Why do you care? Whilst obviously nobody likes being slagged off, surely if you don't want to see these punters you would welcome any bad press you can get so it puts them off booking you?

I have no idea whether I've met any of them or not; I care how punters behave when they're communicating with me and during bookings, and anything they do outwith that is not my concern. Mine aren't generally 'dumb as fuck' though, and I put that down to my ads, my screening and also my location. Maybe just don't take bookings from obvious fuckwits?

You can make it clear on your AW profile too that discretion is important to you and everything stays between you two and never shared - this helps a lot. I hate it too totally violates your privacy, discretion and consent the review boardists are so weird.

The best clients imo are always the ones that dont go on them / dont have a clue about them

Sophie i know how you feel i think this job is secretive for a lot and privacy is really important for me. I don't mind somebody  just putting some feedback like " nice woman, services good etc" but when they go into every personal bit of information not only what you spoke about but every detail of what happened in their time is too much and not something i like at all.

Many customers expect privacy on their side but some do not give us this in return. I remember a client once left me feedback about something that was exaggerated. I had seen him a few times he was turned on when writing it and very theatrical, what he said caused me to get some rough clients taking the piss putting me in a possible bad situation.

Now days it is hard to have a normal conversation between the two of you as you never know what could be repeated online so you are in a situation where you either plan the lies you will answer to some of their questions or tell them i do not answer anything personal about me which sometimes can be a bit blunt.

A friend of mine had a couple of bad experiences from something that was written and something that put her in a uncomfortable dangerous position with a couple of dodgy clients because of what was written. Will not go into details but she got some legal advice and spoke to police.

What she did when the men are booking as she is very particular who she books in, is told them her terms for booking and that includes her safety and privacy and asks them to only book her if they are going to keep the meeting between them private as she will not meet anybody who writes about her online as it has put her safety at risk previously. She told them i do not want to see you if this is who you are some other details that i will not mention on here. She puts it on text afterwards or email as proof with them agreeing.

She was told that if they book in with her and put her in danger afterwards by the wrong type of men visiting her she has a case for harassment as they booked by deception.

I think it falls in to the line of if someone contacts you and you tell them to not contact you again and they carry on its harassment and same if a client you tell you do not want to see and they book you by deception by changing there sim because you will not see them.

Maybe you could try that Sophie it will not be for everyone and very long winded and some could still lie but the woman i know it made things better for her and she did report 1 client to the police as he harassed her and booked her by deception. He was someone very active on writing detailed reviews and a bounday pusher arsehole. After the police interaction he suddenly stopped writing detailed reviews after that it shook him up being contacted by the police.

One of the things I have always evaluated is how men write their opening gambits.  A list of services, plenty of acronyms and scant personal detail would suggest to me there's a possibility that someone might be a punter.  I do think listening to one's intuition comes into play here, much like some of us can tell a cut & paste message that has been sent by someone whom hasn't read a word of our ads/profile/website, some can tell a punter from the way he communicates.

I went out go my way to advertise myself in a way that would not attract the more typical punters, even going so far as to make my online advertising and way of working as off-putting as possible. I do strongly believe having a website does deter some hobbyists, particularly if you don't offer same day appointments and the booking process requires some thought.  Also, and for me, I felt able to actually state in my T&Cs that I don't give my consent to be reviewed under any circumstances.  Potential clients have to agree to this detail, much like one does when buying goods online.  (A box appears and unless they agree to my terms, they can't send the booking request). 

I have no reviews, nor is there even a mention of my working name anywhere where men discuss and review sex workers, so have managed to avoid them. I think my lack of online footprint puts off most punters from taking a punt.  It is also worth remembering that the percentage of men whom actively write reviews or even engage with the review culture for sex workers is tiny.  But, because they're most likely to use platforms like AW and Viva Street and actively look for SPs whom have already been reviewed, these men are harder to avoid. If you are using AW, don't use the booking form.  It is also worth considering that AW feedback is useful as it can be used to cross reference with review sites.  I know a few times I have been able to glean someone is a reviewer because he sent me glowing AW feedback, something that I don't accept for screening anyway), but it allowed me to do some detective work and find their reviews across a myriad of sites.

Miffy your situation about agreeing to your written terms was a bit similar to what my friend was advised to do to keep herself safe because of a previous bad experience that led to her going down that route. I have not done this before but it is something i would consider if my safety was put at risk and to discourage certain types to stay away from me but at the moment i don't care about it and most of those types stay away from me.

Although there would be always be some that would not care and do it on purpose.

I think Miffy you do outcalls only and are based in london from what you previously said? so i can see why it is easier for you to get better type of men. I missed my london days of outcalls when i lived nearer as clients were better quality and it was what i call more proper escorting, dinner and drinks etc. Adultwork is shit for outcalls and quality bookings so it is so good you do not need it.

I should also apologise to the OP for the derail, since the above is nothing to with her question.

It's been touched on already, but one very obvious way to avoid these punters is to not advertise on the sites where they hang out. Keep an AW page up if you feel you have to, but don't use the booking system and make sure you have a decent website and plenty of other ads up so that when enquiries come in from AW (and you can use a separate phone number if you want to be certain), you'll have more choices and be in a better position to turn them away.

The other one that should be blindingly obvious is make sure your ads are accurate and that you do your job properly. I remember a woman I knew being apoplectic over something somebody had written about her photos being years out of date and heavily edited, her being far larger than her ad claimed and that she was drunk and made rude, racist comments during the booking. Every word of it was true.

As Amy and I have said, if you don't want to attract punters, you will need to advertise in places where they are less likely to look for escorts.  If this is something you cannot do, then unfortunately, you have to accept that from time to time, you will not only get a punter, but one who likes to write reviews.

Well now it's my turn for a disconnect; I do want to attract punters because without them I wouldn't earn anything?

Punters are the customers of prostitutes whether they're in a Soho walkup or a five star hotel; it's not a pejorative term (and nor is it the one used by the OP), and I've found over the years that the people who refuse to accept that they're paying a prostitute for sex ('oh but you're not a prostitute, you're an escort' etc) and wince at plain language tend to be not just deluded about the situation, but also raging, insufferable snobs.

I even screen for them, since this sort of refusal to engage with reality (see also use of 'date' instead of 'booking'/'incall') means these aren't punters I want to see. It took a fair bit of tweaking of my ads, but thankfully they've mostly realised this