View Full Version : The General Purpose "Camming Sucks Right Now" Thread
Fitandpretty
09-22-2015, 10:18 AM
Why so slow today? :( where are the horny guys WITH money?
Bella28
09-22-2015, 10:48 AM
oh my god! my placement has dropped like a hot potato!.. I am going to need a new computer.. the first 2 days I didn't use the new settings .. now I am .. and it's just mucking up the works!,... I guess i'll be buying a gaming computer? I am guessing that's what you kinda need.. if anyone is looking my son recommended Xidax build your own! and customize it.. not a bad price either.. he is very into gaming!
uh yeah I have an alienware i7 and my placement dropped lol so I don't think that's it.
Bella28
09-22-2015, 10:48 AM
I literally want to slam my head on the desk lol
SM_CamGirl
09-22-2015, 11:02 AM
uh yeah I have an alienware i7 and my placement dropped lol so I don't think that's it.
me too, i have an alienware i7 too and i dont know why my placement dropped so much... i dont undrestand if it is because i use the new settings, or because i have been working more than the usual to make the goals, before never worked more than 4 hours at day .. but now... i need 8 to make the same or less money... i dont know what to do
Bella28
09-22-2015, 11:08 AM
me too, i have an alienware i7 too and i dont know why my placement dropped so much... i dont undrestand if it is because i use the new settings, or because i have been working more than the usual to make the goals, before never worked more than 4 hours at day .. but now... i need 8 to make the same or less money... i dont know what to do
yeah I think the longer hours with less money is fucking up everyone's placement. This is the slowest I have been in forever!
Missbeth
09-22-2015, 11:10 AM
WTF STREAMATE!!!!!!! my placement has dropped like 3 rows in the past week. Plus im making $25/hour when im lucky.
Bella28
09-22-2015, 11:15 AM
yep same here
RaeRae
09-22-2015, 06:23 PM
Been on multiple sites tonight, all of which have been complete disappointment. I'd swear something was wrong with my net, but other girls have looked at my feed and say I look and sound perfect. I'm smiling and bubbly, so I don't know wtf.
Susperia
09-22-2015, 06:43 PM
Been on multiple sites tonight, all of which have been complete disappointment. I'd swear something was wrong with my net, but other girls have looked at my feed and say I look and sound perfect. I'm smiling and bubbly, so I don't know wtf.
Same here! Tuesdays suck....
SimoneGray
09-22-2015, 09:31 PM
Ok...fuck Tuesdays. Today has sucked so far. Gonna take a break in a bit and then get back on and hopefully things will be more awesome when i return.
webcamcutie
09-22-2015, 10:07 PM
The lack of traffic on SM today and the amount of people popping in and out and not talking makes me wonder if they can't connect, or maybe I got ugly over night, or maybe SM just really f%$ing sucks. How the hell can I do 50 hours a week of this with an extra 2100 in vet bills and a week off work under my belt? Seriously. I might as well just live on my webcam at this rate. I was making more money on IMDEAD when I was a new host. O.o
AlexiaRoss
09-22-2015, 10:19 PM
Not that I wish this bullshit on anyone, but THANK GOODNESS its not just me. I wanted to cry earlier tonight. The past 2 weeks have sucked for me. I am having the hardest time getting gold shows started, solo and couples, and ive been making a lot less money in a lot more time. Last week I didnt work very much and was planning to go hard today. I was making a lot in a short amount of time just three weeks ago, now my placement is destroyed and im having NO traffic nobody talking. Im surprised I even made over a hundred bucks today - I am so stressed. I know there are slumps and slow days and times, but compared to August, I just dont understand how it has become this bad for me lately.
Bella28
09-22-2015, 10:54 PM
yeah that's my life righ tnow so i have to basically live on cam to make my weekly goals
Horny
09-22-2015, 11:01 PM
I'm new on SM and even with that status no one was talking and I had the same they kept entering then leaving the room without talking it has to be a glitch you normally at least get one freeloader don't you?
AlexiaRoss
09-22-2015, 11:16 PM
The worst part is that I was doing so good camming that my husband decided to just be my "assistant" and help me record videos, basically all the things I get too stressed out to do myself lol, since I was making more in a day than he was making in a week at his labor job before, and it made no sense for me to watch our baby all day when I could be making more money if we put him in daycare and started treated camming like a business rather than me pulling an allnighter and then caring for a 14 month old baby all next day. Now with all this bullshit, im scared and frustrated. I love camming because I can make good money (or I "used to") and not have a regular 9-5 job, but when im supporting everyone and my only way to make money is affected by fucking technical shit...AHHH lol.
Bella28
09-22-2015, 11:28 PM
yeah i make my whole husbands reg 40 hour check in a day or two and he has a fucking bachelors degree lol. so basically i pay 90% of our bills so i know the stress from that! hang in there it will get better. start split camming on other sites or video sites if you have to! that helps a lot!
AlexiaRoss
09-22-2015, 11:39 PM
Thanks girl! Yeah i gotta start doing some more camming on other sites and video sites for sure! You are right it will get better, I just hate it right nowww lol :p
Horny
09-22-2015, 11:40 PM
I think we are all pulling our hair out lets just hope its a temporary thing and this rubbish ends soon!
EllieGold
09-22-2015, 11:42 PM
Thank you SM...thank you... Got one of these tonight.
http://i.imgur.com/R0MVB7r.jpg
bigbootyjudy1
09-22-2015, 11:47 PM
This week is rough as hell.SIgh!!
EllieGold
09-22-2015, 11:48 PM
lots of guys think we're meeting in real life.... this is irritating. White label A-hoes! (maybe not but who knows?)
webcamcutie
09-22-2015, 11:49 PM
I think we are all pulling our hair out lets just hope its a temporary thing and this rubbish ends soon!
Been waiting for it to end ever since SM had the major crash last month, its been declining since then and now its getting way worse.. This is absolutely ridiculous and how they treat us like we are the ones having issues when we send in the info about the tech problems and basically give us their cut and copy messages and make us feel like we haven't been working on the site years and we have no idea what we're talking about. I know *I* for one miss the days of not having to watch my own cam while streaming so I can reboot my cam and log on and off when I see a problem, when I could just log on, be happy, make some good money, then chill, now its all stress, dead rooms, tech issues galore and SM just seems completely oblivious to it all and make us feel like we're doing something wrong when its not even our fault in the first place. Literally, enough is enough, increasing the hours by double to make half of what we used to? Who wants to do that? I miss when I used to be excited to log on SM to work for the morning or afternoon or evening knowing it would be a good night, now I dread it the whole time I waste my time getting ready for the same sh*t over and over, we have bills to pay and families to support, they NEED to get their shit together. And most importantly, they need to stop leaving their hosts in the dark and making us feel completely miserable and like they don't give two sh*ts about us. Not only are we trying to make ourselves money but it HAS to be affecting them too, so if THEY can't fix it, maybe they need to take some of our 65% they get from us and hire new tech that can. I'd like to see the money I make them (whatever I can these days in all these god awful hours online) go to something useful and not feel like I'm wasting my time for the same garbage day in and out.
EllieGold
09-22-2015, 11:53 PM
lol i got "transgendered" tag. I love transgendered women! :) Some of the best chickas. I am not one though.. 100% born female. Someone is having too much fun tagging me lately since I've been working my way up on SM. However, it takes a simple 10 seconds at most to block these tags and move on. SM..you suck tonight. Err...
EllieGold
09-23-2015, 12:00 AM
Been waiting for it to end ever since SM had the major crash last month, its been declining since then and now its getting way worse.. This is absolutely ridiculous and how they treat us like we are the ones having issues when we send in the info about the tech problems and basically give us their cut and copy messages and make us feel like we haven't been working on the site years and we have no idea what we're talking about. I know *I* for one miss the days of not having to watch my own cam while streaming so I can reboot my cam and log on and off when I see a problem, when I could just log on, be happy, make some good money, then chill, now its all stress, dead rooms, tech issues galore and SM just seems completely oblivious to it all and make us feel like we're doing something wrong when its not even our fault in the first place. Literally, enough is enough, increasing the hours by double to make half of what we used to? Who wants to do that? I miss when I used to be excited to log on SM to work for the morning or afternoon or evening knowing it would be a good night, now I dread it the whole time I waste my time getting ready for the same sh*t over and over, we have bills to pay and families to support, they NEED to get their shit together. And most importantly, they need to stop leaving their hosts in the dark and making us feel completely miserable and like they don't give two sh*ts about us. Not only are we trying to make ourselves money but it HAS to be affecting them too, so if THEY can't fix it, maybe they need to take some of our 65% they get from us and hire new tech that can. I'd like to see the money I make them (whatever I can these days in all these god awful hours online) go to something useful and not feel like I'm wasting my time for the same garbage day in and out.
I feel you are correct. I have noticed the decrease of quality traffic the site brings. I am finally now with ladies on the "lets me up in real life" kinda guys. Irritating. My husband has been a programmer now for almost 10 years and he says that they CAN fix these issues, but their eye is on the green at the moment. They are not thinking into the future. They really need to invest in great developers now! I am sure they are seeing a huge decline in money! Just like a great empire, it CAN fall. I hope they fix things soon because this might be nearing the end of the site (Certainly hope not, I used to love SM back in 2013).
webcamcutie
09-23-2015, 12:18 AM
^^^ Site working properly = more happy models = more earnings for the models = more money for them. It's a no brainer win win, I feel they are trying to fix it, I mean they're coming out with their own broadcaster which obviously shows us they don't believe in the faith of the compatibility with the encoder anymore, but for god sakes, stop treating us like we're children that don't know how to operate the site, and blame it on OUR internet connection, and something we're doing, and acknowledge a response other than something automatic that NEVER goes anywhere and show your models that you DO care and you DO understand there is issues and you ARE trying to fix it!
SadieTaylor
09-23-2015, 09:38 AM
What is going on SM? I'm at $6/hr this week. Really??????????? My placement is still great, everything is fine on my mind, I am going crazy sitting here in freechat. And an admin on FWC keeps cutting my feed for no reason.
SadieTaylor
09-23-2015, 10:11 AM
And now wtf, it got worse. FWC just bumped down my studio pay with no warning!
EllieGold
09-23-2015, 10:15 AM
is the FWC still doing the hourly? I never qualified but that's probably because I'm curvy? Sorry about the rough week on SM. :( Sending camgods your way bb!
SadieTaylor
09-23-2015, 10:16 AM
is the FWC still doing the hourly? I never qualified but that's probably because I'm curvy? Sorry about the rough week on SM. :( Sending camgods your way bb!
Yeah. I have been in the $25/hr studio since last year and they just bumped me down to $10/hr with zero warning. Plus admin kept cutting my feed this morning for no reason, I'm pissed.
IllyriaStorm
09-23-2015, 11:24 AM
Not a single person bought into my gold show. I've made five dollars in the past hour. I'm starting to think I just suck at this.
AlexiaRoss
09-23-2015, 03:00 PM
lol i got "transgendered" tag. I love transgendered women! :) Some of the best chickas. I am not one though.. 100% born female. Someone is having too much fun tagging me lately since I've been working my way up on SM. However, it takes a simple 10 seconds at most to block these tags and move on. SM..you suck tonight. Err...I am about to log on, I had such a bad night yesterday and lately in general its always just bad. My attitude is bad, my motivation is shot, I'm really starting to let this get to me. In august i was making 500 a night and now I cant get anyone to even talk to me. Somebody made a tag about me sometime between the time I went to bed and woke up this morning that just said "nope"... "NOPE" I have only ever gotten two bad tags, but they were both after awesome nights, so I didn't care... today I just feel the same way this person who tagged me feels about me lol "NOPE" like, I fucking suck lol. I don't even want to go online right now, I feel hideous and so insecure. And I feel like I may cry. and of course my encoder is still not working. lol
sovereignv
09-23-2015, 03:06 PM
I am about to log on, I had such a bad night yesterday and lately in general its always just bad. My attitude is bad, my motivation is shot, I'm really starting to let this get to me. In august i was making 500 a night and now I cant get anyone to even talk to me. Somebody made a tag about me sometime between the time I went to bed and woke up this morning that just said "nope"... "NOPE" I have only ever gotten two bad tags, but they were both after awesome nights, so I didn't care... today I just feel the same way this person who tagged me feels about me lol "NOPE" like, I fucking suck lol. I don't even want to go online right now, I feel hideous and so insecure. And I feel like I may cry. and of course my encoder is still not working. lol
I got the same tag, probably from the same loser. Don't worry about it, he just wants to upset you.
Seems like Streamate is sucking for almost everyone right now but we'll just have to hope it picks up again.
anonymous camgirl
09-23-2015, 03:29 PM
DEAD AF .. everywhere I go.. FML
bigbootyjudy1
09-23-2015, 03:41 PM
WTF IS GOIN ON.No traffic on SM.Its deadville this week.Sigh.Even Indie is dead.com Where are my captain save a hoe at?
anonymous camgirl
09-23-2015, 05:14 PM
well I just had a guy in pvt who pretty much sat there and said he wanted to give me a break from the other guys but it was so fucking boring.. he told me how pretty I was the whole time.. and barely even had a conversation just stared at me .. fawning over my magnificence..lol.. YAWN!.. so fucking stimulating.. no wonder you are 45 with no kids and single..lmao
WTF IS GOIN ON.No traffic on SM.Its deadville this week.Sigh.Even Indie is dead.com Where are my captain save a hoe at?
webcamcutie
09-23-2015, 05:37 PM
Mannnn I hate those types of shows, it's like can I please just get naked and masturbate? I feel so awkward when I'm dressed and they can barely hold a decent conversation. It's crazy, lol. The money is nice but its like....awkward money /:
pixiepower329
09-23-2015, 05:39 PM
I'll happily roll around in a pile of awkward money...just sayin.....
pippapippa
09-23-2015, 06:11 PM
Tonight and yesterday... Ugh, so slow. There's almost no one in my room even though I'm fairly high up on the first page right now.
pixiepower329
09-23-2015, 06:36 PM
Same here.... Saturday was a red letter day and it has been straight down the tubes since then. I'm always in the top half of page 1, top row of 2 or 3 categories....aaaaand crickets.
buxxxom
09-24-2015, 01:50 AM
this week continues to be dead. wtf. 35 bucks in 3 hours.
1pandoradesire
09-24-2015, 03:24 AM
this week continues to be dead. wtf. 35 bucks in 3 hours.
You have me by $5.00. I tried a new shift, made no difference.
Femmestudent
09-24-2015, 07:25 AM
totally frustrated, SM FUCK YOU. 1 hr last night with 3$ and 1 hr this morning 0$. Thank god for a good indie guy last night but this is unfucking real bad!
Bella28
09-24-2015, 08:32 AM
im averaging about 30-45 an hour right now but idk how long this will last it just seems to be getting worse. I am about to try chaturbate and I hate token sites but money is better than no money lol. Maybe its time I use my degree lol
webcamcutie
09-24-2015, 09:21 AM
As much as SM sucks right now, all I can remind myself is 10-14 hours a day on IMDEAD to make 100 bucks to say in hall of fame and working 70 hours a week (most of it in their STUPID freechat with all the beggars and annoying asshats with no credit cards) and anytime they had their little bonus contests I'd have to work like 140 hours to meet my hrs target just to get the fucking bonus, lol.
SM has never been that bad for me, so even if some days I'm making 25/hr, I'll take it over less than 10/hr average any day. More hours = more money, I keep reminding myself this, can't get away with making bank in 10-15 hours online for the week anymore, so hello 40-50 hour work weeks, goodbye life. Sorry Xbox, we MAY be friends again one day.
Bella28
09-24-2015, 09:25 AM
yeah i mean i have to work like 50 hours now at this rate :(
pixiepower329
09-24-2015, 10:06 AM
Almost 7 hours in so far and I'm not even at 90 bucks yet..... At this rate... I'd need about 80 hours in to hit goal
Bella28
09-24-2015, 10:08 AM
Almost 7 hours in so far and I'm not even at 90 bucks yet..... At this rate... I'd need about 80 hours in to hit goal
damn yea its bad at times. I have even had to do some gold shows which i despise to up my hourly
Smurfette
09-24-2015, 03:13 PM
Holy shit it's dead. This is so frustrating.
JaneBurgess
09-24-2015, 03:17 PM
I am going back to nights starting Monday. I gave daytime a good three weeks but it's so dead compared to nights. Sigh
AlexiaRoss
09-24-2015, 03:38 PM
...& here we go again with dead as fuck day here on SM, all my rankings for my bitrate/fps etc is poor. last night they were at excellent. Last night I was at 300 for an hour and a half of work and today I have made $40 dollars. I have nobody in my room. I do love camming but I never know anymore what to expect. That is what is frustrating. I am prepared to work more then I was, but I can't do anything with no traffic and shitty glitches.