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Vlodina
05-27-2022, 02:20 AM
My tib vibes have been a right bitch this past week or two. I have spent a lot of time fucking about with them and stressing, and sometimes I have to pretend that they're working. Grrr.
Vlodina
05-27-2022, 02:22 AM
Where is the spoof cam-girl vs customer video that was posted a while back, it was in at least one poster's signature for a few days last week! Been looking everywhere for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD7xDEZp60M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Siln5jOh04k
~Carmen~
05-27-2022, 02:24 AM
My tib vibes have been a right bitch this past week or two. I have spent a lot of time fucking about with them and stressing, and sometimes I have to pretend that they're working. Grrr.
I have to scan the QR code every time to get mine to work.
Vlodina
05-27-2022, 02:32 AM
I have to scan the QR code every time to get mine to work.
For me, that's not a guarantee of it working. :/
Strawberryblonde
05-27-2022, 02:41 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD7xDEZp60M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Siln5jOh04k
Thank you, most appreciated I searched but could not find them myself.
~Carmen~
05-27-2022, 02:44 AM
Which vibe do you have? I have had more luck with Lovense than Kiiroo. My Esca 2 worked about half the time.
Vlodina
05-27-2022, 02:50 AM
Which vibe do you have? I have had more luck with Lovense than Kiiroo. My Esca 2 worked about half the time.
Ferri and Lush2.
They work probably 80% of the time. I just never know when they're going to randomly stop working and I hate surreptitiously trying to fix things while pretending that I'm enjoying it! :D
~Carmen~
05-27-2022, 02:56 AM
Ferri and Lush2.
They work probably 80% of the time. I just never know when they're going to randomly stop working and I hate surreptitiously trying to fix things while pretending that I'm enjoying it! :D
I have had that problem many times too. It's been better lately but that's probably luck.
Susperia
05-27-2022, 06:56 AM
Damn, they need to put the phone feature back! :(
Yeah, I had several older regs who used the phone feature and they're upset that its gone. One won't do shows anymore and another I told to get a cam and he's like "nah, I don't want to" although he still got a show, but it was awkward because he didn't type much and you know how that goes.
whirlerz
05-27-2022, 08:44 AM
Yeah, I had several older regs who used the phone feature and they're upset that its gone. One won't do shows anymore and another I told to get a cam and he's like "nah, I don't want to" although he still got a show, but it was awkward because he didn't type much and you know how that goes.
Shit^
I'm gonna contact support, not that it'll do any good>:(
I also had a couple regs that used the feature, & recently (when it was still active) he wanted to use it, it cut out, that was the end of that show: (
roseforarose
05-27-2022, 09:43 AM
Has the amount of time guys get free in exclusive changed?! I could've sworn it was always 30 seconds, is it now 60......
whirlerz
05-27-2022, 09:52 AM
Has the amount of time guys get free in exclusive changed?! I could've sworn it was always 30 seconds, is it now 60......
I think so, could of swore I saw 60 sec. ::)
They should decrease not increase it
roseforarose
05-27-2022, 11:03 AM
I think so, could of swore I saw 60 sec. ::)
They should decrease not increase it
Okay the shows have come through now, both were superrr quick and under 1 min (love guys who try to scam but end up paying lol). So it is still 30 seconds, just took a while to register for some reason
bigbum
05-27-2022, 02:15 PM
Okay the shows have come through now, both were superrr quick and under 1 min (love guys who try to scam but end up paying lol). So it is still 30 seconds, just took a while to register for some reason
i love those too. i only need 2 of those per hour and i’d be making minimum wage just in those 2 alone lol… my mind works funny.
misspandora
05-27-2022, 03:22 PM
My tib vibes have been a right bitch this past week or two. I have spent a lot of time fucking about with them and stressing, and sometimes I have to pretend that they're working. Grrr.
I have the Lovesense. Just set it up. It works but it interferes with my stream quality so I ditched it
caramelcraze
05-27-2022, 06:33 PM
Does anyone know if specifically the we-vibe moxie works on SM? If not, does anyone have another panty vibe recommendation that works (specifically looking for non insertable)?
Contacted support and they said it’s compatible!
Genoveve
05-27-2022, 08:51 PM
So if you are planning on doing the 25 hour contest, is there any point in bothering to do the second 2 day/10 hour contest? Because if you do 25 hours for the week you'll still be making a 25% bonus off of what you made those 2 days even if you do under 10 hours.
KissmeKasey
05-27-2022, 09:13 PM
So if you are planning on doing the 25 hour contest, is there any point in bothering to do the second 2 day/10 hour contest? Because if you do 25 hours for the week you'll still be making a 25% bonus off of what you made those 2 days even if you do under 10 hours.
I'm confused, how would this work?
Genoveve
05-27-2022, 09:16 PM
^^^Nevermind, I was thinking that the week-long contest was a 25% bonus too.
ggminx
05-28-2022, 05:35 AM
Also, my stream quality is showing as poor. It's been like this my entire shift, but when I check my stream it looks fine. Hecking annoying.
omg...mine has been doing that for days out of nowhere...down to .14! i thought it was my lighting...i usually sit in front of my window with sheer curtains and a large ring light. has not failed me to date 3.5mbps always (doing this setup since 2018 with the single light no matter where i am!)...very natural lighting. i ended up buying a couple ring lights (a small one and a medium one) and a strip light. it's not dipping nearly as much now...but still, it does fluctuate a lot all the way down to .7-.9 at times after adding the lights...so annoying...but at least it's staying in the green most of the time
ETA: i even had a dude that left a paid show when it dipped to .14, he said my cam was pixilated. i'm glad yours looks fine. i was ignoring it at first until that...and then other complaints came in too. smh...praying to the cam light gods and the cam gods now! lol
roseforarose
05-29-2022, 03:41 AM
omg...mine has been doing that for days out of nowhere...down to .14! i thought it was my lighting...i usually sit in front of my window with sheer curtains and a large ring light. has not failed me to date 3.5mbps always (doing this setup since 2018 with the single light no matter where i am!)...very natural lighting. i ended up buying a couple ring lights (a small one and a medium one) and a strip light. it's not dipping nearly as much now...but still, it does fluctuate a lot all the way down to .7-.9 at times after adding the lights...so annoying...but at least it's staying in the green most of the time
ETA: i even had a dude that left a paid show when it dipped to .14, he said my cam was pixilated. i'm glad yours looks fine. i was ignoring it at first until that...and then other complaints came in too. smh...praying to the cam light gods and the cam gods now! lol
Mine has been messed up for about a week too. For a while it didn't make a difference to customers, but the last few days my excl have been laggy and pixelated af. Truly don't know what SM are doing to make their camming software inaccessible to so many people but they should knock it tf off. How can I stream perfectly in 1080p on other sites but SM is always wanting to be in 360p?! There's no way this isn't affecting their bottom line.
(One day I will stop ranting in this forum lol, but for now...)
misspandora
05-29-2022, 07:36 AM
Why did streamate set the bonus event up as 2 separate contests??
Why not require models stream for 10 hrs for the entire weekend, instead of 10 hours from the 27-28th, then another 10 hrs from 28th-29th? I got too tired trying to stream that much; I need time to sleep and eat lol
misspandora
05-29-2022, 07:38 AM
Does anyone else have an issue with the C920 randomly going out of focus? So annoying. Lately, if I stand up, leave and come back while not online, it will go out of focus and I can't fix it. I have to log out and log back in again.
JustMilfnAround
05-29-2022, 07:45 AM
Why did streamate set the bonus event up as 2 separate contests??
Why not require models stream for 10 hrs for the entire weekend, instead of 10 hours from the 27-28th, then another 10 hrs from 28th-29th? I got too tired trying to stream that much; I need time to sleep and eat lol
I agree, that was a bit much for me personally. I have Ehler's Danlos which leaves me with chronic pain/fatigue exacerbated by exercise/movement. I had an amazing day on Friday (just over $700) and was so beat down yesterday that I had to call it when I only needed 1 more hour to get the bonus. My mind was on it but my body was like fuck off and rest. It was excruciating just to do laundry yesterday. Frustrating as hell for us disabled models with chronic pain conditions. Had it been 10 hours in 4 days I would have been able to do it. Not SM's issue of course, it is mine but damn it felt good to vent! I lost $250 because my body tapped out on me........Grrrrrrrrr......
liquidsilk
05-29-2022, 08:04 AM
Turn off all the lights, leave a tip vibe with the light flashing and call it a sleep show8)
Strawberryblonde
05-29-2022, 08:19 AM
Does anyone else have an issue with the C920 randomly going out of focus? So annoying. Lately, if I stand up, leave and come back while not online, it will go out of focus and I can't fix it. I have to log out and log back in again.
Open the logitech software, turn the autofocus off.
JustMilfnAround
05-29-2022, 08:47 AM
Turn off all the lights, leave a tip vibe with the light flashing and call it a sleep show8)
Nah, I prefer to do quality streams LOL - although that is a great idea and I should have made an exception this once.
fetishqueen
05-29-2022, 09:44 AM
Nah, I prefer to do quality streams LOL - although that is a great idea and I should have made an exception this once.
I'm not sure I get the benefit to the customer of a sleep 'show' in the slightest. Surely they want an actual reaction to their tip? I guess a few still tip but it seems to be an easy way to make up hours for little effort to me. I'd be worried some regs would come in and want a show and leave disappointed.
But in your case, JMA, I'd highly recommend it! ;D I have to admit, the contests might have been less stressful spread out a bit and not the whole month's bundled into one!
Does anyone else have an issue with the C920 randomly going out of focus? So annoying. Lately, if I stand up, leave and come back while not online, it will go out of focus and I can't fix it. I have to log out and log back in again.
When this happens i put the hand close to the cam and let it focus on it then take the hand off and let it focus on me. I prefer to keep the autofocus on so when i do close ups it's focusing properly on the thing i wanna show.
anonamiss
05-29-2022, 11:46 AM
Why did streamate set the bonus event up as 2 separate contests??
Why not require models stream for 10 hrs for the entire weekend, instead of 10 hours from the 27-28th, then another 10 hrs from 28th-29th? I got too tired trying to stream that much; I need time to sleep and eat lol
they've done the split bonus thing (10 hours back to back over two separate pairs of days) before.
honestly asking models to work an average of five hours a day is really not that much.
i realize a lot of ladies here have medical issues or other circumstances that prevents them from working "full time" hours, but it makes no sense for SM to take that into consideration and make it easy for everyone to get a bonus. just saying.
Genoveve
05-29-2022, 12:12 PM
Open the logitech software, turn the autofocus off.
Also if your autofocus is messed up and you’re blurry, turning the autofocus off then back on immediately refocuses it.
JustMilfnAround
05-29-2022, 12:24 PM
they've done the split bonus thing (10 hours back to back over two separate pairs of days) before.
honestly asking models to work an average of five hours a day is really not that much.
i realize a lot of ladies here have medical issues or other circumstances that prevents them from working "full time" hours, but it makes no sense for SM to take that into consideration and make it easy for everyone to get a bonus. just saying.
Even though I was complaining I agree with this 100% - it's not SM's fault that my 46 year old ass can't keep up with them LOL
laurielegs
05-29-2022, 12:48 PM
Turn off all the lights, leave a tip vibe with the light flashing and call it a sleep show8)
I've seen several models do this recently, and seems their placement doesn't suffer with it. Most remain high up on the page. I can't see how it would be worth it but apparently it is because they keep doing it!
I'm so curious though. Anyone who has done a sleep show want to share results?
anonamiss
05-29-2022, 01:17 PM
Turn off all the lights, leave a tip vibe with the light flashing and call it a sleep show
I've seen several models do this recently, and seems their placement doesn't suffer with it. Most remain high up on the page. I can't see how it would be worth it but apparently it is because they keep doing it!
i assumed liquidsilk's post was a joke, suggesting that you just leave the tip vibe itself in the dark without you actually being physically present...
but if models are actually doing that and getting away with it, that is total bullshit especially given the fact that other models are getting in trouble for just walking away from their cams for a few minutes.
also as someone who frequently cams late at night (at least in terms of US time zones) there have been times when i look at my placement on the front page and i am literally surrounded by sleep shows. it's super weird and i can't imagine it's very enticing to the customer to come to the front page of a live/interactive porn site and just see a bunch of girls sleeping. i also feel like it brings up some weird ethics, like is it truly "consenting" to having your pussy stimulated with a tip vibe if you're asleep? anyway i wish it wasn't becoming the new norm on SM but such is life.
fetishqueen
05-29-2022, 02:03 PM
So on front page now is a sex machine show, close up on pussy with dildo going in and out. Aside from the obvious, she's got it set so every little Gold sets the machine going for ages! I shouldn't be watching but I couldn't help it...it was going forever! Also how are you going to fake that when the inevitable connection drops and it doesn't move? At least I can pretend my Lush is working! :D
JustMilfnAround
05-29-2022, 02:45 PM
it's super weird and i can't imagine it's very enticing to the customer to come to the front page of a live/interactive porn site and just see a bunch of girls sleeping.
I've thought the same thing.
Dreamqueen
05-29-2022, 03:19 PM
i assumed liquidsilk's post was a joke, suggesting that you just leave the tip vibe itself in the dark without you actually being physically present...
but if models are actually doing that and getting away with it, that is total bullshit especially given the fact that other models are getting in trouble for just walking away from their cams for a few minutes.
also as someone who frequently cams late at night (at least in terms of US time zones) there have been times when i look at my placement on the front page and i am literally surrounded by sleep shows. it's super weird and i can't imagine it's very enticing to the customer to come to the front page of a live/interactive porn site and just see a bunch of girls sleeping. i also feel like it brings up some weird ethics, like is it truly "consenting" to having your pussy stimulated with a tip vibe if you're asleep? anyway i wish it wasn't becoming the new norm on SM but such is life.
I agree.
Imo it's a bad look, but I don't run the site.
Makes me wonder what's next?
Consensual flossing and teeth brushing shows?
Consensual douching shows?::)
liquidsilk
05-29-2022, 03:52 PM
For a 250 bonus they can have a 60 minute close up of my left toe :)
Sleep shows, empty rooms, we have all seen it all before on a bonus week. As long as there is an hourly requirement there will be accounts meeting it in 'alternative' ways.
The bag will get got. No one really suffers from it and streamate will live to see another day :)
laurielegs
05-29-2022, 03:58 PM
i assumed liquidsilk's post was a joke, suggesting that you just leave the tip vibe itself in the dark without you actually being physically present...
but if models are actually doing that and getting away with it, that is total bullshit especially given the fact that other models are getting in trouble for just walking away from their cams for a few minutes.
I seem to remember someone had asked and it's allowed as long as you make it clear it's a sleep show with your description and your profile photo saying something about voyeur. (but definifely would want to check with SM first so you don't risk your account).
I could never sleep that way anyway so I won't be trying it. I have to have lights out and a blanket before I can drift off to sleep.
misspandora
05-29-2022, 05:52 PM
I agree, that was a bit much for me personally. I have Ehler's Danlos which leaves me with chronic pain/fatigue exacerbated by exercise/movement. I had an amazing day on Friday (just over $700) and was so beat down yesterday that I had to call it when I only needed 1 more hour to get the bonus. My mind was on it but my body was like fuck off and rest. It was excruciating just to do laundry yesterday. Frustrating as hell for us disabled models with chronic pain conditions. Had it been 10 hours in 4 days I would have been able to do it. Not SM's issue of course, it is mine but damn it felt good to vent! I lost $250 because my body tapped out on me........Grrrrrrrrr......
My niece has Ehler's Danlos, so I totally sympathize. I have back and neck issues from 2 separate accidents, and I don't have a very ergonomic set-up. So my body isnt' too happy with me when I sit there for long periods of time, either. Sorry you lost out on that $250. Very frustrating!
misspandora
05-29-2022, 05:56 PM
I've seen several models do this recently, and seems their placement doesn't suffer with it. Most remain high up on the page. I can't see how it would be worth it but apparently it is because they keep doing it!
I'm so curious though. Anyone who has done a sleep show want to share results?
Yup. I've been very puzzled to see models with high placement doing the whole "sleep show" thing. To me, it seems kind of scammy.
~Carmen~
05-29-2022, 07:30 PM
I agree, that was a bit much for me personally. I have Ehler's Danlos which leaves me with chronic pain/fatigue exacerbated by exercise/movement. I had an amazing day on Friday (just over $700) and was so beat down yesterday that I had to call it when I only needed 1 more hour to get the bonus. My mind was on it but my body was like fuck off and rest. It was excruciating just to do laundry yesterday. Frustrating as hell for us disabled models with chronic pain conditions. Had it been 10 hours in 4 days I would have been able to do it. Not SM's issue of course, it is mine but damn it felt good to vent! I lost $250 because my body tapped out on me........Grrrrrrrrr......
I hear you and I'm very sorry you are in chronic pain.
I have spinal stenosis, herniated discs and pretty bad arthritis in both knees. It's getting harder to sit in a sexy position on the bed. I'm trying to figure out ways to make that easier. I had a pain pump implanted in 2008 but it only helps my upper back.
JustMilfnAround
05-29-2022, 08:21 PM
PLEASE tell me there is a special hell for dudes that break TOS while we are mid-orgasm in a LONG ASS SHOW (like gspot AND clitoral simultaneously). I had to block him and finish myself off. This happens a LOT to me on SM. Like MF'er you think I won't stop my orgasm and boot your ass out?!
Perpetual on edge but never cumming. THAT would be the best hell for those dudes. For fucking eternity!!!! LOL
JustMilfnAround
05-29-2022, 08:24 PM
I hear you and I'm very sorry you are in chronic pain.
I have spinal stenosis, herniated discs and pretty bad arthritis in both knees. It's getting harder to sit in a sexy position on the bed. I'm trying to figure out ways to make that easier. I had a pain pump implanted in 2008 but it only helps my upper back.
OMG ouch. I am so sorry.... That sounds incredibly painful.
~Carmen~
05-29-2022, 08:57 PM
PLEASE tell me there is a special hell for dudes that break TOS while we are mid-orgasm in a LONG ASS SHOW (like gspot AND clitoral simultaneously). I had to block him and finish myself off. This happens a LOT to me on SM. Like MF'er you think I won't stop my orgasm and boot your ass out?!
Perpetual on edge but never cumming. THAT would be the best hell for those dudes. For fucking eternity!!!! LOL
This is why I do so many edging shows these days. I tell them I might or might not let them cum. A lot of them actually love that. Except of course the minute men.
h0ttie
05-29-2022, 09:14 PM
is anyone struggling with their bitrate today?? i tried everything i can think to fix it and its all over the place
Strawberryblonde
05-29-2022, 09:56 PM
they've done the split bonus thing (10 hours back to back over two separate pairs of days) before.
honestly asking models to work an average of five hours a day is really not that much.
i realize a lot of ladies here have medical issues or other circumstances that prevents them from working "full time" hours, but it makes no sense for SM to take that into consideration and make it easy for everyone to get a bonus. just saying.
I find it doable but had commitments on one day of both 48hr blocks(one day was completely no go), just meant I had to choose the one I could potentially do and absolutely focus get the hours in. Ideally I would split it 6 and 4 each.
ggminx
05-29-2022, 10:54 PM
is anyone struggling with their bitrate today?? i tried everything i can think to fix it and its all over the place
i've been having issues for the last week and a half while streaming. mine kept bouncing all over the place, so today I turned off the wifi on my laptop and hooked my ethernet cable up. i did have to factory restore my laptop not too long ago because of wifi connection issues. none of my other laptops/devices in the household have the connection issues. i also don't ever work from the other laptops/devices. i've even sent this laptop in for warranty service due to it and still the problem persists, albeit, it goes away for a while after reinstalling windows. right now, i'm not sure if it's my laptop or SM. the ethernet cable has helped significantly since I plugged it in about an hour ago, but it's still bouncing around all over the place within green/yellow, staying on Stream Quality: Excellent. I had been on for about 15 minutes streaming on wifi before that and dropped out of multiple paid chats with a double dash on the bitrate. so frustrating
I find it doable but had commitments on one day of both 48hr blocks(one day was completely no go), just meant I had to choose the one I could potentially do and absolutely focus get the hours in. Ideally I would split it 6 and 4 each.
I've worked my way up to streaming 4-6 hours per day, 5-6 days per week. now when these bonuses come up with time minimums, I can actually meet them without being shattered. it seems SM recommends 25 hours weekly whenever there's a time minimum to meet. this week i'm gonna do 5 hours daily, 5 days this week. luckily the 25% bonus days were not on my days off (tuesday/wednesday) otherwise I'd say forget it. my days off are mine and i'm not gonna change 'em lol
Strawberryblonde
05-30-2022, 01:24 AM
i've been having issues for the last week and a half while streaming. mine kept bouncing all over the place, so today I turned off the wifi on my laptop and hooked my ethernet cable up. i did have to factory restore my laptop not too long ago because of wifi connection issues. none of my other laptops/devices in the household have the connection issues. i also don't ever work from the other laptops/devices. i've even sent this laptop in for warranty service due to it and still the problem persists, albeit, it goes away for a while after reinstalling windows. right now, i'm not sure if it's my laptop or SM. the ethernet cable has helped significantly since I plugged it in about an hour ago, but it's still bouncing around all over the place within green/yellow, staying on Stream Quality: Excellent. I had been on for about 15 minutes streaming on wifi before that and dropped out of multiple paid chats with a double dash on the bitrate. so frustrating
I've worked my way up to streaming 4-6 hours per day, 5-6 days per week. now when these bonuses come up with time minimums, I can actually meet them without being shattered. it seems SM recommends 25 hours weekly whenever there's a time minimum to meet. this week i'm gonna do 5 hours daily, 5 days this week. luckily the 25% bonus days were not on my days off (tuesday/wednesday) otherwise I'd say forget it. my days off are mine and i'm not gonna change 'em lol
I have mostly only been able to stream 1-3 hours for the last few months, I have RLSW and another business plus studies alongside. I GTFO when I can, so to do 6.5 hours one day (and 3.5 the other) was a biggie. I started with SM in the middle of the pandemic when RL events, RL commitments were non-existent to fewer. I think the longest I streamed was 6.5 hours and that was using low spec equipment, the laptop upgrade I know makes a huge difference plus the microphone so it was a good reminder I can do it! Also I am experimenting with different hours/times of day when I can - in preparation for something that may happen in the future.