Can someone update me?

[inviste]

On what the hell happened. I had to step away after just getting started, and then got stranded in another country for a while. Then a bunch of other shit happened. So now I’m back and things are very different. Seems like providers are gone or just not on ECCIE anymore? I knew I was coming back in as a complete newbie but didn’t expect DFW to turn into a provider desert on Eccie. So……What the hell happened?

[TinMan]

Various federal and state laws targeting the hobby caused this site in particular to make changes to avoid getting shut down. Also. Solicitation of prostitution is now a felony in Texas, and local LE has been particularly aggressive in north Texas in using these tools to disrupt the hobby.

It’s having an impact.

[~Ze~]

FOSTA-SESTA

[TinMan]

Originally Posted by ~Ze~

FOSTA-SESTA

Yep. That got the ball rolling. Texas then added several other laws that made things even tougher.

[inviste]

Well that’s just great. Thanks for the info. How do I go about navigating the hobby safely now?

[inviste]

Well that’s just great. Thanks for the info. How do I go about navigating the hobby safely now?

[inviste]

Not sure what that is but it sounds like something that should be expensive and fun

[Aonegonexx]

Per the new law, only law makers, law enforcers, law adjudicators and holy book thumpers can indulge in hobby, without any consequences. For the hoi polloi, it's a felony.

[TinMan]

Originally Posted by inviste

Well that’s just great. Thanks for the info. How do I go about navigating the hobby safely now?

Stick with ladies who are verified through reviews and other reports on this site and similar (eg, oh2). Get a p411 membership. Stay off of listcrawler (the rough equivalent of BackPage) unless you are feeling adventurous.

By and large, the independent ladies are the safest and if they have been around a while they are less likely to get caught up in legal entanglements that involve their clients. That really isn’t any different from the old days, just more important than ever.

Oh2 (ourhome2.net) is the closest equivalent to the “old” eccie, but it’s subject to outages thanks to DDOS attacks that sometimes knock it out for awhile. That has caused it to have some annoying quirks, but when it is up it is usable. Being a member of both sites (Eccie and oh2) allows you to navigate the hobby and find local girls similar to the old days, but there is little argument that the population of quality companionship at a reasonable price is much harder to come by now.

This is by no means a complete tutorial, but a few pieces of advice to get you reacclimated.