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gbjenna
04-12-2021, 10:44 AM
does streamate inform users when they have been blocked by a model or do we just kind of... disappear from being visible on their account? lol

It says something like "You have been permanently blocked from this performers room" or along those lines, I think.

wealthmagnet
04-12-2021, 03:45 PM
Thank you for this!! I got a rose quartz necklace as I really want to work on increasing my love energy.

Sorry to bud into your conversation ladies but i highly reccomend a shop on etsy called ilovelotus . can't tell you how many affordable pieces I've gotten from there. Shipping is fast too!

Edit: i don't have any affiliation to them nor is this sponsored. I just really am obsessed with them

ExoticBeauty4U
04-12-2021, 05:36 PM
Sorry, I'm just now seeing your reply. I'm happy and ok with their placement changes, it's just incredibly frustrating when my earnings tank and all my regulars dissapear and I'm trolled for hours on in. The night i had last Thursday was enough to drive someone to the looney bin LOL.


Edit to add: there was some definite organised/planned trolling that night because i any many others had the same cluster of users log in and paste some really horrible pre written paragraphs back to back in our chats. I won't repeat what was said as it for sure trigger someone & i don't want that to happen.

I worked last Thursday night and I rarely ever get trolled but that was a crazy night for sure! Enough that I snapped in my chatroom which actually helped me make me a little more money but never enough for that bullshit. The trolling was definitely on 10, relieved I wasnt the only one.

LolipopFresh
04-12-2021, 06:15 PM
Hi ladies, I'm having trouble changing the payment method on streamate, when I try it I get INTERNAL SERVER ERROR and can't complete the request, I contact support and they only give random answers, has anyone tried to change the payment method recently and was successful? ty

moneybags
04-12-2021, 06:33 PM
I worked last Thursday night and I rarely ever get trolled but that was a crazy night for sure! Enough that I snapped in my chatroom which actually helped me make me a little more money but never enough for that bullshit. The trolling was definitely on 10, relieved I wasnt the only one. I'm glad I didn't work. I had a cam model feeling I shouldn't. I wonder why. I'm guess it's monkey see or monkey do. Also, at the end of the month when guys are broke and horny seems to make them worst. oh well, everyday is different, so this Thursday could be great! Everyday is a new day!




Hi ladies, I'm having trouble changing the payment method on streammate, when I try it I get INTERNAL SERVER ERROR and can't complete the request, I contact support and they only give random answers, has anyone tried to change the payment method recently and was successful? ty

Are you filling everything out correctly. Make sure you double check the form (I know duh right. It's easy to mistype something though.) I changed banks and it went through. No error message. It's applied to NEXT pay period though. Keep asking until they give you an answer.


I asked SM because I feel like it's important for us models to know. Is it really true that geo block dramatically effects how much traffic we get? I'm a little more concerned about my safety and want to see if i can get some clarity? Suppose I can try it out, but/and I can't really afford to lose money to test this hypothesis out.

wealthmagnet
04-12-2021, 10:15 PM
I worked last Thursday night and I rarely ever get trolled but that was a crazy night for sure! Enough that I snapped in my chatroom which actually helped me make me a little more money but never enough for that bullshit. The trolling was definitely on 10, relieved I wasnt the only one.


I seriously wonder what that was all about? That was not normal. Soon as I'd block someone almost instantly there'd be a new user that upon entering my chat would paste a really long paragraph of some really fu*ed up things, so on and so forth, this went on for hours. I've never blocked so many people in my life. I've actually calmed down with blocking people, and have taken the 'if you're nice you can stay' approach but all that did was drive me mad and attract professional chatroom squatters. LOL. Hey, least we lived to talk about it *hugs*

anonamiss
04-13-2021, 08:55 PM
how do so many girls on the front page have regular biopics and not the new standard live screenshot? is there a reliable/workable way around not having to take a literal screencap every day?

edit: actually upon further inspection it almost seems like no one has a live screenshot right now, i'm viewing on google chrome on my laptop. did they change the rules on making the profile screencap mandatory or what? i haven't been around for a couple weeks.

anonamiss
04-13-2021, 09:14 PM
Is it really true that geo block dramatically effects how much traffic we get? I'm a little more concerned about my safety and want to see if i can get some clarity? Suppose I can try it out, but/and I can't really afford to lose money to test this hypothesis out.

as someone who has been on both sides of geoblocking, yes, it does seriously affect your traffic. i did several years without geoblock then a couple years with it on. i make considerably more per hour and get way more traffic with geoblock off.

i also had a lot of regulars/favorites before i initially started my geoblocking stint which helped keep me afloat when new traffic was nearly nonexistent. if you don't have a lot of regs or faves, you might struggle with a significant decline in traffic and many moments of an empty room if you have geoblock on. at least in my experience.

it's one of those messed up things... geoblocking can only be somewhat helpful to your safety/privacy -- but if you're actually concerned about that you may want to seriously reconsider camming at all. there are plenty of ways for a guy to find you (as simple as him using a VPN) even if you have geoblock on. the main reason i justified it was because my shows became way less pirated when geoblock was on. i wouldn't have kept it on if i wasn't still hitting goals, which i did for a while, it just took more effort. but once the pandemic got to its peak, i finally had to turn geoblock off because my traffic was horrific and i was having to work a lot more hours to hit low goals. once i turned geoblocking back off, things became a lot easier again.

kamiliam
04-13-2021, 09:17 PM
how do so many girls on the front page have regular biopics and not the new standard live screenshot? is there a reliable/workable way around not having to take a literal screencap every day?

edit: actually upon further inspection it almost seems like no one has a live screenshot right now, i'm viewing on google chrome on my laptop. did they change the rules on making the profile screencap mandatory or what? i haven't been around for a couple weeks.

I just checked real quick and it looks like most have the live pic, maybe a random glitch? I still take one everyday

wealthmagnet
04-13-2021, 10:14 PM
how do so many girls on the front page have regular biopics and not the new standard live screenshot? is there a reliable/workable way around not having to take a literal screencap every day?

edit: actually upon further inspection it almost seems like no one has a live screenshot right now, i'm viewing on google chrome on my laptop. did they change the rules on making the profile screencap mandatory or what? i haven't been around for a couple weeks.

The girls with static images are just taking a pic of a pic. When the timer clicks down they just point their cam at a pic on their phone or 2nd laptop. Easy to do but i perfected an easy pose that i duplicate whenever i stream.

Also if u look closely, a big majority of the static pics have a glare in them, i assume from the phone screen the pic is on.

~Carmen~
04-13-2021, 11:44 PM
The girls with static images are just taking a pic of a pic. When the timer clicks down they just point their cam at a pic on their phone or 2nd laptop. Easy to do but i perfected an easy pose that i duplicate whenever i stream.

Also if u look closely, a big majority of the static pics have a glare in them, i assume from the phone screen the pic is on.

My live pic didn't show up tonight until hours later when it had me take another one.

Strawberryblonde
04-14-2021, 12:24 AM
My live pic didn't show up tonight until hours later when it had me take another one.
I'm certain I've seen words to the effect that the live pic will be only viewable to a certain percentage of viewers.

princess_casual
04-14-2021, 01:36 AM
Anyone here who uses a VPN and notice it suddenly isn't working?? I usually have mine set to US... it's on and I tried restarting several times and it keeps showing my actual location!! It's seriously affecting my traffic and idk what to do!

Strawberryblonde
04-14-2021, 01:45 AM
Session snapshots "some viewers will see all Session Snapshots, and some will see no Session Snapshots"

https://streamatehelp.com/reminder-session-snapshots-required-starting-dec-1/

~Carmen~
04-14-2021, 01:57 AM
Session snapshots "some viewers will see all Session Snapshots, and some will see no Session Snapshots"

https://streamatehelp.com/reminder-session-snapshots-required-starting-dec-1/

I stand corrected, thank you. I don't mind the snapshots but I don't notice a difference in traffic either way. Maybe it's because all my pics have always been pretty much the same shot but different outfits. I feel like my regs can find me better that way.

KatM
04-14-2021, 04:56 AM
Anyone here who uses a VPN and notice it suddenly isn't working?? I usually have mine set to US... it's on and I tried restarting several times and it keeps showing my actual location!! It's seriously affecting my traffic and idk what to do!
Nothing we can do, they now show our real location in chatroom right near the name & stars, i been told by a model friend they do this now.
On another note i made nothing in 3 hrs last nite, not even 1 tip, nothing, my room was totally dead and the few people coming in did not spend on me and i think it has to do with the new location thing. Oh well....

Esixxx
04-14-2021, 05:37 AM
That's a great idea. I have been suggesting that people add me to their faves to possibly see my activitiy feed, although I don't think everyone can see it yet.

I like your idea to post about different types of shows and outfits too.

How are the new lights working for you?
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The new lights are great! I really haven't had (well taken the time) to rearrange and find the ideal placement for them. I love them because they do not take up a lot of space, and adjusting the brightness and color temperature with the remote is stupid easy.

I've got stupid high ceilings and I sit at my desk when I am not in shows and then move around during shows - so I am looking for that happy medium lol

AcidYellow
04-14-2021, 09:19 AM
Nothing we can do, they now show our real location in chatroom right near the name & stars, i been told by a model friend they do this now.
On another note i made nothing in 3 hrs last nite, not even 1 tip, nothing, my room was totally dead and the few people coming in did not spend on me and i think it has to do with the new location thing. Oh well....

Same here. I could do well with vpn and now? Meh Im angry cuz why.... I luv my country but for camming is not the best clientele... well... fck that shit. English is good that some of them thought I was an afro american. Now nope. Ugggggg

~Carmen~
04-14-2021, 02:27 PM
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The new lights are great! I really haven't had (well taken the time) to rearrange and find the ideal placement for them. I love them because they do not take up a lot of space, and adjusting the brightness and color temperature with the remote is stupid easy.

I've got stupid high ceilings and I sit at my desk when I am not in shows and then move around during shows - so I am looking for that happy medium lol

I'm glad they are working out for you. I move around a lot too so lighting can be a challenge.

I just ordered these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08G175D8S/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I will report back on how they work out.

gbjenna
04-14-2021, 03:56 PM
I wish soooo much that SM would give us more notice for contests. This one fits into my schedule just fine, but going by the previous year, I was presuming there would be 2x2 day contests this weekend and a week long one at the end of the month.

The last two contests I had to miss cause I had other plans and stuff booked. It would be nice to be able to have the choice to plan around contests so we have the choice to take them off or go all in for them!

TheBrownFox
04-14-2021, 03:57 PM
I'm glad they are working out for you. I move around a lot too so lighting can be a challenge.

I just ordered these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08G175D8S/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I will report back on how they work out.


OMG, this is the lighting that I have too! Inkeltech softbox light, and I LOVE it! In fact, it comes with TWO, and I really only need one of them...it's amazing. Last night a guy on MFC (who hadn't seen me on cam in a while) kept talking about how he noticed "something different about me." I told him I'm now using a Logitech Brio cam and have better lighting. Lol.

~Carmen~
04-14-2021, 04:08 PM
OMG, this is the lighting that I have too! Inkeltech softbox light, and I LOVE it! In fact, it comes with TWO, and I really only need one of them...it's amazing. Last night a guy on MFC (who hadn't seen me on cam in a while) kept talking about how he noticed "something different about me." I told him I'm now using a Logitech Brio cam and have better lighting. Lol.

Yes, I ordered them because you were raving about them in another post :). That's awesome how well they are working for you. "Something different about you;D" They will be here Friday and I'm so ready. lol

moneybags
04-14-2021, 08:39 PM
I wish soooo much that SM would give us more notice for contests. This one fits into my schedule just fine, but going by the previous year, I was presuming there would be 2x2 day contests this weekend and a week long one at the end of the month.

The last two contests I had to miss cause I had other plans and stuff booked. It would be nice to be able to have the choice to plan around contests so we have the choice to take them off or go all in for them!

I know sex workers are stereotyped as free spirits, but some of us need two weeks notice! I cleared my calendar for next week, but I feel bad canceling my appointments.

idgaf_luvr
04-14-2021, 08:52 PM
as someone who has been on both sides of geoblocking, yes, it does seriously affect your traffic. i did several years without geoblock then a couple years with it on. i make considerably more per hour and get way more traffic with geoblock off.

i also had a lot of regulars/favorites before i initially started my geoblocking stint which helped keep me afloat when new traffic was nearly nonexistent. if you don't have a lot of regs or faves, you might struggle with a significant decline in traffic and many moments of an empty room if you have geoblock on. at least in my experience.

it's one of those messed up things... geoblocking can only be somewhat helpful to your safety/privacy -- but if you're actually concerned about that you may want to seriously reconsider camming at all. there are plenty of ways for a guy to find you (as simple as him using a VPN) even if you have geoblock on. the main reason i justified it was because my shows became way less pirated when geoblock was on. i wouldn't have kept it on if i wasn't still hitting goals, which i did for a while, it just took more effort. but once the pandemic got to its peak, i finally had to turn geoblock off because my traffic was horrific and i was having to work a lot more hours to hit low goals. once i turned geoblocking back off, things became a lot easier again.

Do you or anyone else know if SM still gives the recorded privates to affiliates when the geoblock is off? I don't mind vids of me being out there if I put them out there, but their random selection they would put out would be cringey to me (even though it is me lol). UGH!

Vogue
04-15-2021, 04:50 AM
Anyone here who uses a VPN and notice it suddenly isn't working?? I usually have mine set to US... it's on and I tried restarting several times and it keeps showing my actual location!! It's seriously affecting my traffic and idk what to do!
yep ! back at creating content out of fear and negativity back at looking over my shoulder whenever I go for a run! thanks streamate for not understanding that not every country has 300milion people.
I've been crying the whole morning, how in the world I can explain to the people I work for that my safety and my mental wellbeing should be looked after? how do I make them understand that the person I play on cam is a damn fictional character so is ok if the character has another story that I have. That everything I offer is online and digital so my fucking location doesn't matter at all. I'm not on streamate to date the guys I don't have to be into an x-miles radius.
When I show my real location the traffic is shit true, but there is more I deal all the long with people who want a date because hey you are from here, I deal with people that make a fucking obsession of following my ass everywhere to be able to do pin me down to a location. Because guys think that shit is normal.
At the end of the day what is supposed to matter is the language, the gear and the skill.. period anything else is BS. When I'm free and happy I make money when I make money and streamate makes twice as much as I make.
this is insane

MissAdriana
04-15-2021, 08:15 AM
I run my room like this: literally anyone that I don't know who types anything, click on their user notes, then right click the page and click 'send to phone' I have a windows PC and a samsung mobile.

So in the popup page you right click? I dont have it anywhere

bigbum
04-15-2021, 10:31 AM
so excited for this best of 1000 contest.. yayy going to give it my all this week

MsJess
04-15-2021, 01:24 PM
Girls, is anyone of you in Europe using cosmo payment? how good they are? Thanks for any info.


Did you really make more money setting your loc as USA? Wow,too bad I missed out on that... Maybe you can look into building your own server/proxy? That might work.

FYI, you can email Liz and ask them to set your display country to the UK/GB. I have that too and my profile always says GB, never my real country. Then you also reach the guys who sort on English speaking countries (UK/USA/AU), thats a filter option on the website. And you dont show your real country, which is better safety wise.

This is a good idea, a while a go I asked Liz to do it for me but I had a huge influx of UK guys asking me if I was in London and trying to meet up, it really sucked so i had to come back to my OG country ugh... never thought of using the US, i think i missed the opportunity lol

KatM
04-15-2021, 01:32 PM
^^^ Ladies, they wont change the display country anymore, they want us to use our real location OR some of the countries they list in the Display country page, there are a few options for u to choose from.
They now wont allow country change thorough VPN either so yeah, many of us are affected but asking Liz for favoritism wont work anymore.
The matter was too much discussed here in open forums by the models, how they do, what they do therefore SM figured out they should change things, it was announced they will do these changes.
I am in the same boat so yeah, trying to work with the options i have.

gbjenna
04-15-2021, 01:49 PM
so excited for this best of 1000 contest.. yayy going to give it my all this week

Me too!!! Good luck!

moneybags
04-15-2021, 02:05 PM
On the topic of geographic restrictions

Geographic restrictions allow you to block people in certain locations from seeing your profile and viewing your stream. This can help you feel more safe while streaming if you have privacy concerns.

Be aware that using geographic restrictions removes you from being seen by non-logged in visitors. Your account will also not be used in promotional materials. This limits your exposure to potential customers.

To set up a restriction, look under your profile picture on your Dashboard and click on the "Geographic restrictions" link. From here you can choose cities, regions, or entire countries to block. Streamate members from these areas will not be able to see you. We recommend blocking the smallest possible area you're comfortable with, such as a city instead of an entire state.

You can read more about how geographic restrictions work on the Streamate help site: http://streamatehelp.com/geographic-restrictions/

You can read more about protecting your privacy on Streamate here:
http://streamatehelp.com/rules-and-safety/

Thank you for contacting support. Please let us know if we can assist with anything else!

TooNiceToHustle
04-15-2021, 04:03 PM
Congrats on fucking all the expat performers in favor of a few xenophobic customers. Now my gf, who was born in the US and is fully bilingual doesn't want to log in, because the quality of traffic we started getting believes we will do anything for money and the word no doesn't exist. Not to mention the immediate crash in earnings.

AcidYellow
04-15-2021, 05:34 PM
Yes, same here. why then they don't give a solution? many girls got affected. Is so nice to have the freedom like in other sites to choose where you wanna be from... Anyways, if a customer doesn't like an accent or whatever, he can just jump to other rooms. and the model who claim to be from a country where the main language is English but she doesn't speak? well, her lost. But for real, is enough already that some of us are getting only 30% of our earnings just For making part of some countries, At least other sites pay to their models same percentage, 30%, 35% or 50% to all, is not like: oh, because you live here we will give you only 30%, why not be fair and pay 35% to all of us? We work the same hours, we have families to feed, taxes etc etc doesn't matter where you are located, all of us should have the same rights. Why other sites do that and not SM? and now controlling the place where we need to be from. yeah, I feel judged.

Lolaki
04-15-2021, 06:46 PM
Yes, same here. why then they don't give a solution? many girls got affected. Is so nice to have the freedom like in other sites to choose where you wanna be from... Anyways, if a customer doesn't like an accent or whatever, he can just jump to other rooms. and the model who claim to be from a country where the main language is English but she doesn't speak? well, her lost. But for real, is enough already that some of us are getting only 30% of our earnings just For making part of some countries, At least other sites pay to their models same percentage, 30%, 35% or 50% to all, is not like: oh, because you live here we will give you only 30%, why not be fair and pay 35% to all of us? We work the same hours, we have families to feed, taxes etc etc doesn't matter where you are located, all of us should have the same rights. Why other sites do that and not SM? and now controlling the place where we need to be from. yeah, I feel judged.

You are absolutely right. It is completely unfair to treat us like that and not giving us the option to choose our display country. We already have much stress we don’t need another on top of that. From time to time we have to deal with bitrate issues, zero traffic, competition which is already hard, lower percentage in our earnings etc.etc. I have asked them and received many different answers from different representatives on why they are applying this rule now. None of them answers are reliable nor make sense to me. When I insisted and argued their answers, they treated me like I do not worth their time and efforts to answer back or give a solution. This is how they treat their long time hard working partners. I have always been patient with all the issues we had to face and used to look my own business not very active on here. But this time? I won't let it go like that..

I refuse to be in the porn industry with all the risks and the negative explosion and offer underpriced shows, just because no one will pay decent rates to a non Top foreigner Model for their services. Most of you know what I mean….
I want my US location back, as I have never caused any problems to the site because I am faking it and because this is how I hustle and I can’t change my hustle every time they decide to change something on their site. For those reasons, I refuse to work for a site that after years of hard work is treating us like garbage, mess with our potential earnings and forcing us to re establish ourselves on it, something that takes from months to years. My loss, their loss.


Any of you ladies that have the same feelings, you are welcome to private message me and discuss about it and see if we can find a solution

moneybags
04-15-2021, 07:15 PM
^^^ like porn customers care about authenticity.

Candyland69
04-16-2021, 12:12 AM
Are you girls able to connect ? It takes forever and no change. its verify stream since ageeessss.

Alexa89
04-16-2021, 12:32 AM
Hi! I am not able to connect either :'(.
I am new here by the way. Just signed up. Hello, all! :-*:-*:-*

Update! Working after 45 min of trying :)
Now guys are telling me my sound is fucked up, they hear a high pitch ringing

moneybags
04-16-2021, 01:53 AM
Yes but it takes awhile

Luckygoldfish
04-16-2021, 02:39 AM
I know sex workers are stereotyped as free spirits, but some of us need two weeks notice! I cleared my calendar for next week, but I feel bad canceling my appointments.

Girls u can predict almost all contest based on past years. Next big one is presumably 23-30 Of may ready for summer 3 best days ;) let’s see if I am right also will be mayday for like a day contest 1 of may and maybe one in a middle playful may :D
I have big birthday party coming up next week Friday and Saturday for celebration, staying in nice hotel
And such and I kind of wanna go maybe [email protected] this I just do whatever I can in the days I got ..
Regarding locating change I know it suck . ;( nothing can’t be done unless u have ID of another country. I worked under RU for couple weeks until I load my British ID abd to be honest I was still making pretty much same $ as I used to make with US and GB so I dunno. The difference only is that I got lots of hackers with their stupid deals and lots of Russian text in my chat which did my head lol however still same hour $ outcome no matter US, GB, RU

Vogue
04-16-2021, 02:43 AM
On the topic of geographic restrictions

Customers caring about authenticity that's what they want us to believe and is BS! The facts are The both the United States and the United Kingdom are racially and ethnically diverse population, with over 300 languages being spoken within their borders.

The United States; well let's begin with the fact that United States does NOT have an official language. Also, the most spoken languages in the United States are English, Spanish followed by Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, French and Cajun and then others. The United States has 14.4% immigrants and 8.6% of the United States population did not have a firm grasp of the English language

United Kingdom official language is indeed English but the net migration rate for the U.K. in 2021 is 2.903 per 1000 population.
1.3% of the population of England and Wales could speak English but not well, and 0.3% of the population reported that they could not speak English at all and polish was the most commonly spoken language after English.

So what that authenticity means really? I find it hard to believe that Stramate decision was based on its customer's request.
Why! Well for starters you as a chat host don't sell anything physical, you are not allowed to do so, and each day you go online you have to check that box where you agree that you won't ever meet face to face with streamate customers.
The only costumers that get upset about girl locations are the ones who want real-life session or they are In love and looking to date the girl. If the language skill and accent was the real problem, they could just test our English skills or well..I'm sorry but one gets a clear idea about that after Hi, how are you in free chat. The problem here is advertising as " meeting locals " and give them the idea that there is more than we offer.
If the customer wishes to have a born and raised 100% pure-race American/ Brit trust me he can't be fooled by me. Is a free chat-based system, he can see and hear me.

Also, in the year 2021 one can be from anywhere and live everywhere they please (ok saying that I remember is covid time you cant easily do that lol ), but you get my idea ethical and cultural diversity is the norm.



My story:
I managed almost a decade in the industry without outing myself. I refused several times to be nominated for awards and when I was I asked to be taken down, I have chosen to not be displayed in the internal contests. Much like the client, I'm there to escape the mundane reality, not to make it part of the show. I don't want to be a porn star, I'm not on streamte to promote my club I'm dancing at.
I have perfect command of the English language, do I have an accent and I don't hide that.. I'm running my shows neither on love story nor on the promise of real-life encounters.
Why does it bother me then?

The privacy

I am from a western country a country with a good clientele but small and incredibly religious. banning countries with good buying power is never a good idea! So I can virtually live somewhere else and accept these customers without constantly looking over my shoulder and create shows out of anxiety.
But you get few choices to cover that up! Yes, I do and the options are given to me are literally the shittiest based on god knows what. They aren't countries that just speak another language, they are countries that literally use another alphabet. Free chat is going to become shitty unmanageable, premium privates are becoming shittily unmanageable with people speaking multiple languages at the time.


The traffic

When you are from mainland Europe you are given shit traffic, and no is not because customers choose that USA/UK option.
For the guests USA ladies are displayed first, followed by Uk then it comes to a mix of other countries. Since I'm from a country that does not provide many hosts my placement would be page 2-3 for guests. When I'm logged in as mainland Europe I have maybe 5-10 guests when I'm logged in as USA/ UK I have constantly over 100. Same me with same skills, same internet same show same damn everything, just a different positioning.
In terms of logged-in customers, I think they see a different display of the hosts first comes the favourites and hosts from the guest country followed by Americans. If I'm logged as USA/ UK within a minute I'm going to have 15-20 people in my room (most of them are not even americans or brits) versus logging in as mainland Europe where I will have 3 minutes at the time until logged in customers are starting to join my room.

In a Europe decimated by COVID, you are doing this move without any prior warning? I'm sorry Streamate this was an ass move and European hosts deserve more respect and consideration for their hard work and their loyalty to the site.

PS. sorry for the long ass post but I needed to get this out of my chest.

LeilaB
04-16-2021, 02:47 AM
I totally agree with you ladies, I think it's really unfair to pay only 30% for some performers just because they are from a "tier 2" country. If our work is the same quality, then why can't we earn the same? If they want to distinguish, they should do that by the quality of work imo. That 5 percent does matter in the end of the day/week/month.

In addition, when customers see our flags some of them can judge us negatively, like " she surely doesnt speak English, she must be cheap etc." I wish we could choose any country as a displayed country.

Luckygoldfish
04-16-2021, 02:55 AM
I totally agree with you ladies, I think it's really unfair to pay only 30% for some performers just because they are from a "tier 2" country. If our work is the same quality, then why can't we earn the same? If they want to distinguish, they should do that by the quality of work imo. That 5 percent does matter in the end of the day/week/month.

In addition, when customers see our flags some of them can judge us negatively, like " she surely doesnt speak English, she must be cheap etc." I wish we could choose any country as a displayed country.
To cover the cost of potential scam as there country has history of it that’s why.

Vogue
04-16-2021, 03:04 AM
To cover the cost of potential scam as there country has history of it that’s why.

would you be ok to be paid less because there are thieves in your area? Ladies why are you giving excuses for discrimination?

Luckygoldfish
04-16-2021, 03:11 AM
would you be ok to be paid less because there are thieves in your area? Ladies why are you giving excuses for discrimination?
Oh No excuses just letting u know why they do that and I didn’t say it is right or fair
Yes I was paid less for 11 years as ru model and got 30%

LeilaB
04-16-2021, 03:14 AM
To cover the cost of potential scam as there country has history of it that’s why.

This is somewhat understandable, but I think collective punishment is not the best solution. Maybe after a few months of quality work and no scam our percent could be raised. It could function as a trial period

xgirlx
04-16-2021, 03:14 AM
I think it's time to prepare a petition.Since we are no longer allowed to use VPN, my earnings have dropped by 99 percent.They never had time to block models that broke the rules but now they have so much time to implement this new option on each account.

Vogue
04-16-2021, 03:21 AM
I think it's time to prepare a petition.Since we are no longer allowed to use VPN, my earnings have dropped by 99 percent.They never had time to block models that broke the rules but now they have so much time to implement this new option on each account.

That would be a good idea! For once we should stand united

Luckygoldfish
04-16-2021, 03:22 AM
This is somewhat understandable, but I think collective punishment is not the best solution. Maybe after a few months of quality work and no scam our percent could be raised. It could function as a trial period
Yes I totally agree . I was never saying it’s right I just was letting u know why they do that xx

Sunnylexie
04-16-2021, 03:38 AM
Congrats on fucking all the expat performers in favor of a few xenophobic customers. Now my gf, who was born in the US and is fully bilingual doesn't want to log in, because the quality of traffic we started getting believes we will do anything for money and the word no doesn't exist. Not to mention the immediate crash in earnings.

This. While I totally understand this from the customer perspective (like, getting a pvt with a model using google translate and barely understanding you isn't the kind of surprise you'd like), the models from the 2nd tier countries are getting the worst kind of viewers. The US/UK/Westen Europe guys who actually have the money will not see us behind the location filters, and the ones looking for models from EE specifically are looking for someone to take advantage of. They act rude and entitled, try scamming us, bully and threaten us, and demand that we do gross, degrading, dangerous or outright illegal stuff (it was when camming under my true location that I was asked if I had a young daughter I could play with on cam, or was told to walk out naked and masturbate in front of my neighbours, or give myself a black eye). So, if SM are doing it this way, they better take our violation reports more seriously and actually take measures against those people, and, for the great justice, give us the means to block them after they've left the chat.

Sunnylexie
04-16-2021, 04:42 AM
I run my room like this: literally anyone that I don't know who types anything, click on their user notes, then right click the page and click 'send to phone' I have a windows PC and a samsung mobile. The phone then creates a list of the addresses of each members page. Then if anyone turns out to be unsavoury and leaves before I can put a note on their account or use the block link I have a long list with their username on it and also their number. From here you just type it into the block link and voila, they are added to your 'block from messages' list.

Hello, could you please share the "block link" you use as the template to type their ID into? Thank you!