I read Eccie for the exact same reason I read TOS: I think reading other "experienced" and "informed" hobbyists makes me a better hobby "consumer" and savvy "customer" of the hobby. That might sound like satire but it is the truth.....
If a half dozen or a dozen or 50 hobbyist "consumers" get in a room and exchange intel and ideas and opinions (about the hobby) then probably most of those guys are going to come-out-of-it more "informed" after the broad exchange.....
I have not been a regular-consistent hobbyist with Eccie or TOS providers for many years. All my "hobby" action in PGH has been with SA, and I also do a consistent level of business with civilian "pay for play" girls who I meet in bars.....
The intel and hobbyist "exchange" about SA the past couple years, on BOTH Eccie and TOS, has been Invaluable.....
And curiously, the number of SA girls who are actually commented-on or "flagged" for bad behavior is relatively small compared to the number of girls who operate on SA. STILL a bevy of useful intel about SA girls on BOTH Eccie and TOS. That is a compliment to BOTH local hobby websites.....
The "exchange" from Experienced hobbyists on both sites includes notes on Individual SA girls, just like both sites include specific intel on Individual Eccie and TOS providers too.....
And reading Eccie and TOS is also about reading hobbyist general Personal Strategies (for getting laid)
Personal-Individual Assessments of SA and the hobby in general......
As long as a guy is Experienced and he shares his unique hobby experiences, ideas, opinions about the hobby then I want to hear from him.....
The whole Eccie Vs TOS rivalry is Overblown, and rather Useless actually. I read BOTH sites. Never understood why any hobbyist would have Animosity towards any hobby-website.....
Sure, there have been "controversies" on the old ASPD, TOS, and also Eccie. BOTH Eccie and TOS are worthy intel-factories and consumer-analyses exchanges. Any hobbyist who boycotts and ignores one website in favor of the other is NOT getting a complete picture of the local PGH hobby scene.....
Yes, there seems to be more provider posting-activity on TOS, and not on this site. I like to read "what the other side" is thinking. Even though I have not been a regular-consistent hobbyist with ANY Eccie or TOS provider in years, their perspectives are STILL informative, on BOTH sites.....
I am a veteran of the old ASPD, the early and current TOS, and the current Eccie. Big fan of ALL these hobby sites, and lately the specific intel on Eccie and TOS about SA-girls, and the General Hobby Analyses from Informed Hobbyists, has been Invaluable.....