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Candyland69
11-18-2022, 08:27 PM
Ummm is the site not functioning for anyone else rn? I have had slow traffic all night but it was still a steady stream, then after restarting my stream after an exclu in 6 min I have only had 2 people pop in my room and that has never happened to me before. I can see myself online, I have potentials, my placement is normal.

That is happening to me since like a full week and no one had an answer for that glitch... coz i do belive its a glitch. No potentials and no members in my room. They look like cant connect. When someone finally connect it simply leaves after few seconds . I deal with that kind of trafic since mode then a week and i have to accept the fact its just normal. No its not!im used with good traffic in first page first rows placement but i got a ghost traffic.

anonamiss
11-18-2022, 08:59 PM
Ummm is the site not functioning for anyone else rn? I have had slow traffic all night but it was still a steady stream, then after restarting my stream after an exclu in 6 min I have only had 2 people pop in my room and that has never happened to me before. I can see myself online, I have potentials, my placement is normal.

i've heard of this happening really bad to models all week but it was only an issue for me late last night and now tonight again. i had a better than average week to start but it is insanely dead now. hardly anyone popping in and when they do it's rare that they say anything.

last night my last two hours were completely dead, no shows or tips but i stayed on for the bonus hours. i have a little less than five hours to get through tonight and i really hope i at lesat get some waves of decent traffic. sheesh.

Candyland69
11-18-2022, 09:06 PM
i've heard of this happening really bad to models all week but it was only an issue for me late last night and now tonight again. i had a better than average week to start but it is insanely dead now. hardly anyone popping in and when they do it's rare that they say anything.

last night my last two hours were completely dead, no shows or tips but i stayed on for the bonus hours. i have a little less than five hours to get through tonight and i really hope i at lesat get some waves of decent traffic. sheesh.

Hope it gets back to you! Finger cross! Does anyone know what how do deal with this big glitch? I contact cs, technical support and they told me nothing wrong with my room. How on earth!? I used to do over $1500 a week and now im on $400 coz no one talks and interact in my room? How to deal with? I try stay positive but Idont know how much ill handle all this wierd traffic.

kamiliam
11-18-2022, 11:58 PM
Been doing way too much lurking because I gotta entertain this adhd brain but regardless.

Every single model I stopped by, within seconds had a skipping/repeat of video. Looks real bad.

Also a couple of SM’s favs don’t have a room count. Not 1 like classic, just nothing.

anonamiss
11-19-2022, 12:36 AM
my night picked up for sure but i've been dealing with a ton of audio issues. guys saying i sound robotic or flat out can't hear anything. logging on and off, restarting, and troubleshooting like a dozen times has pushed back my hours so now i have to stay up later to hit the bonus.

anonamiss
11-19-2022, 02:46 AM
Hope it gets back to you! Finger cross! Does anyone know what how do deal with this big glitch? I contact cs, technical support and they told me nothing wrong with my room. How on earth!? I used to do over $1500 a week and now im on $400 coz no one talks and interact in my room? How to deal with? I try stay positive but Idont know how much ill handle all this wierd traffic.

it's not uncommon for bonus weeks and contests to be riddled with glitches and bad traffic. they haven't announced a thanksgiving contest next week yet but i assume there will be one. we might get a few days this weekend and early next week that are normal and then i'd expect it to get glitchy again for thanksgiving. or we might get another full week of the site acting up. but after next weekend i'm hopeful things will chill out for a while. fingers crossed.

kamiliam
11-19-2022, 04:57 AM
No, the pics are just in my profile, together with the pics that I kept :(.. Like they have never been deleted!! :(((


i just deleted a bunch of my pics the other day. Saw your post and checked on my customer account, they didn’t appear to be there.

are you sure they aren’t on a white label? I can totally see that happening on them. I have seen old profile pics Being used that haven’t been in my rotation for years on some of these janky affiliates.

Ladybuggie
11-19-2022, 05:56 AM
Ummm is the site not functioning for anyone else rn? I have had slow traffic all night but it was still a steady stream, then after restarting my stream after an exclu in 6 min I have only had 2 people pop in my room and that has never happened to me before. I can see myself online, I have potentials, my placement is normal.

That's been literally my life on cam in the last few weeks. I used to have way less potentials but better traffic and better hourly. No idea why but my and other people's guesses is that they're randomizing placement or something. Very frustrating.

gbjenna
11-19-2022, 06:41 AM
one of my regulars just told me via twitter DM that when he tried to log into his SM account it prompted him to reset his password, so he went through the motions but never actually received the email to do so. then when he went to live tech support they couldn't help him other than tell him to make a new account. now it's saying he's tried too many times to log in and he's locked out. >_<

i had heard about this happening to other models' regulars on twitter (and the ultimatum was basically make a new account and lose all of their credits/rewards and content purchased from models, which pissed a lot of high spending guys off) but none of my customers had it happen to them... until tonight. ugh what the actual fuck.

This has happened to at least two of mine too. I’ve heard it’s happened to loads of other models customers so it didn’t come as a surprise. One got his account reinstated with some pushing but they still took his rewards off him. He’s pissed and it’s put him off using the site. I don’t blame him. I wondered why I’d not seen him in so long though.

Dreamqueen
11-19-2022, 10:34 AM
57800

My 'technique' caught your eye, did it?
Which one? The technique of me looking bored in an empty chat room? Or my technique of flipping off freeloaders and guys constantly asking for me to meet up or break the site's rules? :thinking:
Is anyone having any success with this? Or is it too soon to tell?

Genoveve
11-19-2022, 12:20 PM
Been doing way too much lurking because I gotta entertain this adhd brain but regardless.

Every single model I stopped by, within seconds had a skipping/repeat of video. Looks real bad.

Also a couple of SM’s favs don’t have a room count. Not 1 like classic, just nothing.

I noticed last night that guys would come in and out of my room a few times quickly which is usually indicative of glitching.

Panthera
11-19-2022, 03:43 PM
i just deleted a bunch of my pics the other day. Saw your post and checked on my customer account, they didn’t appear to be there.

are you sure they aren’t on a white label? I can totally see that happening on them. I have seen old profile pics Being used that haven’t been in my rotation for years on some of these janky affiliates.

no, no white label. Even when I click the "View on Streamate" link in my Dashboard to see my room and then scroll down at the pics and when I click to see more pics they start appearing. Or if I see them one by one and click click next picture. I only left 20 pics or so, and now ALL my 10 years gallery, which I had deleted, appears. And I cant even delete them again as they do not appear in my Media Gallery. Liz told me yesterday that she told the team to delete them, and that it's a known glitch that they are working at fixing. But today they are still there, go figure! Arrrrr. I am beyond annoyed by this!

anonymous camgirl
11-19-2022, 04:16 PM
This week has been so challenging for me and i need to speak this out loud to the universe. 45 minutes left and I need $2.27 for the lowest rung of the bonus.. Cam GODS come on!.. I made more money in referral commission than this

h0ttie
11-19-2022, 08:03 PM
my bitrate is lowww and i look pixelated. i dont think its me because it seems fine on other sites ..is anyone having issues?

anonamiss
11-19-2022, 09:17 PM
heads up: they sent out the thanksgiving contest email

four 24-hour contests next wed-sat GMT

(as expected)

emkato
11-20-2022, 07:03 AM
heads up: they sent out the thanksgiving contest email

four 24-hour contests next wed-sat GMT

(as expected)

Damn, morale is already at an all time low and they kick it while its down lmao. I know they do this shit every year but its just so not the vibe rn.

whirlerz
11-20-2022, 08:44 AM
heads up: they sent out the thanksgiving contest email

four 24-hour contests next wed-sat GMT

(as expected)

Can hardly wait! ::)

WendiStarr
11-20-2022, 09:40 AM
I haven't cammed on sm in a while and reading this thread about all the issues, I'm a bit apprehensive. I have heard that you can do nap shows on there. Is that true? I'd totally do that but I can't see how that would make any money if you're sleeping. I'd imagine the custies wouldn't stick around because they want interaction.

Dreamqueen
11-20-2022, 10:51 AM
I haven't cammed on sm in a while and reading this thread about all the issues, I'm a bit apprehensive. I have heard that you can do nap shows on there. Is that true? I'd totally do that but I can't see how that would make any money if you're sleeping. I'd imagine the custies wouldn't stick around because they want interaction.

57803
And apparently fisting too.

anonamiss
11-20-2022, 01:54 PM
I haven't cammed on sm in a while and reading this thread about all the issues, I'm a bit apprehensive. I have heard that you can do nap shows on there. Is that true? I'd totally do that but I can't see how that would make any money if you're sleeping. I'd imagine the custies wouldn't stick around because they want interaction.

despite all the glitches and traffic issues i still think SM is worth logging on for. the money is still there but it comes in waves, so i would dedicate at least a few hours for a shift.

yes, "designated" sleep shows are allowed as long as you don't suggest anything non-consensual. write on your profile pic and room topic that you're doing a consensual nap show and it should be fine.

most girls doing sleep shows have a tip vibe in, but even then i can't imagine it ever earns anyone much money.

anonymous camgirl
11-20-2022, 08:21 PM
I logged off for break and now i cant log back on, anyone else having this issue.. I got connected for a split second then got the error message and logged me out
Update: finally got logged in, took 10 tries.. I got connected for a split second twice but wouldnt take.. ugh .. I don't need this universe!

Genoveve
11-20-2022, 08:24 PM
^^^Yes but it just let me on and is staying on.

anonymous camgirl
11-20-2022, 08:27 PM
^^^Yes but it just let me on and is staying on.

Their interface is soooo touchy compared to other sites..

h0ttie
11-20-2022, 09:27 PM
Their interface is soooo touchy compared to other sites..

it really is. i have never seen a site have more issues. but its also one of my best sites .. so i guess they r doing some things right lol

goddessgalore
11-22-2022, 12:11 AM
Does anyone stream regularly from their phone? I had a look through the forums and didn't find much on this, although I did see some things about an external encoder being necessary to stream from mobile, and that maybe iPhones (which I have) don't work for this? If anyone has any experience or insight on mobile streaming, I'd appreciate it.

Basically, I need the most low key approach to camming as possible rn. If I can stream from my phone it would be great bc I could also do other work on my laptop while waiting for privates.

Dreamqueen
11-22-2022, 09:32 AM
Does anyone stream regularly from their phone? I had a look through the forums and didn't find much on this, although I did see some things about an external encoder being necessary to stream from mobile, and that maybe iPhones (which I have) don't work for this? If anyone has any experience or insight on mobile streaming, I'd appreciate it.

Basically, I need the most low key approach to camming as possible rn. If I can stream from my phone it would be great bc I could also do other work on my laptop while waiting for privates.


Yes, I've streamed from my phone.
Android.
It's very easy.
Just log into your account and hit broadcast.
Just make sure to have your phone camera on rotate, or portrait mode I think it's called.
I've always made more money while on my phone. Not sure if placement is better or what.

goddessgalore
11-22-2022, 10:08 AM
Yes, I've streamed from my phone.
Android.
It's very easy.
Just log into your account and hit broadcast.
Just make sure to have your phone camera on rotate, or portrait mode I think it's called.
I've always made more money while on my phone. Not sure if placement is better or what.

Thank you! I'm going to give it a try.

goddessgalore
11-22-2022, 10:27 AM
Also, does anyone else have issues with their biopic constantly being flagged for copyright infringement? I mean, I know my photography skills are off the chain, but damn. It prevents me from being able to get on and stream at the times I set for myself.

littleprincessbella
11-22-2022, 09:07 PM
well contest started, and traffic died ......... great

emkato
11-23-2022, 10:46 AM
well contest started, and traffic died ......... great

Lmao fr. Monday and Tuesday were pretty good for me.

Its almost like if they didn't do these bs contests, EVERYONE would be making money and EVERYONE would be happy and thriving. But why would SM want that?? No no, a dead site and bored models is SO much better! /s

Smurfette
11-23-2022, 10:50 AM
So just how bad is gonna get on Thanksgiving, I wonder? Between the contest, guys busy with their families, football, and World Cup... I'm dreading it! It's been a few years since I last worked Thanksgiving and I can't really remember whether it was slow or not but I think it was

MelanieJ
11-23-2022, 11:00 AM
I'm wondering how Thanksgiving is gonna be as well. We'll find out tomorrow!

emkato
11-23-2022, 11:04 AM
I personally am going to choose to enjoy my thanksgiving cooking and spending time with my hubby and dog.

Its funny because they do these contests as a way to incentivize models to work, but lately the opposite happens. I see more models choosing NOT to work contests because they know it doesn't benefit 99% of us. If they just didn't do contests at all I'm willing to bet more models would get online and everyone would probably make more money in the process. When I'm watching the "top" models struggle to make even 30 bucks on a gold show maybe something just isn't working. but what do I know, I'm not in the top 1% of models so why should my opinion matter:D

edit: sorry if I sound salty, I'm not trying to be negative. just being realistic. I've been doing this long enough to know that a website where everyone is thriving and making good money is a positive thing. These contests just kill the vibe.

littleprincessbella
11-23-2022, 11:35 AM
I personally am going to choose to enjoy my thanksgiving cooking and spending time with my hubby and dog.

Its funny because they do these contests as a way to incentivize models to work, but lately the opposite happens. I see more models choosing NOT to work contests because they know it doesn't benefit 99% of us. If they just didn't do contests at all I'm willing to bet more models would get online and everyone would probably make more money in the process. When I'm watching the "top" models struggle to make even 30 bucks on a gold show maybe something just isn't working. but what do I know, I'm not in the top 1% of models so why should my opinion matter:D

edit: sorry if I sound salty, I'm not trying to be negative. just being realistic. I've been doing this long enough to know that a website where everyone is thriving and making good money is a positive thing. These contests just kill the vibe.

yeah honestly, I have gotten to where if skipping contests is an option I will. It incentivizes girls to drop their rates, and offer huge video bundles. It also makes a lot of us crappy, and can't be good for the guy's moral to see 800 fed up grumpy camgirls.

MissAdriana
11-23-2022, 12:00 PM
I personally am going to choose to enjoy my thanksgiving cooking and spending time with my hubby and dog.

Its funny because they do these contests as a way to incentivize models to work, but lately the opposite happens.

It not being salty when its just the fact for you. I thought of doing the last bonus, but judging by average of all previous contests worked, which was not many I would be making at least $150 less than a normal week guaranteed, which the bonus does not cover so I take a break from SM those days, it been helping me with my burnout to rotate sites more instead pf splitting ALL of them at once

anonamiss
11-23-2022, 12:30 PM
So just how bad is gonna get on Thanksgiving, I wonder? Between the contest, guys busy with their families, football, and World Cup... I'm dreading it! It's been a few years since I last worked Thanksgiving and I can't really remember whether it was slow or not but I think it was

You can look back on your earnings reports from prior Thanksgiving weeks to get an idea. I didn't work those weeks during 2020-2021 but I checked my 2016-2019 reports which had contest weeks for all of them. Three out of four years it looks like I put in a good chunk of hours and my hourly average was slightly higher than usual.

It's a toss up for the winter holidays. I find some guys are reeeally generous, either because they are lonely and are appreciative to have someone to hang out with, or because they are plastered drunk and just having a good time throwing money around. On the flip side, holidays can also bring out troll behavior pretty hard, drunk or otherwise. I always prepare for the possibility of rude questions on Thanksgiving and Christmas, like "why are you here and not with your family? did they disown you for being a stupid dirty whore?" lol.

I set myself an hour-based goal for the week just because I honestly have nothing better to do and would rather try to make some money than completely bail and accept a $0 paycheck. If I stay on for 5-6 hours I almost always end up getting some whales or long shows. So it'd be nice to score at least one night with a decent rank/prize (though I don't *actually* care about the contest... especially considering most of the prizes for reasonable/achievable ranks are crap.)

Angela888
11-23-2022, 12:33 PM
I don’t really work them. They are de-motivating to me, the prizes simply are not enough to put my mental and physical health at risk by staying on a zillion hours. Life is too short! They are very stressful and give me feelings of anxiety . I work lots of hours when contests are not on then when one pops up I do life stuff, or concentrate on other eggs .





I personally am going to choose to enjoy my thanksgiving cooking and spending time with my hubby and dog.

Its funny because they do these contests as a way to incentivize models to work, but lately the opposite happens. I see more models choosing NOT to work contests because they know it doesn't benefit 99% of us. If they just didn't do contests at all I'm willing to bet more models would get online and everyone would probably make more money in the process. When I'm watching the "top" models struggle to make even 30 bucks on a gold show maybe something just isn't working. but what do I know, I'm not in the top 1% of models so why should my opinion matter:D

edit: sorry if I sound salty, I'm not trying to be negative. just being realistic. I've been doing this long enough to know that a website where everyone is thriving and making good money is a positive thing. These contests just kill the vibe.

MelanieJ
11-23-2022, 01:32 PM
I work lots of hours when contests are not on then when one pops up I do life stuff, or concentrate on other eggs .

This is what I'll likely start doing. Streamate clearly doesn't care to improve or take constructive feedback, so there's no point in complaining.

I'll just move on to other channels during contest weeks if the traffic is bad, or keep myself in Gold Shows studying and recording content.

Genoveve
11-23-2022, 01:52 PM
So just how bad is gonna get on Thanksgiving, I wonder? Between the contest, guys busy with their families, football, and World Cup... I'm dreading it! It's been a few years since I last worked Thanksgiving and I can't really remember whether it was slow or not but I think it was

I have worked it before multiple times and I can't remember how it ever went lol, but big holidays tend to either be extremely dead or extremely busy IME. I might hop on for 2 hours later to see, we do Thanksgiving dinner early and I ain't staying over all damn day so I'll probably be home by actual dinner time.

Angela888
11-23-2022, 02:33 PM
I guess the only way they would change is if enough models did not take part and it hit their profits. For some they love contests and I wouldn’t want to take it away from those models. It’s difficult to say if us contest haters are in the minority or not .




This is what I'll likely start doing. Streamate clearly doesn't care to improve or take constructive feedback, so there's no point in complaining.

I'll just move on to other channels during contest weeks if the traffic is bad, or keep myself in Gold Shows studying and recording content.

naughtybabe1
11-23-2022, 02:37 PM
I'm working Wed through next Tuesday morning my regular hours and don't give a fuk if it's the holidays or not. I'll just the normal bit for me. SM is a go or no go most days. I've been split camming with stripchat and usually I make equal amounts on both sites which is weird. Some days more or less...but averages out. Plus all indy and PSO sites. I'm moving next week so I don't care. Hope you ladies get that $$$$$$$$$$

Panthera
11-23-2022, 03:18 PM
This is what I'll likely start doing. Streamate clearly doesn't care to improve or take constructive feedback, so there's no point in complaining.

I'll just move on to other channels during contest weeks if the traffic is bad, or keep myself in Gold Shows studying and recording content.


Speaking of Gold Shows... why can't I start one? I haven't done one in at least 5 years but I remember it was easier? I am in Party Mode allright, I edited the Gold Show requirements, saved them.. but it appears as "Gold Show - OFF" and no toggle button to get it to ON. I even tried turning it to ON while offline...still no go. Is this a glitch these days or am I missing someting? (I wanna do one with the same purpose you mentioned, lol). Way to slow to deserve my active attention...

goddessgalore
11-23-2022, 06:45 PM
Does opting out of the logged-out traffic option make a big difference on income?

I'm thinking, if the guy isn't logged in he's just sniffing around for what he can see for free. Probably doesn't even have an account with funds. I mean, I know there is a possibility to convert logged-out viewers, but I also want to be as discreet as possible on SM. I wonder if this really hurts the bottom line, or if maybe it cuts a lot of the riff raff.

Thoughts?

*Also, I just spent time updating my profile information and when I go to "view on SM" it still has my old profile info. Any idea why this might be?

anonamiss
11-23-2022, 07:18 PM
Does opting out of the logged-out traffic option make a big difference on income?

I'm thinking, if the guy isn't logged in he's just sniffing around for what he can see for free. Probably doesn't even have an account with funds. I mean, I know there is a possibility to convert logged-out viewers, but I also want to be as discreet as possible on SM. I wonder if this really hurts the bottom line, or if maybe it cuts a lot of the riff raff.

Thoughts?

*Also, I just spent time updating my profile information and when I go to "view on SM" it still has my old profile info. Any idea why this might be?

are you referring to the option to see your "potential members"? i turn this off because seeing the number of literal no account freeloaders just makes me anxious, and i don't think directly addressing them leads to more conversions. in my mind, they will make an account if they find you attractive/interesting based on how you generally present yourself in free chat. it's not about you "selling yourself" to them specifically.

if you are referring to geoblocking, that is a different story -- where yes, i do feel like if your geoblocking is turned on it can significantly affect your traffic in a negative way. you have to weigh this decision out in terms of your preferences with safety, security, etc. you are statistically far more likely to have your shows recorded if your geoblocking is off. but your traffic will increase if you aren't geoblocked. it's a risk worth weighing.

as for your profile bio not updating, it's a holiday week and normally these things don't update very quickly anyway. so i wouldn't be surprised if new profile updates won't be approved/changed until next week.

goddessgalore
11-23-2022, 08:52 PM
are you referring to the option to see your "potential members"? i turn this off because seeing the number of literal no account freeloaders just makes me anxious, and i don't think directly addressing them leads to more conversions. in my mind, they will make an account if they find you attractive/interesting based on how you generally present yourself in free chat. it's not about you "selling yourself" to them specifically.

if you are referring to geoblocking, that is a different story -- where yes, i do feel like if your geoblocking is turned on it can significantly affect your traffic in a negative way. you have to weigh this decision out in terms of your preferences with safety, security, etc. you are statistically far more likely to have your shows recorded if your geoblocking is off. but your traffic will increase if you aren't geoblocked. it's a risk worth weighing.

as for your profile bio not updating, it's a holiday week and normally these things don't update very quickly anyway. so i wouldn't be surprised if new profile updates won't be approved/changed until next week.

Thank you!

I didn't even know about the "potential members" option! I'm going to look for that and turn it off. But yes, I was talking about geoblocking and the slider at the very bottom of that page.

I really only do exclusives (both my private and exclusive are set at 9.99, lol, and I "encourage" exclusives by making my private shows super limited in what I do in them). Do you find that Exclusive shows get recorded and shared often as well?

And good to know about the bio stuff. So weird that we can't just...change our bio. Lol.

VVV
11-24-2022, 04:07 AM
ahah we all have that guy cheap that tip once, take a pvt and stay forever in your room, TILL i do not block him DAMNNNNN 3hrs in my room giving compliment. honestly i do not feel i should be grateful for these ones they are so heavy mentally. i feel them like a glueeeeeeee :) i try to kick him off politely some they understand others lol i lost my patience and i block. why i am like this???

whirlerz
11-24-2022, 06:10 AM
I thought we could block the potentials?

I noticed when I boot someone their name stays up there?

Ladybuggie
11-24-2022, 06:56 AM
I thought we could block the potentials?

I noticed when I boot someone their name stays up there?

Not sure about blocking potentials but you can hide them so you can't see them, although I believe they're still there? I have now hidden them cause they do my head in when it's as dead as now.

I think that their name staying there is because there is an option in the settings that enables you to see who has been in your room even after they leave. You can select how long they have to stay in for that to kick in. I guess it's so you can write notes/see their id, etc. after they leave in case it's useful? The names do stay there for a bit even after you block them or kick them I believe

anonamiss
11-24-2022, 01:24 PM
can anyone chime in with earnings for contest ranks? curious what it takes for top 20 and 50. I made a little over $400 last night and am in the low 100s.

goddessgalore
11-24-2022, 01:52 PM
can anyone chime in with earnings for contest ranks? curious what it takes for top 20 and 50. I made a little over $400 last night and am in the low 100s.

Hooowwww? I made $1.80 in 2 hours! I logged out and got onto MFC. lol.