Can Terb be useful for public health?

I particularly invite Mods to contribute this thread.

I was reading a thread [edited by moderator]
And it seems some posts have been deleted because an SP was offering BBFS. Now the question:

It seems it is against the rules to discuss an SP offering BB services, but at the same time the LARGE majority of us would like to avoid these SPs. If their name and all reference to their BBFS is removed, we would not know about it and may visit them, increasing our risk and the risk of the other SPs not providing those services.

So in short because those posts are being deleted we are putting at risk all of our community, hobbyists and safe SPs.

Rules are meant to be bent some time when they are not serving the community any more. My question:
Do you think those rules should still be maintained even if they contribute to increase the risk of STDs to our community? This is a public health issue and turning our head to avoid seeing it doesn't really solve the issue.

Or even if discussing those SP services remains banned, can we at least have a Warning Section on risky SPs, including dangerous SPs/pimps and those SPs offering BBFS and the SPs who are involved in scams? TERB should help us with this.

And please mods do not delete this post/thread as it is important for our safety/health.

whiteman said:

And really there is no health benefit in knowing if somebody provides BBFS, because if you're against BBFS, then you'll be using exactly the kinds of precautions needed with these girls, to prevent ever getting a disease from them.

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The risk of STDs with a girl offering regularly BBFS is much much higher than with a safe SP. Now, just like the majority of you I like to partake in BBBJ. But with an SP who is offering BBFS the risk of STDs from BBBJ becomes also VERY high. I would say that the probability that the SP offering BBFS has an STD is close to 100% (remember these girls are seeing tons of guys without knowing the sexual history of those guys). Plus, if you get unlucky and the condom breaks, then good luck if you are doing it with a risky SP offering BBFS.

For me, minimizing my risk and the risk to the safe SPs I visit is more important than the reputation of the risky SPs offering BBFS. After all, if they are offering it, we should not bother not to hurt their reputation.

Now for those who are referring to banning discussions because of slander and what not, we can maintain banning discussions, but at least can we have a section where hobbyists can mention who offered them BBFS. And like reviews, people can decide for themselves if the poster is legit and trusted enough to take the warning seriously.

zoobot said:

I fail to see why that matters if those of us who wish to play safer (SPs and clients alike) are at a reduced risk because of this information...in other words what you call a "benefit" is anything but that to most of us.

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Totally agree. Plus those who want BBFS are very willing to go through ALL the ads of BP to find the SPs offering BBFS. I don't think they would rely on Terb to have that information. I am sure even as we type a lot of risky hobbyists know much more than us who is offering BBFS. So we are not revealing much to them really by disclosing the information on risky SPs.
We, on the other hand will not go through all the BP ads to find safe SPs because we are assuming all of them are safe (unless we have a disclosed list of risky SPs). So we are already disadvantaged compared to those risky hobbyists if we don't reveal the info on risky SPs.

If we know of a violent pimp, it's ok to report him on Terb for the benefit of hobbysists and SPs.
If there is an SP who is a scammer, it's ok to report her on Terb for the benefit of hobbysists and SPs.
if there is an SP who is dangerous, it's ok to report her on Terb for the benefit of hobbysists and SPs.

But if there is an SP who is a threat to public health by providing BBFS, then it's NOT ok to report her on Terb for the benefit of hobbysists and SPs.

We need more logic and consistency in the rules.

By not reporting the risky SPs, it looks like (even if it's not) Terb is protecting those risky SPs.

Whiteman you are naïve for 5 things:
1. Yes there was a website discussing BBFS and SPs offering BBFS. Don't know about that site anymore.
2. If you stop talking about BBFS it WONT go away by itself as you mentioned above, because there is unfortunately a demand for it.
3. SWs have disappeared (so to speak) NOT because of a forum like this one but because of the popularity and use of Internet (has nothing to do with Forums).
4. Merb still discusses SW services while Terb doesn't (same owner). They will stop discussing them soon because even Montreal is getting very few action in the SWs scene. SWs did not "disappear"; they are now advertising on BP and other means and don't have to go that often (or not at all) on the streets.
5. I myself have asked some SPs if they provide BBFS so that I can avoid them. But the problem with this strategy is that the SP thinks you are looking for BBFS (it happened to me) and will actually disclose your phone number to other SPs. So your last point does not really solve the problem; it will punish people like me who want to uncover SPs offering BBFS. And this is a real problem. Now I hesitate to ask for BBFS because I am sure the girl would think I am looking for it. And in a way I have to ask the question in that tone because I want the real answer and not a lie from an SP offering BBFS and knowing I hate BBFS so that she will lie and tell me she doesn't provide BBFS (while in fact she does)..

You mention that it is better to hit on the client to stop BBFS. This is what the Conservatives did when they decided on the new prostitution bill. The old law was hitting on the prostitute. If you want to be effective you will probably have to hit on both (but you will have to live with the consequences of your act).

Same applies to BBFS: if you want to be "effective" you should hit on both. But since the info on the hobbyist is not public since he is not advertising as hobbyist, you have only one option: hit on the SP. Not a choice really, but practicality.