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cvarga
07-14-2012, 04:49 PM
My AVG was disabled for about 2 weeks before I realized it. It showed up green as being active but when I manually went to check for an update I found that the link didnt work and the program was actually disabled. By all outward appearances it was active. One of the things I had to do was uninstall (besides my java) my AVG, my malwarebyts AND my cam software. ALL were affected.
cvarga
07-14-2012, 04:50 PM
ack! Double post. Sorry!
cvarga
07-14-2012, 04:57 PM
Auslogics Disk Defrag is a good thing to have in the event that for whatever reason your Windows defrag has been affected. Mine was disabled. Thank GOD my bff is a computer geek. He taught me well. I would never have enough knowledge to think of these things without him.
Vanessa_Paws
07-15-2012, 04:40 AM
Just got my first 30 second pop in guy :(
TeenageAnnie
07-15-2012, 07:39 AM
hey sorry if its been asked before. but i went into check out the models on the none nude section, and most were half naked and asking people 2 go private for some "hot naked cum shows". i wanted to join the join to do none-nude but it seems streamate dont enforce any actual rules in the section? or did these ladies just click the wrong category when they signed up? thanks in advance.
HaydenBlue
07-15-2012, 08:32 AM
hey sorry if its been asked before. but i went into check out the models on the none nude section, and most were half naked and asking people 2 go private for some "hot naked cum shows". i wanted to join the join to do none-nude but it seems streamate dont enforce any actual rules in the section? or did these ladies just click the wrong category when they signed up? thanks in advance.
The problem is that girls can easily switch categories.
I'm in BBW and in my category I occasionally see studio girls from Russia, who are def NOT a thicker body type. lol.
Join anyways. Those naked girls in the "non-nude" category won't be your competition. You are the only person stopping you from making money.
As far as rules and naked in free chat. Streamate, and rule enforcing + dealing with a support is migraine and sometimes just a plain LOL joke. Do your thing, follow the rules of the site - you'll be fine.
TeenageAnnie
07-15-2012, 08:49 AM
thanks hayden. i am waiting for them 2 approve my profile before i can even do anything. but yeah its a shame those ladies are in the wrong section. i thought streamate was a bit more classy than myfreecams in the sense that they have proper admin and not just some guy who doesnt give a fuck. lol but yeh anyways Im gonna stick to my guns on there and see if it works out.
Cam_Model_Jess
07-15-2012, 10:44 AM
The guys will find you quickly and stick with you, and will gain an appreciation for you for sticking to your category. You will probably have to wade through the piles of customers who don't really believe you're non-nude because of the girls who list themselves as such who are obviously not. But you'll find the guys who appreciate you.
WhatNOW
07-15-2012, 04:21 PM
When the new setup on the dashboard came up I went in and looked at all of the info (on my joint account) and I noticed the non-nude was checked. I swear that I didn't click it! Of course I disabled it... I wonder if some of the ladies listed under non-nude have it checked as well and aren't aware of it..?
hey sorry if its been asked before. but i went into check out the models on the none nude section, and most were half naked and asking people 2 go private for some "hot naked cum shows". i wanted to join the join to do none-nude but it seems streamate dont enforce any actual rules in the section? or did these ladies just click the wrong category when they signed up? thanks in advance.
anonymous camgirl
07-16-2012, 03:58 PM
have you noticed since they changed their fav's a decline?? NO ONE is doing shows with me and I hardly recognize anyone?? been sitting here 3 hours and no prvts... just a few tips
DiamondCupcakes
07-16-2012, 09:34 PM
These last 3 days things are getting a lot worse. They must be making a major change this week
CurvyWinona
07-17-2012, 12:24 AM
I have had problems with streamate past few days, too. Too many custies keep coming in and out in split of a second. I do not know why is this happening. One of them kept coming in and out for like 10 times and then typed in my room saying he could NOT type to me. WTF. I have emailed to the support, but no word back yet. I have had only ONE private all day. Last week, I was having a good time, but today (Monday) is horrible. So was the other places. Hope I do better tomorrow! I am really disappointed that I tried to get just SOME privates but not really.
marsey
07-17-2012, 04:45 AM
Yep having the same probs with in & out custies too. Too many damn beggars too at the moment i noticed, i hope my goldshows come soon and get me more money rolling in
this is getting ridiculous!!!
Jinja
07-17-2012, 05:37 AM
I was in my customer account last night and I was able to buy a gold show from one model, but then tried to take another model exclusive and while her video was fine in free chat, when I tried to go private the video just kept cycling. I refreshed the screen and even left her room and came back, but the video would not load after that. I had the same issue with a couple of other models, so I am wondering if that is why some people are seeing customers enter and leave your room really fast.
Cammi
07-17-2012, 07:14 AM
Is talking to other models about the site against our TOS? I've been sending a string of "shut up, I'm smarter than you" messages to support about the number of in-and-outs I've been getting since the site update and I want to know if I can say I've been talking to other girls with the same problem so I know it's a site thing.
Cam_Model_Jess
07-17-2012, 09:12 AM
^If it is, they'll be suspending a ton of models.
Girls on there talk to each other all the time, and lots of performers do shows together on each other's accounts. I'd say they'd have to be doing a bit of talking in order to arrange that.
I've said all sorts of stuff to support, and they don't bat an eyelash. When I was new I even basically told some support person that they had shitty support and asked why they can't just READ the damn questions before replying. I didn't get in trouble. I wouldn't indicate some kind of revolution. But "I've talked to a dozen other models having the same exact problem," or something like that shouldn't be an issue.
PrincessLuna
07-17-2012, 10:43 AM
There's models who talk shit about SM ON SM without suspension, so I'm sure discussing it offsite isn't going to get you in trouble lol
Mlle_Mystere
07-17-2012, 03:39 PM
I can't get the streaming page to load tonight :( It's been a week since I've cammed, I'm horny as fuck and have an i7 with decent internet. Y u no wurk SM?!
I was really looking forward to trying out the encoder for the first time, too.
Blovely
07-17-2012, 04:29 PM
^^Virus protection software and Ad blockers tend to block the SM broadcasting page from loading. Almost everytime that I broadcast I have to disable my ad blocker so that the page will load. Its annoying because I don't have that problem on other camsite it only happens on SM.
Mlle_Mystere
07-17-2012, 05:00 PM
Good to know. I've always had the same antivirus and adblocker, but maybe they've been updated recently.
Zell Axis
07-18-2012, 12:51 AM
Today was pretty aweful for me. I gave up after I waited for like... 3 hours and made 5 bucks.
A veteran in the trade told me though that the summer weather is part of the cause.
MommieLongLegs
07-18-2012, 08:33 PM
Hey girls, so I just looked SM up on freewebsitereport.com and it says "Streamate.com has recently shown a 3.60% Loss in the traffic rank"...is that a huge amount?
Cammi
07-18-2012, 09:41 PM
Just sent one of the middle management SM support an impressively bitchy email refusing to accept responsibility for the current problem with my chat (I know it's not me, other girls have had it too). Little bit worried they're just gonna kill my account cause they can't be arsed to deal with me. Oh well.
CourtneyRaine
07-19-2012, 10:14 AM
Oh my goodness, where is everyone this morning? Lol it is like a ghost town in my room, it's the Weirdest thing! Know how everyone's been complaining that viewers will enter free chat and then leave after a second? 'Kay, so NO one is coming in my room. I checked my feed, I'm listed as online, top row in my category, and yet it took over four minutes before the first viewer entered my free chat. And then promptly left. It's... a little spooky. I literally thank God that the other sites I'm on are a bit busier, because this is just ridiculous.
kaeliday
07-19-2012, 10:31 AM
Hi everyone! I've been a lurker for quite some time and you all have helped me tremendously with starting out. I'm totally new to camming, and Streamate was the first site I signed up for. I've had the same problem you girls are having with people popping in and out of my room constantly. I figured that because I was new it was gonna take some time (which I know still holds true), but this is just ridiculous and it makes me feel awful. I guess I just got started at the wrong time. I won't give up. I have signed up for MFC as well, which I like a lot better than SM because there are more people that come in the room and chat and it's a lot of fun...sometimes! It's been pretty slow the past couple days for me there as well. I don't even want to go back on SM knowing about the problems everyone else is having. I just feel very hopeless right now and I hope that things pick up so that I can REALLY get into camming. I've been so excited, only to be let down every time I log in :(
CourtneyRaine
07-19-2012, 10:45 AM
@kaeliday, Welcome! You've probably read that summers are usually slower for a lot of cam models, I'd promise you it does get better but in SM's case I honestly don't know as I've never seen it get like this before. You're definitely doing the right thing by not relying on any one site alone!
kaeliday
07-19-2012, 10:52 AM
@kaeliday, Welcome! You've probably read that summers are usually slower for a lot of cam models, I'd promise you it does get better but in SM's case I honestly don't know as I've never seen it get like this before. You're definitely doing the right thing by not relying on any one site alone!
Thank you very much!! It does help having this forum and knowing I'm not the only one seeing these issues. I'm looking forward to school starting and seeing things pick up *fingers crossed*. If SM doesn't get their act together I might be looking for another 2nd site to cam on. It's a shame too, because I haven't had any other problems with SM aside from the traffic and people popping in and out. I'll stick with it though and hope things improve once I've been doing it a while.
Angelfaced
07-19-2012, 01:50 PM
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/streamate.com
the chart says that streamate traffic is up 10% from yesterday and 17% for the past week. however, if you look at the graph, traffic is at its lowest point in 2 years. hopefully, traffic will continue to increase. I just wanted to add, i also did some comparing last night to other sites, and while other sites are having a boost in traffic, streamate is still number 1 in traffic from the other sites I'm on which include ifriends, and cams.com
Cammi
07-19-2012, 05:33 PM
That 17% sure as hell ain't being reflected in my room, I know that much
CourtneyRaine
07-19-2012, 07:02 PM
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/streamate.com
the chart says that streamate traffic is up 10% from yesterday and 17% for the past week.
Never would have guessed it. Nope, not in a million years.
Although I am inclined to believe the lowest traffic in two years data.
I just raised my premium and exclusive rates by a dollar each, now at $4.99/$5.99. Really hope that helps!
CurvyWinona
07-19-2012, 10:57 PM
I too signed up at the wrong time, but I am not giving up. :)
neliana
07-20-2012, 12:21 AM
Uggh I did pretty decent my first hour and then I kept getting kicked off! Plus guys kept getting kicked out of my free chat. Annoying. SM fix your tech issues please!!
Cammi
07-20-2012, 11:01 AM
Ok, so my ongoing contact with SM support has finally managed to confirm that my problem isn't with me not being able to see what guys are typing. My suspicion is that my stream just isn't loading for people, I've had a number of guys take me pvt and then see a black screen so there's a good chance that's happening for guys entering free chat as well. Anyway, I said as much to support and told them to check it out. We'll see how that goes.
Ladies, if you're having any technical issues with the site right now, no matter how minor, I would urge you to contact support. Link a pic of your encoder settings in your initial message and if you're sure there's nothing wrong with your tech then don't allow them to push the responsibility onto you. We all know the site has major issues right now, the more of us who speak up about it the more likely it is to get fixed.
CurvyWinona
07-20-2012, 02:35 PM
Is it just me??? I cannot seem to log on Streamate on Chrome, but I can log onto my profile on Firefox, but cannot load the room.... just keeps loading and loading at the moment. =/
CurvyWinona
07-20-2012, 02:48 PM
Update - there was an error message popped up while trying to load the room that it failed to load and need contact support, completed with support link. so I clicked and it took me to unavailable address page.... D: Hope they are just updating the site.
GracieBlue
07-21-2012, 04:19 PM
Hello! This has been such a fabulous resource! You all are so supportive!
I have been using the encoder and I have been getting a lot of traffic so I will keep it up....I was wondering what you all keep the cam window % at? Does it make a difference for the viewer? I also hate that I cant see myself on cam when chatting, any pointers? I tried shrinking it but it shrunk the screen. I am not very tech savvy!
Thanks in advance for any help!:D
Incantatious
07-21-2012, 04:32 PM
Hello! This has been such a fabulous resource! You all are so supportive!
I have been using the encoder and I have been getting a lot of traffic so I will keep it up....I was wondering what you all keep the cam window % at? Does it make a difference for the viewer? I also hate that I cant see myself on cam when chatting, any pointers? I tried shrinking it but it shrunk the screen. I am not very tech savvy!
Thanks in advance for any help!:D
This is how I roll!
I keep it at 50% which enables me to see ALL of my own stream but this doesn't affect how big your stream appears to others.
Ignore the pic of me lol.
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GracieBlue
07-21-2012, 04:33 PM
Awesome! This is so helpful!! Have a great night!
Incantatious
07-21-2012, 04:34 PM
You too hun! XD x
GracieBlue
07-21-2012, 04:48 PM
Ok I am trying to shrink the encoder down small like you have yours and it is not getting that small. It still takes up a lot of space. Any ideas? Maybe it is in my computer settings? Thanks again!
Incantatious
07-21-2012, 04:56 PM
Ok I am trying to shrink the encoder down small like you have yours and it is not getting that small. It still takes up a lot of space. Any ideas? Maybe it is in my computer settings? Thanks again!
Do you mean shrink the encoder itself down, or shrink the size of the screen where you see yourself?
If it's the former: Are you making sure that your browser is open *in front* of the encoder?
What I do is I have the encoder open, open my browser in a small (not maximized) window, and drag the left side of the browser across just enough to see the encoder behind it. Hope that makes sense!
If it's the latter: Fiddle around with the output settings just above the window where you can see yourself. :)
Hope that helped! x
GracieBlue
07-21-2012, 06:44 PM
You are a superstar! Fixed!
Do you mean shrink the encoder itself down, or shrink the size of the screen where you see yourself?
If it's the former: Are you making sure that your browser is open *in front* of the encoder?
What I do is I have the encoder open, open my browser in a small (not maximized) window, and drag the left side of the browser across just enough to see the encoder behind it. Hope that makes sense!
If it's the latter: Fiddle around with the output settings just above the window where you can see yourself. :)
Hope that helped! x
CurvyWinona
07-21-2012, 09:59 PM
It has been 2 days since I cannot get my room to load. I can't even log on via Chrome or IE. Only Firefox, but with it, the room just never loads, keeps saying loading and then error message pops up. The support keeps thinking it is my encoder or my internet problem. I had to explain to them so many times that it has nothing to do with my end because encoder cannot be started until the room is loaded AND to collect the url info for encoder ... Also, i have tested on other pc and the problem is same. I am in the United States and my husband is in the Netherlands, so we both have whole separated computers and internet, and he is seeing the same problem as mine. Now, my last attempt of explaining to them was recorded the screen of browsers and me trying to log in, so they can see the problem. ARGH. I wanna work.
Decalyn
07-22-2012, 06:49 AM
Do either of you have any popup blockers or ad blockers? They screw with the room's loading, and I've been seeing more and more of them blocking the SM stream page. It could be anything from a multi-browser addon (like Adblock), to a new feature in whatever security programs you use.
It has been 2 days since I cannot get my room to load. I can't even log on via Chrome or IE. Only Firefox, but with it, the room just never loads, keeps saying loading and then error message pops up. The support keeps thinking it is my encoder or my internet problem. I had to explain to them so many times that it has nothing to do with my end because encoder cannot be started until the room is loaded AND to collect the url info for encoder ... Also, i have tested on other pc and the problem is same. I am in the United States and my husband is in the Netherlands, so we both have whole separated computers and internet, and he is seeing the same problem as mine. Now, my last attempt of explaining to them was recorded the screen of browsers and me trying to log in, so they can see the problem. ARGH. I wanna work.
CurvyWinona
07-22-2012, 10:35 AM
I have uninstalled all ad blockers and even antivirus and i see no change. i did not change any setting in ages and i was fine on SM until suddenly 3 days ago it just doesnt work. all 3 separate computers have same problem. im going nuts. :(
nemcis
07-22-2012, 11:23 AM
You can try to remove the cookies from your browser(s)
Then also check if Windows did not do an update on your system and changes the setting for looking at adult content.
CurvyWinona
07-22-2012, 12:18 PM
My last update was on July 12 and I was camming on SM just fine for 7 days after that. I have cleaned cookies.. but why is my husband, 4,000 miles away - in Europe, is seeing the exactly same problem on my account? he logged in mine to test. =/ I am so confused as hell.
CurvyWinona
07-22-2012, 12:18 PM
I have asked SM to make sure if my account was not blocked or anything and they said no, it was fine. wth.
nemcis
07-22-2012, 12:22 PM
but why is my husband, 4,000 miles away - in Europe, is seeing the exactly same problem on my account? he logged in mine to test. =/ I am so confused as hell.
Yes that is why I thought of an update from windows. That would indeed effect you both.
Yes I read that he is here in Holland, you told that.
But can you try to set back you computer setting to a date before you could not log in?
BashfulBaby
07-22-2012, 01:00 PM
First, thank you to everyone! I am still a newbie and this site has been a haven!;D
My question, is there a way to leave private chat and go back to free chat. Yes, a little backwards I know. But I have those individuals who log into my rm, quickly take me to private, and then leave (w/o saying anything) before the 30 secs are up. In the mean time, all the clients I was working on have left my room. I tried to block these individuals but they are too quick for me. Idk y they keep coming back, cause i dont show anything in the first 30s, especially if you dont say hello to me :mad:!
Can I enable something so you have to ask to take me to pvt, like w exclusive? Will clicking on the guest chat text box bring me back there? Thank you for your help!!