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BlueBunny
07-16-2015, 11:14 AM
It's totally not you. I'm wrapping up my 3rd week, with my third SM account, over the last 3 years (creepy eh), and I've never seen it so bad. I am hoping it's the Summertime Sadness everyone is whispering around here. I am yet to have repeat shows with guys I met two weeks ago. It's like all the paying customers have been teleported somewhere else. I see some established girls are still banking (gives me hope that better is possible!), but lord have mercy on those of us without loyal regs; it ain't pretty.

Susperia
07-16-2015, 11:25 AM
I hate to post again in this thread, but goddamn, third day and I am sitting on SM for an hour and a half with no traffic and one quicky private. The traffic I do get is a bunch of chatty freeloaders who talk me up until they cum...sick of this shit. I've had several #3 regs who stopped into see me and then just left without getting a show....I'm beginning to doubt myself....is it me? Is my new haircolor putting people off...I recently went from blonde to purple....this is making me sad.

Blovely
07-16-2015, 05:26 PM
I dunna if its the Summer Blues or SM but this week has been horrible. Where TF is the traffic??????? Last week was a little slow but I made $$$. Monday was crappy but I still made $$$. After Monday its like each days has gotten worse. Been on 2 hours and 20 minutes and barely made $16. I can not deal with $0-$20 days again. Next year I think I will try to save up extra $$$ so that I can take July and maybe the whole summer off because this mess is for the birds. I'm so glad this week is almost over because I'm so over it. I hope next week is better.

SaraLaughs
07-16-2015, 05:31 PM
^ yeah, I know it's awful for absolutely everyone, and that is a little comforting, but SM has been just... not even worth logging onto. I've been online (though sporadically) 3 days this week and I made $0. Not even a 1G tip. Like... the fuck.

NervousBeaver
07-16-2015, 06:24 PM
I was on cam for 2h 15 mins today on SM and no traffic. Only money I got was from my regular who tipped me in the free chat, I made 14$ my cut. If I didn't had him I would have made 0$. It felt like I was on cam for like 5 hours. So depressing and frustrating!!! At least I know I am not alone to stuggle like this. I really have to focus on something else then SM because it's clearly a waste of my time and energy!

LaylaLovely
07-16-2015, 07:08 PM
Yea this is really starting to scare me....I lowered all my prices ..and I was so busy but then it died off in the end 214$ in 9 hours...I really hope it's not me putting in more hours that's making my hourly drop significantly ...I'm going to try to pull some Indy shows tonight to round up at least 300$ for the day

pippapippa
07-16-2015, 07:11 PM
$5 in 45 minutes... Wow.

EllieGold
07-16-2015, 07:16 PM
having a dude that's previously paid $4 in tips stay in your chatroom for along time. He just loves to popup anytime you're on. Ugh. Banhammer? Feels like a sick puppy following me around... Please camgods I need my goal tonight <3

Blovely
07-16-2015, 09:03 PM
Whelp I got egg on my face today. I "stayed tf on", it ended up picking up and I made my daily goal. Tuesday and Wednesday still sucked ass though.

Cutie101
07-16-2015, 09:11 PM
Weirdly enough though, no matter how much camming sucks, I'm still happy every day that I don't work for a boss.
Oh well...camming sucked today. Yes it sucked.
But it still rocks because...I don't work for a boss and I can get my ass off cam and just watch a movie after 3 hours of work, just like that because i am bored :D
Now excuse me, I go to see again Despicable Me, because camming sucks tonight and I love that movie and I want to laugh. The end :D

Aurora14
07-16-2015, 09:23 PM
I forgot that I had ever made a ClipVia account. I sold 3 clips this week and have to wait to make payout before I close out my store. Even then I might not get that money... /facepalm

Prussia
07-16-2015, 10:08 PM
HAHAHA omg 2 1/2 hours online 16 minutes in paid, thankfully gold shows but still. WTF. I would cry but I am too fabulous to cry over broke ass losers.

Between last night's glitches & crashes and tonights bullshit I need to make myself a drink like whoa.

Hopefully tomorrow will be less depressing than the past two nights, and hopefully that whole shit happens in 3's is not true. :-/

EllieGold
07-16-2015, 10:21 PM
i had to log off after 1 hour of no paid chat... Tonight just sucks. Going back on again soon.

SweetieBitch
07-17-2015, 12:48 AM
Last night was awesome, tonight blows. So glitchy, guys disconnecting left and right, and the only privates I've managed to maintain are all quickies. Still haven't hit $100 and I've been online for nearly 3 hours. >_< The one guy who consistently stays in my free chat apparently has a super bad ass fiber optic internet cable; he's the only one who's never actually been kicked out of the room. But he never buys shows, he's just good company and keeps my room engaging. Usually tolerable, but annoying when no one else can stay in long enough to actually buy a show. Ugh.

Sunnylexie
07-17-2015, 03:17 AM
Camming sucks because my cat died on Tuesday, I'm feeling terrible and haven't had any good sleep but I need to put in hours in my new SM room not to let it sink.

Vlodina
07-17-2015, 04:18 AM
Camming sucks because my cat died on Tuesday, I'm feeling terrible and haven't had any good sleep but I need to put in hours in my new SM room not to let it sink.

I'm so sorry. Big Big hugs to you. xxx

adris
07-17-2015, 04:32 AM
Camming sucks because my cat died on Tuesday, I'm feeling terrible and haven't had any good sleep but I need to put in hours in my new SM room not to let it sink.
So sorry.I know how it feels.Hugs.

Arwen25
07-17-2015, 04:48 AM
I am so sorry to hear about your cat, Lexie. I know how much it hurts. Lots of love.

Camming doesn't such so much as sm sucks! I am trying to establish myself on there (to get out of a studio on AW) and am finding it totally, utterly dead. Just nothing. LIke 20 dollars the other day. To make matters worse I am swamped - so, so busy on AW - so after an hour of silence on sm I just cave and go back on. AW
Stuck in a vicious, shitty cycle!

Prussia
07-17-2015, 09:06 AM
Camming sucks because my cat died on Tuesday, I'm feeling terrible and haven't had any good sleep but I need to put in hours in my new SM room not to let it sink.

I'm so sorry to hear that SunnyLexie. Just remember your kitty was very happy and lucky to have you. :heartbeat

HurricaneRed
07-17-2015, 02:22 PM
Camming sucks because my cat died on Tuesday, I'm feeling terrible and haven't had any good sleep but I need to put in hours in my new SM room not to let it sink.

Ugh, join the club. I had to put my cat down last week and I'm still devastated. Couldn't sleep well for days--kept dreaming she wasn't dead and then waking up and crying. I'm so sorry. Hugs if you want them.

SuperPookie
07-17-2015, 04:57 PM
Ugh, join the club. I had to put my cat down last week and I'm still devastated. Couldn't sleep well for days--kept dreaming she wasn't dead and then waking up and crying. I'm so sorry. Hugs if you want them.
I'm so sorry for both of you on the loss of your furbabies :(

Cutie101
07-17-2015, 05:33 PM
Camming sucks because my cat died on Tuesday, I'm feeling terrible and haven't had any good sleep but I need to put in hours in my new SM room not to let it sink.

I'm sorry for your loss. I've lost 2 pets too (dogs) and I know how it is :(.
I tell you from experience, that, one of the good ways to get your good vibe back is to adopt a kitty. Offer to a new soul a chance to live in a better place and be loved as she/he deserves.This way you will compensate your loss and will make you feel better.
Trust me.
When my first dog died , I didn't want to have a pet anymore, but my grandma insisted that I have to adopt a new one because I am a good girl and some abandoned soul will be so lucky to have me around. And she was right. After I came back home with a puppy that I found on the street, I often had the feeling that my lost dog is somewhere around and is happy that I offered to someone else the chance to have same happy life as he did. I did the same after I lost my next dog :(
My english sucks but I hope you got what I meant.
Huge kissess!!!

Susperia
07-17-2015, 05:58 PM
Ugh, join the club. I had to put my cat down last week and I'm still devastated. Couldn't sleep well for days--kept dreaming she wasn't dead and then waking up and crying. I'm so sorry. Hugs if you want them.


Hugs to both you and Sunnylexie. I cannot imagine the pain and agony you are both going through right now. Cats are special, just remember you gave them the best life ever and they knew you loved them very much. Take comfort in knowing that.

HurricaneRed
07-18-2015, 10:10 AM
I'm sorry for your loss. I've lost 2 pets too (dogs) and I know how it is :(.
I tell you from experience, that, one of the good ways to get your good vibe back is to adopt a kitty. Offer to a new soul a chance to live in a better place and be loved as she/he deserves.This way you will compensate your loss and will make you feel better.
Trust me.
When my first dog died , I didn't want to have a pet anymore, but my grandma insisted that I have to adopt a new one because I am a good girl and some abandoned soul will be so lucky to have me around. And she was right. After I came back home with a puppy that I found on the street, I often had the feeling that my lost dog is somewhere around and is happy that I offered to someone else the chance to have same happy life as he did. I did the same after I lost my next dog :(
My english sucks but I hope you got what I meant.
Huge kissess!!!


First off, thanks everyone for the good wishes. But Cutie101, that's actually really good advice. I did adopt/rescue all my animals, and your grandma sounds like a smart lady. I'm glad you felt that way about your lost dog after a while. I hope I can get to that point, too!

My lease is up in a couple months, but it sounds like maybe after I'm settled in to the new apartment, I should start visiting some local animal shelters to maybe give another animal a chance at a home. Thanks. :)

Cutie101
07-19-2015, 02:40 PM
I never understood why members need to tell : "oh you are so fucking expensive for your weight! I ain't gonna pay!", like someone actually cares about their oppinion or maybe they expect us to start begging them to take us private and lower our rates at 0,99 for them.
OR : "shit u are too chubby, you don't deserve this price!", "Go lose some weight fatty!" - Ok i am 5 ft 1 (1,56 m) and 112 pounds (51 kg). So I look a little chubby , but definately I am not fat (chubby is still a big word to me because I just have fat here and there). Just a little double chin, belly and thicky arms. It means I have 11 extra pounds (4 kg) comparing with my normal weight and it takes me like 1 month to get rid of them if I am not lazy to work out and I eat properly. It's not a huge amount of time.But it's still 1 month! And what bothers me the most, are those losers who come and insult like they expect me to look thin the next day just because they been "brave" and told me to lose weight.Right now I've started working out for like..1 week, but of course those losers don't know I am during changes. And not only dudes who come in here. People in real life tend to judge chubby or over weight people ("Ohh look at that cow she likes pizza too much" , "Oh what a fat woman, she has no shame, how does she dare to come out on street?!?!", "Oh look at that amount of cellulite" like cellulite dissapears with a clap.). What they don't know is : losing weight doesn't happen over night. It can take months or even years because the body is not a machine. People judge without knowing that, maybe that person is currently struggling to lose weight in that moment.Maybe is going to gym and following a diet. And this is not visible overnight, as I said. I never understood why people are mean and judge instead of SUPPORT and HELP.
When u see a person that is clearly having a problem, go and help that person, don't judge it! You are not a better person if you point out at someone that is fat/ has bad make up/ has bad outfit/ bad hairstyle/ is too poor, etc. What makes you better is offeting to help that person to change in good.

I am so pissed right now.It's the first time in my life when I actually vent about this, because I usually know my weight problems aren't that huge and I tend to gain weight when i am busy/ tired and eat crap and don't work out.And I lose weight super fast if I am ambitious. But people don't know.And judge.
I don't know what happened to me and why, suddenly I get affected by this. I usually don't give a shit.

MyRealNameIsWeird
07-19-2015, 03:22 PM
Trial mfc. A couple of hundred tokens in a few hours. Cam specs fine, music = die antwoord, usual getup that's liked on other sites. Is this normal, what am I doing right/wrong? Mfc is weird.

anonymous camgirl
07-19-2015, 03:29 PM
I think it's Summertime Sadness I am finding myself a lot more depressed on cam, and just starting to get depressing, cranky bitter.. etc etc.. there is only so much summertime sadness one can take!.. I understand, I cannot lose weight easily at all.. I have been trying to lose weight for 3 1/2 yrs from a traumatic accident.. I am normally no bigger than a size 4 and I dunno what size I am now.. good lord.. I need to lose like 34 pounds.... I literally have to cease eating solid food to get weight off of me..I have been like that since I was 23 yrs old.. My 2nd pregnancy.. I tried everything under the sun.. and so I takes a ton of discipline.. Used to be a beachbody coach and never made a damn bit a progress on my body transformation.. I kept getting injured and losing and gaining the same 2 fricken pounds...LOL.. so I understand what you are going through and my earning have dropped.. since I was thin so I am super fricken frustrated.. and I was on a juice diet for 60 days but then my iron got really low and I got super sick .. so I haven't been back to liquids yet.. uggh.. this time I am doing my youngevity products and protein shakes like this 4 months worth of Shakeology I have had for ages...LOL


OMG I cannot even type .. I'll have to edit this later..LOL.. I hope you can understand it


I never understood why members need to tell : "oh you are so fucking expensive for your weight! I ain't gonna pay!", like someone actually cares about their oppinion or maybe they expect us to start begging them to take us private and lower our rates at 0,99 for them.
OR : "shit u are too chubby, you don't deserve this price!", "Go lose some weight fatty!" - Ok i am 5 ft 1 (1,56 m) and 112 pounds (51 kg). So I look a little chubby , but definately I am not fat (chubby is still a big word to me because I just have fat here and there). Just a little double chin, belly and thicky arms. It means I have 11 extra pounds (4 kg) comparing with my normal weight and it takes me like 1 month to get rid of them if I am not lazy to work out and I eat properly. It's not a huge amount of time.But it's still 1 month! And what bothers me the most, are those losers who come and insult like they expect me to look thin the next day just because they been "brave" and told me to lose weight.Right now I've started working out for like..1 week, but of course those losers don't know I am during changes. And not only dudes who come in here. People in real life tend to judge chubby or over weight people ("Ohh look at that cow she likes pizza too much" , "Oh what a fat woman, she has no shame, how does she dare to come out on street?!?!", "Oh look at that amount of cellulite" like cellulite dissapears with a clap.). What they don't know is : losing weight doesn't happen over night. It can take months or even years because the body is not a machine. People judge without knowing that, maybe that person is currently struggling to lose weight in that moment.Maybe is going to gym and following a diet. And this is not visible overnight, as I said. I never understood why people are mean and judge instead of SUPPORT and HELP.
When u see a person that is clearly having a problem, go and help that person, don't judge it! You are not a better person if you point out at someone that is fat/ has bad make up/ has bad outfit/ bad hairstyle/ is too poor, etc. What makes you better is offeting to help that person to change in good.

I am so pissed right now.It's the first time in my life when I actually vent about this, because I usually know my weight problems aren't that huge and I tend to gain weight when i am busy/ tired and eat crap and don't work out.And I lose weight super fast if I am ambitious. But people don't know.And judge.
I don't know what happened to me and why, suddenly I get affected by this. I usually don't give a shit.

Cutie101
07-19-2015, 03:49 PM
I think it's Summertime Sadness I am finding myself a lot more depressed on cam, and just starting to get depressing, cranky bitter.. etc etc.. there is only so much summertime sadness one can take!.. I understand, I cannot lose weight easily at all.. I have been trying to lose weight for 3 1/2 yrs from a traumatic accident.. I am normally no bigger than a size 4 and I dunno what size I am now.. good lord.. I need to lose like 34 pounds.... I literally have to cease eating solid food to get weight off of me..I have been like that since I was 23 yrs old.. My 2nd pregnancy.. I tried everything under the sun.. and so I takes a ton of discipline.. Used to be a beachbody coach and never made a damn bit a progress on my body transformation.. I kept getting injured and losing and gaining the same 2 fricken pounds...LOL.. so I understand what you are going through and my earning have dropped.. since I was thin so I am super fricken frustrated.. and I was on a juice diet for 60 days but then my iron got really low and I got super sick .. so I haven't been back to liquids yet.. uggh.. this time I am doing my youngevity products and protein shakes like this 4 months worth of Shakeology I have had for ages...LOL


OMG I cannot even type .. I'll have to edit this later..LOL.. I hope you can understand it

Yes I do understand. Oh from what I am reading, you are doing extreme stuff to your body, wich is not good.
Yeah I guess there is some sort of depression. I am not depressed tho, I just get more emotional I guess.
Try to do the stuff slower. Two people are not the same. One person with same height/ size/ age/ sex, etc can do a type of workout and diet that you cannot do.And opposite.
Did you try to take the things step by step? I did insanity and it took me 3 weeks to lose weight and get at the size i wanted, but the next time i tried, i couldn't even do 1 week because i got bored , lol.
I'd say to start working out 3 times a way for like , 30 minutes and then add 15 extra minutes every week. If you can do 4 times/ week or more, is perfect. this way you don't overwork yourself and you won't quit easy.
There are BBW's who make banks because they are confident. Here comes the huge problem. Confidence. There is a BBW who makes banks because she sees herself beautiful and sexy and another BBW won't make a dime because she is self concious , she sees herself ugly and fat.Here must come the change. If you don't feel comfy and are complexed with soemthing (changeable, not talking about height/age or stuff that can't be changed at our bodies), then u must start chaning.
Regarding earnings, mine didn't drop. They actually increased a little, because I didn't lose my confidence. Now i focus on make up and hair to be perfect and i see myself beautiful on webcam so this atract guys who tell me i am beautiful :)

Knowing you recover from an accident shouldn't make you fasten up the things. Start slowly and do things in your own rythm.It's important to do something at least. And don't go extreme because you will quit as soon as you started.
We are not same ambitious. Some people are less ambitious so should take things in their own rythem, others are super determined and see results faster.
From here comes the frustration usually. Focus on yourself and your goals and look at others just to motivate, not to get stressed.
And at the end, everything will be awesome!

SimoneGray
07-19-2015, 05:01 PM
I'm not saying my day won't get better BUT...$2.85 for a Sunday??? NOOOOOO :( :(

doublerainbow
07-19-2015, 08:37 PM
Today would probably be rocking for me... but... IT'S TOO DAMN HOT TO CAM! Literally from the moment I woke up til now, with the sun down for over an hour already, and it's too hot to even attempt getting online. Like, I get dizzy and start blacking out if I get up too fast. Holy hell, any WAH job sucks when there's no AC..

Jinxxi_
07-20-2015, 01:05 AM
I normally don't cam on Sunday nights, and now I don't think I will.

On for about an hour and a half and made $67. Ugh. 24% time in paid chat. Never again. Clearly not a good time for me.

SimoneGray
07-20-2015, 01:46 PM
5 hrs online and $1.41...what the actual fuck is happening!?

42185

NotYerBB
07-20-2015, 10:14 PM
on the first page on SM and have made $5 in 2 hours. what the actual fuck.
the fact that guys keep popping in and out without even saying "hi" or at least trolling makes me paranoid that I'm not streaming correctly..

MyRealNameIsWeird
07-21-2015, 02:25 AM
OK, I actually feel a bit better about my weird first day now I see everyone is having a hard time lately. Maybe the guys with money are all on holiday and we're left with the freeloading creeps? Gonna save my remaining "new girl" time on mfc until September.

PhatGirlDynomite!!!
07-21-2015, 04:33 AM
OK, I actually feel a bit better about my weird first day now I see everyone is having a hard time lately. Maybe the guys with money are all on holiday and we're left with the freeloading creeps? Gonna save my remaining "new girl" time on mfc until September.

Wait you've only cammed one day? Only on MFC? Anywhere else?

MyRealNameIsWeird
07-21-2015, 06:36 AM
Wait you've only cammed one day? Only on MFC? Anywhere else?

Been camming for a year on chatrecruit/xxxpanded, but have been told they're bad apparently and I'm trying American sites out. So far they're sort of disappointing. Then again, I'm not used to that sort of site structure, so who knows how it'll turn out in a few months?

Violet_Z
07-22-2015, 08:21 AM
I'm so tired of feeling like my computer and all the hardware to go with it are awful. I own a better computer that any normal person that I know and it's still on the low end of specs for camming.

Also I can't get my split cam software to work correctly.

Computers are not my friend today -_-

SimoneGray
07-22-2015, 08:32 AM
Tears. Tears everywhere. And mini meltdowns.

Vlodina
07-22-2015, 08:45 AM
Is SM broken today? Plenty guys are coming in and out repeatedly.

Tsepmet1
07-22-2015, 11:03 AM
$14.33 in more than two hours on the first page. UGH.

Jinxxi_
07-22-2015, 12:00 PM
Is SM broken today? Plenty guys are coming in and out repeatedly.

I think so. I had some of my regulars keep popping in and out. They sent me emails about how they kept getting booted. :(

KarinaGiselle
07-22-2015, 12:09 PM
Glad to know I'm not the only one! This is driving me nuts!

TransdimensionalPrincess
07-22-2015, 12:18 PM
This is the slowest July ever! Slowest July in four years! Where is everyone? I know its summer but this is ridiculous and it seems to be on all the sites i'm on. I don't know what to do anymore. Next July I will not bother working. June was my highest grossing month this year and it all came to a halt around the 4th and hasn't returned.

RamonaRamone
07-22-2015, 12:35 PM
Seriously! What is going on on SM right now? I usually average around $100 in a four hour shift and I'm in hour three with ten bucks so far! :(

Violet_Z
07-22-2015, 12:43 PM
I'm going to assume SM is broken and that it's the website and not me...

EllieGold
07-22-2015, 01:05 PM
agreed! $1 in 4 hours for me lol... Luckily cams wasn't bad or I would have lost it.

Scottish_Ruby
07-22-2015, 01:27 PM
its been really bad the past 3 days i dont know whats going on at all!

KarinaGiselle
07-22-2015, 01:35 PM
So I'm not the only one? Which sites¡

RamonaRamone
07-22-2015, 01:35 PM
I didn't cam yesterday but yeah, I only made $80 Monday night. Glad to hear I'm not the only one having trouble, but it sucks that we're all in the same position! And Violet, ahhh I hope you're right - that's what I'm trying to tell myself.

Violet_Z
07-22-2015, 02:08 PM
Well I'm still making money other places and just nothing on SM so maybe it's broken or flooded with girls on holiday... whatever it is, I'm not even wasting.my time trying. I'll just use another site, even though other site usually doesn't make me much money T-T