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kortneykay
09-25-2016, 12:28 PM
I called it earlier. I said I smelled a contest on the way. I knew they'd get us good and hard before Halloween. Brace yourselves ladies, girdle your loins with several eggs and baskets, haha. BRING THIS SHIT!
JackAlexander
09-25-2016, 12:31 PM
contests = low traffic = SM begging us to get on... Tomorrow is football and the debate.. I am going to find better things to do with my time tomorrow :)
kortneykay
09-25-2016, 12:53 PM
contests = low traffic = SM begging us to get on... Tomorrow is football and the debate.. I am going to find better things to do with my time tomorrow :)
HERE! HERE! This is why I mine my other eggs because you never know!
Marina Starr
09-25-2016, 03:04 PM
Thank you Streamate for a good day.
Yours truly,
Transsexual sweetheart
Football and the debate. Double whammy. But I wonder why they're doing a 5 day contest. They only run these when they expect horrible traffic. What else is going on? Can't just be end of the month rent.
BustyVixen
09-25-2016, 04:49 PM
So now it looks like when they do a 24 hr contest that the top prize is only $200. Meh. Used to be like 1k. But now they only offer that for those long ass contests.
xxxGothBarbie
09-25-2016, 06:22 PM
omg last night /early am was awful for me :(
Glamourmilf
09-25-2016, 07:24 PM
OMG I just saw that topic "pee puke fisting" along with "I'm on my period now you like girl on period?" and several rooms with full on pussy spreads going on. What the fuck is going on with streamate?? I mean if it's that easy for me to go to page 2 or 3 and see it? Free chat is really getting ugly
Geez, the whole trifector huh?
Glamourmilf
09-25-2016, 10:34 PM
More like, trifuckta... *ba dum tss*
Lol! Good one!
Missbounty
09-25-2016, 11:53 PM
Check your SM inboxes... a new five-part contest starts tonight. It's another one of those stupid mini 24-hour contests where the prize money is pathetically low ($5-200). These are so useless and not motivating at all, I don't understand why they even bother. Ugggghh. -_-
I feel the same about these contests! Besides if I work from studio, it takes % from our bonuses, that really sucks. And also I have noticed weird things about contests, there are some girls I never seen online on first places, for example YourDream69 or something like that, was looking for her profile after and it doesnt even exist!!! Have u, girls noticed that or is it just my fantasy? Lol
Kitcatt
09-26-2016, 12:09 AM
She's just geo blocked, ugh sorry to hear the studio takes a % from your bonus :(
Halo88
09-26-2016, 12:21 AM
And also I have noticed weird things about contests, there are some girls I never seen online on first places, for example YourDream69 or something like that, was looking for her profile after and it doesnt even exist!!! Have u, girls noticed that or is it just my fantasy? Lol
It could be a girl who has geo restriction settings enabled, but does not have her contest result set to hidden. The contest results on our model dashboard do not block out girls with geo from what I remember reading on the SM help guides. So if you try to search for her she will not show up unless you are logged into an actual member account, and if she does not have your state blocked.
Missbounty
09-26-2016, 12:22 AM
Well, that explains it :D
Missbounty
09-26-2016, 12:28 AM
But if Im using proxy server, i should be able to see even geo blocked models? Or no?
Halo88
09-26-2016, 12:35 AM
No, proxies will not show the geo restricted girls, because of how the site is set up. The only way you can see everyone is to sign up for a customer account.
Once you have a member account, don't ever try to use proxies. The system can detect it and they will ban your account.
Missbounty
09-26-2016, 12:37 AM
Ok, thanks, I really didnt know this. No need for member acc tho, I was just curious ;)
Halo88
09-26-2016, 12:39 AM
You're welcome. SM is a bit complicated to figure out at first. Hope that helped!
seashell
09-26-2016, 09:36 AM
Can guys on Streamate see others' conversations? I never see them talking to each other...
Mostly, I'm wondering if I can pretend to have a conversation to make my room look busy. LOL
TrifilinCamHo
09-26-2016, 09:38 AM
Can guys on Streamate see others' conversations? I never see them talking to each other...
Mostly, I'm wondering if I can pretend to have a conversation to make my room look busy. LOL
Not if they've opted to be invisible. I have fake conversations for the same reason all day every day and no one has ever called me out on it so I assume they think I'm talking to someone who is invisible.
Kitcatt
09-26-2016, 09:42 AM
If you're in classic chat guys can't see each other's texts, and there is no room count # shown to the audience, in party if they opt to be invisible they can't, but they can see the number of people in your room.
ShadyPinesMa
09-26-2016, 10:00 AM
If you're in classic chat guys can't see each other's texts, and there is no room count # shown to the audience, in party if they opt to be invisible they can't, but they can see the number of people in your room.
Is it different for members not logged in? Because I've tested this with a friend and when I went into classic chat as a guest I could see what was being said to her so long as the member didn't have his chat set to invisible.
Kitcatt
09-26-2016, 10:11 AM
Yep, it is, oddly. You can see what members who don't have their eyeballs closed are saying when you're not logged in but when you go in their room in a member account you can't
Sugardadytits
09-26-2016, 10:21 AM
I just sit there waiting. I have no clue what to do when the come in the room. I was just thinking about the fake conversation thing lol i was worried because of party chat
seashell
09-26-2016, 12:44 PM
Good to know! I will just talk to myself, then, haha... Guys definitely stick around longer when the room appears busy.
Girly_Girl
09-26-2016, 05:13 PM
If you fall below 90 hours does it make a big difference in your ranking? I was over 90 hours and would stay some where around the 8th row on the first page but I am barely below 90 (like 88 1/2 hours) but I've been at the bottom of the page last week or 2....wondering if my hours could have anything to do with it?
xCamLovex
09-26-2016, 05:17 PM
Hours online won't boost you as much as paid percentage and price per minute. Probably models using that piece of SHIT SMB get a boost as well. I've found that I can surpass hours online when my percentages are high and so are my rates. Lately I've taken a dip but at least my bills are paid and my cat is fed right?! Lol
rainbowsand
09-26-2016, 05:25 PM
Is there any point in geoblocking my entire country? I'm in Canada and I don't really want to lose out on a ton of money so I've only blocked certain cities.. I know there are ways around it anyway. Plus I will be using twitter, tumblr etc, and I'm not really afraid of people finding out because I'd just be honest.. but I have a fear of being found in my city by a fan or something. I don't know. I don't feel like I'd be that hidden using social media anyway. Any advice?
JackAlexander
09-26-2016, 06:11 PM
Is there any point in geoblocking my entire country? I'm in Canada and I don't really want to lose out on a ton of money so I've only blocked certain cities.. I know there are ways around it anyway. Plus I will be using twitter, tumblr etc, and I'm not really afraid of people finding out because I'd just be honest.. but I have a fear of being found in my city by a fan or something. I don't know. I don't feel like I'd be that hidden using social media anyway. Any advice?
I had geo block on but the white labels ignored it and a good friend found me in the state I was blocking (not a big deal, it just happened). I have no geoblock on now.
As far as getting recognized, I think I look different off cam and my entire life I have been mistaken for someone else.
My friend who is a cam girl here has actually been recognized and it was horrifying for me to listen to the occurrence, I can only imagine how she felt. From what I remember she was at a game and later that night a custie said he saw her and described where she was sitting (I think that is what happened, maybe she will read this and correct me if not).
I find geo blocking pretty useless... I (and plenty more of us) have had my privates recorded and uploaded to tube sites where anyone can find you. If you are going to go full force with this you could be hurting your sales by opportunity loss.
Girly_Girl
09-26-2016, 06:20 PM
Hours online won't boost you as much as paid percentage and price per minute. Probably models using that piece of SHIT SMB get a boost as well. I've found that I can surpass hours online when my percentages are high and so are my rates. Lately I've taken a dip but at least my bills are paid and my cat is fed right?! Lol
That's just it though, my percentage has not dropped.....that's why I was wondering if it could be because my hours have went under 90?
rainbowsand
09-26-2016, 06:22 PM
I had geo block on but the white labels ignored it and a good friend found me in the state I was blocking (not a big deal, it just happened). I have no geoblock on now.
As far as getting recognized, I think I look different off cam and my entire life I have been mistaken for someone else.
My friend who is a cam girl here has actually been recognized and it was horrifying for me to listen to the occurrence, I can only imagine how she felt. From what I remember she was at a game and later that night a custie said he saw her and described where she was sitting (I think that is what happened, maybe she will read this and correct me if not).
I find geo blocking pretty useless... I (and plenty more of us) have had my privates recorded and uploaded to tube sites where anyone can find you. If you are going to go full force with this you could be hurting your sales by opportunity loss.
Ok, thanks, that's what I figured. I want to do the best I can and not hurt my sales. I have a feeling two of my exes will find me as they both follow cam girls and such on twitter, I'm sure I will come up at some point. I don't think one would care but the other one I have a restraining order against and I'm not entirely sure how he would react to be honest. He knew I used to cam though. I'm more afraid of family finding me, they're already so judgemental, but I guess I need to learn to be strong with them and not care what they think.
I guess it would be helpful to get a good security system to help with some of the fear of being known in my neighbourhood too.
Girly_Girl
09-26-2016, 06:53 PM
Also I'm still using the FMLE encoder because I was having problems with the SM broadcaster but the last time I checked the difference it didn't affect placement. I haven't tried it in a couple of months cause it got deleted when I did a reset on my laptop. Do you get a placement boost if you are using the SM encoder?
illuminaughty
09-26-2016, 07:06 PM
Ok, thanks, that's what I figured. I want to do the best I can and not hurt my sales. I have a feeling two of my exes will find me as they both follow cam girls and such on twitter, I'm sure I will come up at some point. I don't think one would care but the other one I have a restraining order against and I'm not entirely sure how he would react to be honest. He knew I used to cam though. I'm more afraid of family finding me, they're already so judgemental, but I guess I need to learn to be strong with them and not care what they think.
I guess it would be helpful to get a good security system to help with some of the fear of being known in my neighbourhood too.
Girl chill out, you act like just because you cam you're going to be some countrywide phenomenon where people in your neighborhood are going to be recognizing you and busting down your door for a piece and your autograph. MANY women cam. I bet your boyfriends won't even find you for a while unless they're looking for you. IF they even find you ever.
You have to be careful sure, but come owyn.
Edit: after re reading this I realized this came off extremely catty and it was totally not meant to. I was trying to be comforting, straight to the point, and kind of silly. I hope it came off that way.
Erika_Xstacy
09-26-2016, 07:37 PM
^^^ depending on her neighborhood. I installed a security system
Its amazing the people that do recognize you and they dont say word until so many degrees of separation have occurred. I have found most ppl to be respectful if they do not know me. They come on cam and ask if they saw me in XYZ neighborhood or at Target.
my mom found me on google image search
my brother found me on twitter
my daughters friends found me on twitter
My nephew found me on streamate WL now follows my twitter but I cant find him
my step son found me on streamate WL
my baby daddy best friend found me on a tube site, my gold shows.
A customer that saw me at Walmart and freaked out I lived in his neighborhood.
A customer at Target saw me and pulled the rico suave on me. Kinda creepy.
incidents of being recognized or found and this is way before porn.
I do not geo block. fuck it, they are doing the same thing Im doing, Im just getting paid
rainbowsand
09-26-2016, 07:40 PM
Girl chill out, you act like just because you cam you're going to be some countrywide phenomenon where people in your neighborhood are going to be recognizing you and busting down your door for a piece and your autograph. MANY women cam. I bet your boyfriends won't even find you for a while unless they're looking for you. IF they even find you ever.
You have to be careful sure, but come owyn.
Nope, just really bad anxiety about getting hurt or even one person finding out and telling other people.
Erika_Xstacy
09-26-2016, 07:42 PM
Nope, just really bad anxiety about getting hurt or even one person finding out and telling other people.
my mom told my brother, my aunts, my uncles, she told errrrrrrrbody her church friends. social services, omg omg OMG The list goes on and on
My mother of all ppl. she didnt speak to me forever.
All you need is one person
seashell
09-26-2016, 07:54 PM
^Sad but true. It only takes one person to see your videos and spread the gossip. Geoblocking isn't foolproof and plenty of less popular camgirls get found out. It's the risk we take.
JackAlexander
09-26-2016, 08:20 PM
Also I'm still using the FMLE encoder because I was having problems with the SM broadcaster but the last time I checked the difference it didn't affect placement. I haven't tried it in a couple of months cause it got deleted when I did a reset on my laptop. Do you get a placement boost if you are using the SM encoder?
You know what was weird..... My placement nose dived too. I was using the encoder and then one day my bitrate went to 1000k, then the next day 800k and the next day and days after that it would not get up past 760. I have business class with upload of 12. I was unable to use the SMB 14 as it made my feed choppy, even after trying to adjust it.
Then I took a dive and bought an i7, 6th generation. Gut wrenching, it did nothing- well it looks pretty :-)
What DID change everything was taking Marina's advice and getting my own router... I went to Best Buy and told the guy in that section my bf is a gamer and was complaining he needed a router, which one should I get? He was a gamer and also used to be an installer, got an Arris SurfBoard. I come home and encoder STILL being a jerk..... I am at my wits end at this point... so I then try the SMB 14 again and all of my issues and placement have been resolved. I am now streaming above 2100k bitrate according to the SMB.
JessRyan
09-26-2016, 08:29 PM
Also I'm still using the FMLE encoder because I was having problems with the SM broadcaster but the last time I checked the difference it didn't affect placement. I haven't tried it in a couple of months cause it got deleted when I did a reset on my laptop. Do you get a placement boost if you are using the SM encoder?
I'm an old dog and still use that old encoder with the settings Vanessa gave us last summer? I don't work that many hours on SM (I'm right at 20 hours but all my other activities/items are "perfect") but I'm on the front page top 3 rows. I don't make a ton of $$ but always make my goal. I don't and probably never will use the SMB unless they MAKE me.
Girly_Girl
09-26-2016, 08:30 PM
You know what was weird..... My placement nose dived too. I was using the encoder and then one day my bitrate went to 1000k, then the next day 800k and the next day and days after that it would not get up past 760. I have business class with upload of 12. I was unable to use the SMB 14 as it made my feed choppy, even after trying to adjust it.
Then I took a dive and bought an i7, 6th generation. Gut wrenching, it did nothing- well it looks pretty :-)
What DID change everything was taking Marina's advice and getting my own router... I went to Best Buy and told the guy in that section my bf is a gamer and was complaining he needed a router, which one should I get? He was a gamer and also used to be an installer, got an Arris SurfBoard. I come home and encoder STILL being a jerk..... I am at my wits end at this point... so I then try the SMB 14 again and all of my issues and placement have been resolved. I am now streaming above 2100k bitrate according to the SMB.
Thank you! Did you get a modem or router? Which model did you get? I guess I will be trying that too:)
JessRyan
09-26-2016, 08:35 PM
I bought a netgear nighthawk models R8000 just a couple months ago. It was expensive, but it may have helped me too. I connect with Ethernet though too. But there have been many times I plugged it in but forgot to turn off the wireless and cammed with no problem.
illuminaughty
09-26-2016, 08:43 PM
^^^ depending on her neighborhood. I installed a security system
Its amazing the people that do recognize you and they dont say word until so many degrees of separation have occurred. I have found most ppl to be respectful if they do not know me. They come on cam and ask if they saw me in XYZ neighborhood or at Target.
my mom found me on google image search
my brother found me on twitter
my daughters friends found me on twitter
My nephew found me on streamate WL now follows my twitter but I cant find him
my step son found me on streamate WL
my baby daddy best friend found me on a tube site, my gold shows.
A customer that saw me at Walmart and freaked out I lived in his neighborhood.
A customer at Target saw me and pulled the rico suave on me. Kinda creepy.
incidents of being recognized or found and this is way before porn.
I do not geo block. fuck it, they are doing the same thing Im doing, Im just getting paid
I am giving you the benefit of the doubt, but I have a hard time believing every one of these is true and maybe not fabricated to make a point.
From what you said, most of if not all the people you mentioned found out because your mother proceeded to tell everyone. Not just by chance, and if they did it was because they were looking for you after she told everyone. I also wonder if you told someone a long the way and that's maybe how your mother found out?
I think people are capable of recognizing, but it isn't that likely imo unless they are already really into camming themselves or through social media.
Obviously the biggest way to get caught is social media promotion. Necessary beast for most though.
From women I have spoken to on a personal level who also cam, it is overwhelmingly an issue for those who out themselves to people in real life. A boyfriend, mother, sister, brother, "best friend" I have heard it ALL.
For a woman who is so paranoid that she is talking about upgrading her security system, I think she will most likely be fine AS LONG AS SHE TELLS NO ONE ABOUT CAMMING. (BUT she already did tell someone after re reading what she wrote erm.)
I think people being recognized In Real Life by genuine fans / people that just came across you and not being OUTED already by people they have TOLD who DO NOT do any other type of adult movies / work is such a rarity, it would make up a portion of less than 10% of all cam girls ever. MAYBE even as bold as 5%.
Glamourmilf
09-26-2016, 08:48 PM
^^^ depending on her neighborhood. I installed a security system
Its amazing the people that do recognize you and they dont say word until so many degrees of separation have occurred. I have found most ppl to be respectful if they do not know me. They come on cam and ask if they saw me in XYZ neighborhood or at Target.
my mom found me on google image search
my brother found me on twitter
my daughters friends found me on twitter
My nephew found me on streamate WL now follows my twitter but I cant find him
my step son found me on streamate WL
my baby daddy best friend found me on a tube site, my gold shows.
A customer that saw me at Walmart and freaked out I lived in his neighborhood.
A customer at Target saw me and pulled the rico suave on me. Kinda creepy.
incidents of being recognized or found and this is way before porn.
I do not geo block. fuck it, they are doing the same thing Im doing, Im just getting paid
Yep. I had a custie announce in my chatroom that he saw me at Target. He even named the street it was on. I did remember this young black dude following me around the store. Yikes!
I also had another guy come knocking at my door shouting my cam name.
Good times!
JackAlexander
09-26-2016, 08:55 PM
Thank you! Did you get a modem or router? Which model did you get? I guess I will be trying that too:)
ARRIS SURFboard SBG6580 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem/ Wi-Fi N300/N300 Dual Band Router to be exact. It was $125 at Best Buy. No time to comparison shop I needed it NOW! I am sure you can find it at a lower price. And I totally forgot I was paying $15 a month for the generic one Comcast was renting me. It will pay for itself in no time.
When I called Comcast they told me it was not on the approved list for my plan, but they still tried and it connected just fine.
illuminaughty
09-26-2016, 09:02 PM
The new update for SMB is seriously destroying my PC, I am having so many issues. My tabs ALL freeze up for like 5 minutes at a time now, even mid shows when I have to read a chat box and keep the SMB on screen so I can see myself separately.
what a pain in the butt.....
Erika_Xstacy
09-26-2016, 10:08 PM
I am giving you the benefit of the doubt, but I have a hard time believing every one of these is true and maybe not fabricated to make a point.
From what you said, most of if not all the people you mentioned found out because your mother proceeded to tell everyone. Not just by chance, and if they did it was because they were looking for you after she told everyone. I also wonder if you told someone a long the way and that's maybe how your mother found out?
I think people are capable of recognizing, but it isn't that likely imo unless they are already really into camming themselves or through social media.
Obviously the biggest way to get caught is social media promotion. Necessary beast for most though.
From women I have spoken to on a personal level who also cam, it is overwhelmingly an issue for those who out themselves to people in real life. A boyfriend, mother, sister, brother, "best friend" I have heard it ALL.
For a woman who is so paranoid that she is talking about upgrading her security system, I think she will most likely be fine AS LONG AS SHE TELLS NO ONE ABOUT CAMMING. (BUT she already did tell someone after re reading what she wrote erm.)
I think people being recognized In Real Life by genuine fans / people that just came across you and not being OUTED already by people they have TOLD who DO NOT do any other type of adult movies / work is such a rarity, it would make up a portion of less than 10% of all cam girls ever. MAYBE even as bold as 5%.
I dont fabricate, I dont have time to BS on the internet much so when I post, its real. I am very aware people do this, I get annoyed at it myself.
I have always used social media and webcam.
How she found out? She googled my stage name in 2011. Its been tattooed on back way before. i have owned this name since 1995. She was worried I was doing porn.
There is different types of outing for everyone. It was how people went about it and let me clear up the fact that I come from a very divided family. Those aunts and Uncles are different than the stepson and my sisters son. There is no coalition. My daughters friends are a whole different social group. My brother never intentionally looked for me, this I know.
The two guys was not shocking to me. Give 2 years in between both. Maybe its the neighborhoods I live in, I go places most people go and I look the exact same.
I also currently live in a very busy neighborhood with corner stores. Like I said its all about the neighborhood. In my old neighborhood where I was recognized I still cammed with my front door unlocked. Now, I wouldn't cam with a open window.
If she wants noone to find out, do not cam 24/7. Do not use social media.
I personally wear sunglasses almost everywhere. I avoid 2 or more guys. I try to shop out of my way- which is super inconvenient. I don't promote. My social media doesn't have my photo as a profile pic. I just want to be left alone to do what I NEED to do.
rainbowsand
09-27-2016, 06:40 AM
I personally wear sunglasses almost everywhere. I avoid 2 or more guys. I try to shop out of my way- which is super inconvenient. I don't promote. My social media doesn't have my photo as a profile pic. I just want to be left alone to do what I NEED to do.
That's a good idea.
I know I need to get used to the idea of being found out and it will probably happen. So I'm just going to have to do it and be ready for the possibility, since this job is the only one I've had that I've enjoyed that actually worked out for me long term in the past.
rainbowsand
09-27-2016, 06:41 AM
I dont fabricate, I dont have time to BS on the internet much so when I post, its real. I am very aware people do this, I get annoyed at it myself.
I have always used social media and webcam.
How she found out? She googled my stage name in 2011. Its been tattooed on back way before. i have owned this name since 1995. She was worried I was doing porn.
There is different types of outing for everyone. It was how people went about it and let me clear up the fact that I come from a very divided family. Those aunts and Uncles are different than the stepson and my sisters son. There is no coalition. My daughters friends are a whole different social group. My brother never intentionally looked for me, this I know.
The two guys was not shocking to me. Give 2 years in between both. Maybe its the neighborhoods I live in, I go places most people go and I look the exact same.
I also currently live in a very busy neighborhood with corner stores. Like I said its all about the neighborhood. In my old neighborhood where I was recognized I still cammed with my front door unlocked. Now, I wouldn't cam with a open window.
If she wants noone to find out, do not cam 24/7. Do not use social media.
I will be on during daytime hours in my area. But definitely going to use social media, so I will just prepare myself for when I am found out. :P
christylive
09-27-2016, 07:07 AM
Apparently I can't use internet explorer anymore on SM. If I click a note I have attatched to a user it shuts down the SM broadcaster and my interface disappears. Just switched back to Firefox so we will see. Anyone else ever experience this!? I also just did the update but this started happening before I did the update :/
Glamourmilf
09-27-2016, 07:16 AM
That's a good idea.
I know I need to get used to the idea of being found out and it will probably happen. So I'm just going to have to do it and be ready for the possibility, since this job is the only one I've had that I've enjoyed that actually worked out for me long term in the past.
That's a good attitude to have. Camming is a legal job, so no need for shame.
*Cause when the chips are down, and God forbid you need ANYBODY'S help, nobody will be there for you anyway. Even if they don't know you cam.
Believe me on this. I've been through some things that would break most people, and all anyone did was say they wish they could help, but couldn't. But, yeah, they were in a position where they could have.