. RT had this natural ability to turn former friends and associates into enemies; if it wasn't for that ability there would have been no need for TOB. So in a way we all need to thank RT for personally being the catalyst for the creation of TOB.

The lesson here for all to learn in this business or any other. When you tell people "If you don't like the way things are run here go some where else.", well that's what your customer base is going to do. So those kinds of sentiments should not be flung around so easily on TOB as they usually are when someone has a complaint or suggestion.

...Happy Hobbying...

...Crazy Horse...

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You'll be one of the few to miss Sowet or RT. RT had this natural ability to turn former friends and associates into enemies;

...Crazy Horse...

I am actually kind of in shock. I had no idea. I pretty much only use TOB for chating on. But I seek out other boards for other reasons. I feel pretty happy we have TOB.

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RT was nothing more than a beta orbiter! If there was something he disagreed with (when it came to the male users) he would delete, ban, repeat. His sucking up to the ASP's (paying or not) was even worse. It was obvious he wasn't getting any because he would put out his annual "whine" about how none of the ASP's appreciated his services, that he put in all this effort for the ASP's and got nothing in return. It was really pathetic. The only value that sowet provided to the male clients was that it was a slightly better alternative to posting on the old usenet groups. If you think a given individual had a hard time posting on EB, BP, CL, TOB, etc. You should have seen the postings on the respective usenet boards. It was a riot!

Beta will always beta. So don't be beta...:cool:

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My beef was him slamming me (and others) for my review and then deleting the entire thread altogether later.

For example, I write that I didn't have a good time, she was this, that, whatever.

He answers, "you must not know what your doing, scared her or did something stupid. Read the FAQ, learn some manners and how to treat a woman you idiot."

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SOWET was definitely RT's sandbox. If you didn't like the sandbox, you were (not so) cordially invited to make your own.

I never understood the business model myself. He seemed to deliberately irritate the non-paying users to such a degree as to make them feel completely unwelcome. But it was exactly those users that the paying advertisers wanted attracted to the board to see their advertisements.

Oh well, RIP SOWET, Bear's board, etc.

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Advertising money for print ads would not be used for print ads. Advertising money paid to RT would be accepted, but he'd talk down a group of membership-paying service providers and talk up others, then delete and ban anyone who questioned his ethics. "Shady" doesn't come close.

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I tried to call rt on his phone it has been disconnected.:o

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RT did not tolerate ANY opposite of his opinion! He would change my posts to make me look bad. He was lame and I had no regard for him same as I have no regard for squashing a bug!

However, I did enjoy the posts by the ladies! Some post here as well.

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"Shady" doesn't come close.

See my earlier post re: "AMP drama". From his earlier post referenced, he might have run into a far better sheister.

Or LE finally built up enough of a case on his supposed fool-proof scheme to deal with AMPs and "just a massage" :rolleyes: BS and ancillary issues.

No matter what, his house of cards probably came tumbling down.

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He would change my posts to make me look bad.

He did exactly the same thing to me..... change my posts to make me sound like a moron. Glad to know I wasn't going crazy! ;)

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We would have heard/read about it in the news, I would think.

Or not.

Redbook was a major site. Sowet, a pimple.

That said, lots of dealings with local AMPs. First step toward some AMP smack-down in the coming weeks? Me, AMPs not my thing, but, maybe avoid for a while?

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