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Choppy and just not bringing up feed, went to break early because I couldn't keep any of my regs in the room longer than 30 seconds.
IllyriaStorm
08-20-2015, 08:30 PM
Yep, $15 in an hour...I don't usually make amazing hourly rates but I almost always do better than that unless I'm having a very slow day. I also need to do more research...I've only been at it for a week but I would like to make better than I an. And tonight has just been rough.
SadieTaylor
08-20-2015, 08:37 PM
Has anyone seen the bonus show up in their earnings tonight? Mine is just my regular 35% payout.
Issabelle
08-20-2015, 08:40 PM
Has anyone seen the bonus show up in their earnings tonight? Mine is just my regular 35% payout.
The postings said that the bonus would be added within 24 hours of the end of the pay day. So bonus earnings for today, which runs 8 p.m. EST tonight to 8 p.m. EST tomorrow night, will appear by 8 p.m. EST Saturday night as an adjustment.
Girly_Girl
08-20-2015, 08:43 PM
I'm not camming tonight but I was looking around in some of the rooms and as soon as I went in some of the rooms, I could not see the girls video at all ;( All I could see is white screen for a couple of minutes. I wonder if that's going on when we see guys coming in the rooms and then leaving all of a sudden? I'm sure it has something to do with all of the traffic too!
webcamcutie
08-20-2015, 08:43 PM
Makes me wonder if we'll get the bonus from Saturday on that weeks pay or if it'll be credited the next day on Sunday.. ew that would suck.
IvyAdams
08-20-2015, 09:15 PM
Makes me wonder if we'll get the bonus from Saturday on that weeks pay or if it'll be credited the next day on Sunday.. ew that would suck.
I was wondering the same thing.
MistressX
08-20-2015, 09:24 PM
I wonder how long it will be until Liz or someone comes back to check and sees everyone is still having problems?
IllyriaStorm
08-20-2015, 09:34 PM
Ugh, so many immediate in-and-outs in my room tonight...so disheartening.
EvaDarington
08-20-2015, 09:39 PM
I'm glad it's not just me with the traffic. Jeez. This bonus thing would be awesome if I actually got some shows. Just a bunch of in and outs and minutemen if I get anything. BOOOOO.
IllyriaStorm
08-20-2015, 09:49 PM
Yeah, I've done 5 shows but for a grand total of 40 bucks between them. Not great for working two and a half hours...sigh.
princessivy
08-20-2015, 09:55 PM
I reduced my rates, because I assumed there would be a ton of girls on tonight and I really need some shows for upcoming expenses. Aaaand.. nothing. I've made like $20 the entire time I've been online (hour or two). But I'm pulling all-nighters for the rest of this week, so I'll cross my fingers we see some improvement in a day or two.
Sunnylexie
08-20-2015, 11:25 PM
Like no traffic at all for me - even less of it since there are so many models on.
webcamcutie
08-21-2015, 12:03 AM
I can't even connect to my own room on my cell phone thats using wifi with a nighthawk x6 router. It either hangs and then says I'm in pvt when I'm not or when I do connect I get the black screen of doom. My bit rate, fps, and round trip times are all excellent yet my camera is going pixelated. How the $%#@ am I supposed to run a camathon if my room isn't even working right? Issues fixed my arse, seriously, this is highly frustrating!!! I've had like 3 reg custies booted from pvt too. I swear.
webcamcutie
08-21-2015, 12:38 AM
That's it, I'm starting to screen cap every single complaint I get from custies and sending it into support myself. if the members won't do the complaints, I will, I'll photo bomb them and force them to fix the stupid black screen of doom. So tired of losing money over this!
SweetieBitch
08-21-2015, 01:50 AM
My stream has actually been perfect tonight... no disconnects, no complaints, lots of shows. So it's not site-wide. I did have like five minutes where my room was completely dead empty, but it picked right back up after I waited, so I think that was the only glitch I've experienced.
Sorry ladies, just wanted to add to the data since I'm not experiencing what you all seem to be tonight. :-\
englishgal
08-21-2015, 01:50 AM
Today was the first time that I have logged on to SM since Tuesday and I wish I hadn't bothered. 3 people tried to take me private and got kicked out almost as soon as they entered. One of those guys is messaging me on SM asking me to come back on to resume the show but I can't!!!! That was a couple of hours ago and i'm now trying to log on again to see if its any better and when I click the 'start my show' button it just goes to a white screen with a big exclamation mark on it?????
WTF SM - no point offering us 20% extra if the guys can't stay in private and we cant bloody log on is there?
I got online 1.5 hrs ago & had a pvt with a guy but he left in the middle of action, i dont think he wanted to leave, now i stream but my room looks stuck somehow & what pisses me off most is i cant check myself properly cause SM is blocking my country from entering chatrooms including my own so i need to use a proxy in another browser to see myself but they slow and cant get the room to load, not sure if it's because proxy or SM is faulty again. I wish SM would unlock model's ip's so we can check ourselves at least. These guys dont wait for picture to load, after a few secs they leave if they dont get to see me, they wont bother to inform me they cant see my stream.
BustyVixen
08-21-2015, 04:24 AM
This is so disappointing to read. Yesterday afternoon things were awesome, no issues that I know of and I made about $300 in less than 2 hours. Logged off for an hour bc I was hungry and needed a break. When I went back on, it was like a ghost town. I'm in the top row when I'm on and I never had more than 2 people in my room. Nobody said a word. A couple of guys tipped for flashes and then I did a short private but I left after an hour. Then to hear how dead it was last night and still tech issues.
SM is my bread and butter. But this week I did try MFC and I actually made almost as much as I do on SM, I found it more tiring bc I'm not used to it but I needed that money and it was made. I love SM and I just hope that it makes a come back. They really need to get their shit together or high earning girls might have to go elsewhere.
pixiepower329
08-21-2015, 04:49 AM
I'm trying to tough it out for the sake of a little extra money (I'm on Boleyn daily pay, too). But damn, traffic needs to pick up or they at least need to give me Gold shows or something!!
Yeah, a lot of models online in the last few hrs and not enough traffic for everyone, it's unusual time for me to get on but i dont see many guys around either so logging off for now. Will try again later on, i guess everyone wanna get that extra bonus including myself lol. No tech. issues i am aware of on my side so at least that's a plus.
pixiepower329
08-21-2015, 07:31 AM
See, this IS my normal time to be on.. and I've never seen so many online this time of day. Over 1600 online right now!! Normally up until about noonish EST, there are only 1000-1100 on.
Bella28
08-21-2015, 07:32 AM
ok so got on at 9am est made 100 already and its 1031am est now the encoder is freezing and shit FML
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
08-21-2015, 07:35 AM
I wonder if SM is gonna do something for the customers? Maybe they should send out a mass email to them with a free voucher. But of course the site would have to work and be able to accommodate the traffic.
pixiepower329
08-21-2015, 07:38 AM
ok so got on at 9am est made 100 already and its 1031am est now the encoder is freezing and shit FML
I'm not fully freezing yet, but my bitrate is going all over the map. I finally managed to get one long EXC this morning, so at least the past 3 hours haven't been a complete waste.
Bella28
08-21-2015, 07:42 AM
yes my normal hours are from 9-11 or 12 smetimes and ive been fine unitl 1030 and my friend is on now too and her encoder is doing the sme thing and excl didnt take and what not. smh. def not a waste but just wish this stuff would get fixed. it seems to be real bad at night from what the girls have said. fingers crossed for all us girlie! :(
Issabelle
08-21-2015, 07:42 AM
Mine is bouncing from 1400 to 2050, so all over as well. Thankfully, my system is set to a 2000 bitrate, so it shouldn't be too obvious in the stream itself, but it's still really obnoxious.
ETA: oh, and now I'm getting exclusive pop-ups that immediately disappear and one guy DEFINITELY just DCed out of exclusive. *le sigh*
SM, FIX YOUR SHIT! Liz, you'd better make good on that promise to put your you know what up the head programmer's you know where, because this is horse shit!
webcamcutie
08-21-2015, 07:43 AM
My stream has actually been perfect tonight... no disconnects, no complaints, lots of shows. So it's not site-wide. I did have like five minutes where my room was completely dead empty, but it picked right back up after I waited, so I think that was the only glitch I've experienced.
Sorry ladies, just wanted to add to the data since I'm not experiencing what you all seem to be tonight. :-\
After my 20th time relogging on and off (an hour of my night was spent doing this) I FINALLY got to where I could pull up my cam on my phone, got on got 2 in pvt at the same time for 25 mins each (good $$$) then went to bed cause I was defeated... lol
So I guess the trick is to log myself in and out till I can pull it up with my phone then DON'T log off at all and leave it!
webcamcutie
08-21-2015, 07:46 AM
I wonder if SM is gonna do something for the customers? Maybe they should send out a mass email to them with a free voucher. But of course the site would have to work and be able to accommodate the traffic.
You know I was thinking that, its nice they compensated the hosts for all the tech issues but they really should have given something to all the members that had to go through the issues too!
webcamcutie
08-21-2015, 07:47 AM
SM, FIX YOUR SHIT! Liz, you'd better make good on that promise to put your you know what up the head programmer's you know where, because this is horse shit!
Couldn't agree more, I'm most definitely ready to travel somewhere and put something up someones you know what cause last night was hella frustrating!!
Issabelle
08-21-2015, 07:59 AM
Annnnnd things stabilized within like 5 minutes of my post. Nice. I'm at $170 for the morning (no bonus, 30%) but I'm still annoyed with this nonsense.
Bella28
08-21-2015, 08:02 AM
yeah they have for me too just dead now LOL I am going to grab some lunch
IvyAdams
08-21-2015, 08:03 AM
Getting ready to start my camathon in about 10 minutes. I'm hoping that the glitches are at a minimum because I NEED to have a money making day today! I also was wondering whether or not they were going to do something for the custies- let's be real. They aren't going to stick around when they can go to another site that doesn't have the glitches. Nobody is going to want to pay $10 a minute if everything is super choppy. Plus, no custies and extra models is no fun for anyone. Who else is doing a camathon today?
CharlotteD
08-21-2015, 08:06 AM
Well mobile is not working for me at all and made me loose a bunch of shows, one of my regs was kind enough to take a snapshot and sent it to me, this is what he is getting:
42360
SO far one of my worst mornings on SM been on 2 hours and made 0....
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
08-21-2015, 08:34 AM
Getting ready to start my camathon in about 10 minutes. I'm hoping that the glitches are at a minimum because I NEED to have a money making day today! I also was wondering whether or not they were going to do something for the custies- let's be real. They aren't going to stick around when they can go to another site that doesn't have the glitches. Nobody is going to want to pay $10 a minute if everything is super choppy. Plus, no custies and extra models is no fun for anyone. Who else is doing a camathon today?
I'll be working in a few hours. But I keep at least 3 sites going at once. I can't count on SM to bring me the big bucks. Mainly I'm just there to make an appearance these days. Its gonna be a long weekend. Got a ton of greentea and fresh fruit. I even bought two redbulls in case of an emergency.
pippapippa
08-21-2015, 08:39 AM
I'm not camathoning today because I have plans tonight, but I'm planning on working a lot for the next four days.
I'm still experiencing glitches. Had a customer try to go private, say nothing, leave after a min. Thirty minutes later, he came back and said it was working and went to private again.
princessivy
08-21-2015, 09:05 AM
Who else is doing a camathon today?
I am! I'll probably be doing a 24 hour camathon, maybe longer if I can handle it. I have a tuition payment coming up and I *really* need to make money with this bonus. If you guys want to support each other DM me on Twitter @princessivy18 and I'll keep you motivated to stay on during the craziness!
Sunnylexie
08-21-2015, 09:06 AM
Glitches might still occur. I'm all fine in free chat but when I'm in pvt I may either go pixelated all of a sudden within the first 10 seconds of it or freeze'n'drop on the customer end. It was ok most of the time, though.
webcamcutie
08-21-2015, 09:50 AM
Glitches might still occur. I'm all fine in free chat but when I'm in pvt I may either go pixelated all of a sudden within the first 10 seconds of it or freeze'n'drop on the customer end. It was ok most of the time, though.
Ah yeah I get the pixels too, its ok we're more sexy with dem pixels!
Issabelle
08-21-2015, 10:12 AM
That feeling of rage when customers are on the line with chat support because they're having random billing issues, connection problems, etc., etc., and the customer tells me that support is being useless in helping them.
DEAR LIZ: HIRE MODELS. WE'LL FIX THIS SHIT WAY FASTER! *sigh*
Update: Annnnnd a very good regular went private only to have my stream (which is at a 2000 fucking bitrate) suddenly go choppy after it was crystal clear in free chat. He then stopped responding and was disconnected. What. The. Actual. Fuck. DO NOT tell us this shit is fixed when it CLEARLY isn't.
I'm so done with SM.
I'm going back to MFC next week. You can all fuck yourselves.
ZoeLee
08-21-2015, 10:47 AM
Reading all this is kinda discouraging...
audritwo
08-21-2015, 11:11 AM
Anyone else annoyed that the bonus ends at 11:59pm GMT the 25th and Streamate is still having huge issues at times? I'm just getting fed up with everything after last night. This has been going on two weeks. The site is not fixed. So do not tell us it's fixed when we clearly see it not. My bitrate and roundtrip is still all over the place. Streams are so choppy AT PEAK TIMES!
This bonus week was an incentive to probably keep us online while they still try to fix it. I do appreciate it, but I wish they would implement it when EVERYTHING HAS BEEN FIXED. So it's fair, and it doesn't feel like we are slaving away on a broken site making nickels and dimes.
This has been going on for over two weeks!! The three years I've been working on SM, this has never happened. And the time I need Streamate to be working because real life, yo. It's letting me down. Thanks.
On top of that, when it was broken, and we were reporting it, support was making it seem like it was our problem and making us go crazy. I really really really want streamate to have better support for us. We shouldn't have to wait 24 hours for a response. We should be able to have a 24/7 chat support too or a freaking number to call. We are your money makers, we should have better communication with the site instead of sending our problems to Liz or Vanessa so they can actually do their jobs instead of focusing on our issues that support should be capable of handling.
pippapippa
08-21-2015, 11:22 AM
I'm extremely annoyed. I had almost zero traffic today and last night and, of the traffic I had, multiple people told me there were issues. My stream appeared fine to me, but customers were having trouble with going private. I averaged something like 20 an hour which is horrible (probably the worst I've done in like a year), especially because I have plans and I literally cannot cam any more today.
euro_princess
08-21-2015, 11:30 AM
I am a top model too on SM and I consider switching to MFC. A high ranked model will make money on any decent website.
For me it's too much.
Bad support, where you ask about apples and they answer about peaches. Like seriously, I understand I am a sex worker. But I fucking pay for your bills. Have the respect to read my shit.
Techincal issues, where you think you are making money, but you're dildoing alone, cause SM disconnected your client. And then logged of the other 500 clients who were waiting in free chat for your precious vagina.
Baaad comission. Seriously? I am the performer and I take less than half, and the cherry on top, they treat me like shit. SM supporting studios more than models. Cause the big pimp who goes on vacantion in Hawaii knows how is to stay up late and deal with THIS (insert bad support, bad comission, technical issues) so you can make a decent amount.
Now, you, SM give me the good reasons. Cause everytime when a good regular tips $200 and I get shit and he can't even watch the gold show, I die a little inside.
SoloDesire
08-21-2015, 11:32 AM
Anyone else annoyed that the bonus ends at 11:59pm GMT the 25th and Streamate is still having huge issues at times? I'm just getting fed up with everything after last night. This has been going on two weeks. The site is not fixed. So do not tell us it's fixed when we clearly see it not. My bitrate and roundtrip is still all over the place. Streams are so choppy AT PEAK TIMES!
This bonus week was an incentive to probably keep us online while they still try to fix it. I do appreciate it, but I wish they would implement it when EVERYTHING HAS BEEN FIXED. So it's fair, and it doesn't feel like we are slaving away on a broken site making nickels and dimes.
This has been going on for over two weeks!! The three years I've been working on SM, this has never happened. And the time I need Streamate to be working because real life, yo. It's letting me down. Thanks.
On top of that, when it was broken, and we were reporting it, support was making it seem like it was our problem and making us go crazy. I really really really want streamate to have better support for us. We shouldn't have to wait 24 hours for a response. We should be able to have a 24/7 chat support too or a freaking number to call. We are your money makers, we should have better communication with the site instead of sending our problems to Liz or Vanessa so they can actually do their jobs instead of focusing on our issues that support should be capable of handling.
You're so right...they are just trying to keep us working in this fucking mess they've left us with. Well I'm not doing it...7% extra is NOT enough to keep me on for hours when I'm barely making minimum wage. The customers aren't spending because the site is still glitch city. No thanks, I'll wait til they get their shit straightened out and go back to making GOOD money at 35% instead of wasting my time.
JessRyan
08-21-2015, 11:52 AM
Anyone else annoyed that the bonus ends at 11:59pm GMT the 25th and Streamate is still having huge issues at times? I'm just getting fed up with everything after last night. This has been going on two weeks. The site is not fixed. So do not tell us it's fixed when we clearly see it not. My bitrate and roundtrip is still all over the place. Streams are so choppy AT PEAK TIMES!
This bonus week was an incentive to probably keep us online while they still try to fix it. I do appreciate it, but I wish they would implement it when EVERYTHING HAS BEEN FIXED. So it's fair, and it doesn't feel like we are slaving away on a broken site making nickels and dimes.
This has been going on for over two weeks!! The three years I've been working on SM, this has never happened. And the time I need Streamate to be working because real life, yo. It's letting me down. Thanks.
On top of that, when it was broken, and we were reporting it, support was making it seem like it was our problem and making us go crazy. I really really really want streamate to have better support for us. We shouldn't have to wait 24 hours for a response. We should be able to have a 24/7 chat support too or a freaking number to call. We are your money makers, we should have better communication with the site instead of sending our problems to Liz or Vanessa so they can actually do their jobs instead of focusing on our issues that support should be capable of handling.
That is a heartfelt post. I feel the same, and I also feel that where I do appreciate the bonus I wish they would include the bonus for the days this last week too! Those days were a pain in the ass for us. They should reward us for those days of hell where we kept trying to log on and make a little money.
JessRyan
08-21-2015, 11:54 AM
I'm extremely annoyed. I had almost zero traffic today and last night and, of the traffic I had, multiple people told me there were issues. My stream appeared fine to me, but customers were having trouble with going private. I averaged something like 20 an hour which is horrible (probably the worst I've done in like a year), especially because I have plans and I literally cannot cam any more today.
there is very little traffic...I think some of those guys are still trapped in an unloading exclusive chat from last Monday
IvyAdams
08-21-2015, 11:58 AM
Anyone else annoyed that the bonus ends at 11:59pm GMT the 25th and Streamate is still having huge issues at times? I'm just getting fed up with everything after last night. This has been going on two weeks. The site is not fixed. So do not tell us it's fixed when we clearly see it not. My bitrate and roundtrip is still all over the place. Streams are so choppy AT PEAK TIMES!
This bonus week was an incentive to probably keep us online while they still try to fix it. I do appreciate it, but I wish they would implement it when EVERYTHING HAS BEEN FIXED. So it's fair, and it doesn't feel like we are slaving away on a broken site making nickels and dimes.
This has been going on for over two weeks!! The three years I've been working on SM, this has never happened. And the time I need Streamate to be working because real life, yo. It's letting me down. Thanks.
On top of that, when it was broken, and we were reporting it, support was making it seem like it was our problem and making us go crazy. I really really really want streamate to have better support for us. We shouldn't have to wait 24 hours for a response. We should be able to have a 24/7 chat support too or a freaking number to call. We are your money makers, we should have better communication with the site instead of sending our problems to Liz or Vanessa so they can actually do their jobs instead of focusing on our issues that support should be capable of handling.
YES. It's like your inside of my mind. It's extremely frustrating after not being able to even log in for 4 days straight, to finally be able to get on and have the carrot of extra money dangled in front of my face only to be sitting in the first/second row and not have ANYONE in my room... and the ones who are in my room either can't give gold or won't spend money because I'm choppy. All exclusives I've had in the past 2 days have been DC at least once... and surprise when I can FINALLY convince a custie to report it to support- they always tell me that support were completely useless and short with them- always blaming their internet connection and telling them to clear their cache/cookies. SMH.
NEWSFLASH: Treating your models like they are idiots and trying to one over them does not equal happy models. You can say that you aren't trying to pull a fast one, but lack of communication on the subject is the catalyst to people having to make their own assumptions. Don't try and placate us by saying it's fixed when it clearly isn't. Don't say 55% on multiple platforms only to then say it was a mistyped tweet. (just to be clear I'm perfectly happy with the 42%.. I just mind the clear lack of coordination within SM itself that seems to constantly be happening)
and PREACH Audri about support. Please, for the love of god DO Something for once other than try and appease us with empty words.
I love you SM but right now I hate you and we are about to have a really messy break up if this shit doesn't get better.
IllyriaStorm
08-21-2015, 12:00 PM
I logged off after about half an hour. Made ten bucks. Several guys logged off because my stream was being choppy and they thought it was their internet. There's no point in staying on, there's no money to be made right now between slowness and glitches.
Ive jind of had a conspiracy theory from the beginning about the bonuses--that the glitches weren't fixed and they wanted is to work through, and also they knew offering bonuses this week would be cheapest for them because there still are so many glitches so earnings are still down. I don't even know if I'm logging back on today. I didn't meet my goal for this week (I'm 20 bucks short) so I'm super frustrated. So glad I started my camming career just as all if this was happening...and kind of glad to know it isn't always like this!
sweetgapeach
08-21-2015, 12:12 PM
Brand new i7 gaming computer...27 is my upspeed, highest newest settings, quite used to at least twenty + for the last few awful months per hour...and last night and today....five hours...54.32?? Its not better...it cant be. And I WANTED this camathon, never participated in one before. #SADFATCHICK