Cert Etiquette question?

I don't even think of the scammers... I'm more surprised at how people were only supposed to write "Yes I've seen this person and they are real" and turned it into a sex rating feature. Every cert is about how great the sex is.

I think if people actually used to just to verify if someone is who they say they are, the feature would get used a lot more. Not everyone wants the world to read their sex reviews or let everyone know they had sex with them. A simple checkbox of "yes I know them" would work as well. Then certs would just be a list of names. Or take your pic next to a piece of paper with your screen name and date. Then you get a checkmark that you are certified...

Let me go ahead and put this weed down :)

That may be the intent, but anyone trying to “scam” could certainly get certified. We’ve certainly seen certs that seemed like they were most likely placed by a shill before. With that in mind, they don’t tell us a thing and we ignore them. If we see a lot of certifications we probably will move on and ignore that profile. We’ve had people that we don’t know attempt to solicit certs from us, while we won’t, I’m sure some will and that spoils the system.

<p>The certification system was not intended to convey anything about the quality of a person. It is for letting people know that the person is "real". If someone has a certification, they are probably not a scammer from Nigeria or a man pretending to be a woman. </p>

Exactly they are useless.. we have seen couples in GA area who trade Certs for just talking on SLS.. going out to dinner or lunch but NEVER playing! WE know some who collect them like boy/girl scout badges.

In all the years we have been swingers we never even heard of CERTS before SLS..

I say lets have a YELP type rating 1-5 with explanation of all with actual facts vs I am breathing!... How many dont show, fail in bedroom, are great , etc etc..

Our one CERT is for a party in NOLA we attended and it was a joke all who PAID for an alleged swinger party that was nothing more than an expensive meet and greet was given a CERT.. and this after all out of townees argued with owner who misled everybody!

JC we feel the same. We deleted ours as well.

We had certs, but we deleted them and no longer accept them. If someone stays away because they don’t see a cert, meh, we’ll get over it.

I kind of feel like the Certs are pointless. No one would ever allow a negative v=cert on their profile. I have a few less than good experiences and would have liked to warn off other women. What is the purpose of the certs if they are all forced to be positive? Inquiring minds want to know. I know a few people in the lifestyle that ignore the certs altogether. I don't/won't leave them because they are skewed and don't reflect reality in most cases.

Great reply. Gives me things to think about.

Etiquette is basically a codified set of rules, so it doesn't really apply here. And the reason I'm saying that is to give a framework for my answer, which is that there are no rules governing certs and everyone makes their own choices. People go in and out of the lifestyle, so a cert from a dead account in 2021 might be from a live again profile in 2022, and that would be one reason not to delete what appear to be dead letters. Also, they were active members when they gave the cert, so it's not a red flag to have kept it, especially if it gives useful information about the person.

I meant THEN, not THE. Damn holiday themed nails. :-)

Whenever I get a message from a single guy that does interest me I always look to see if they have certs. I'm amazed how many people who have certified the SM are no longer on the site. To me that's a big red flag.

The I thought BUT WAIT, I'VE A CERT like that!!!!

My question is; Is it proper etiquette to delete certs of people no longer on this site?