View Full Version : The General Purpose "Camming Sucks Right Now" Thread
LoraDoll
04-10-2016, 09:37 PM
nah. On jasmin, there are longer periods, when u feel it s dead. i mean really dead, no people around. Sometimes a few idiots talking rudely, than got angry if they got no respond.
Sometimes , from nowhere someone jumps in pvt. Depends on luck if he rude or nice.
Yea. Hard to handle. It was like that all week long for me.
Basicly since the weather is good. Tonight it s totally dead. I dont know how it goes daytime.
I work long shifts no matter what. But a few mins ago i had to log off, coz my head started to hurt.
Also i see other modells strugling on top places too. Just need to hang on, and wait till it turns i guess.
juliette_
04-10-2016, 10:53 PM
Just started camming again on MFC yesterday. I shouldn't talk because I've only done 2 4-5 hour blocks (on Saturday and Sunday nights).
Um this guy came in my room and started talking about the neighborhood in the city he grew up in, and it turns out I grew up there as well (I'm from a relatively well known place). He didn't tip once and the worst part was no one else was in my room, so I had to entertain him because otherwise it would look my room was totally dead to anyone who just stopped in. It stayed dead anyways until a submissive guy came in and threw a bunch of little tips but it still only added up to the equivalent of... $16 in tokens. Mm. Hmm.
Another guy tried to tease me by throwing a few small tips and saying he'd do a private if I told him "what I'm into" but then he logged off when
I didn't play the Nelly song he asked me to quick enough for his liking. INSANE
Still not convinced that camming is a good supplement to regular in-the-flesh stripping (at least for me)
that being said, I don't have any clip content yet so there isn't a whole lot I can use to bribe for tips. It seems like all the top models solicit tips with videos/snapchat subscriptions. Not sure if I should snap because my life is literally so fucking boring and not sexy when I'm off cam
BadBitch
04-11-2016, 10:05 PM
I agree with you ladies!
Top model here, been with Streamate for 8 yrs. Traffic is so hit and miss, and the Porn stars log on and traffic is gone.
Tell me how the fuck do you log on ONLY on the weekends and get top spots? While other ladies have been putting in 20-40 hrs. per week for YEARS!
The porn industry is SO greedy! They paid these Porn Stars to produce porn, pay model....then 80% of the porn produced goes to free tube sites. The PS don't get much work, their shit is out there for all to see for free! NOW> these models are seeing that they've been screwed over and HOP on cam to try to make ends meet and get TOP spots, while the rest of the cam models get treated like chopped liver!!!
It's going to be one hell of a struggle, find as many new Eggs as you can to back up the crap traffic and porn stars getting the higher % of money and we sit in our rooms with less than 10 customers.
I agree!!! I get so fucking pissed when I see this. I put in so many hours and do well. These porn stars are rarely on then they get top spots. I think their placement is a guaranteed spot on the site. It sucks.
EllieGold
04-11-2016, 10:41 PM
I agree!!! I get so fucking pissed when I see this. I put in so many hours and do well. These porn stars are rarely on then they get top spots. I think their placement is a guaranteed spot on the site. It sucks.
lol and this site thinks it's too big to fail. Rome fell didn't it. Just saying... They need to love and respect ALL models who make them money.
bigbootyjudy1
04-11-2016, 11:41 PM
Worst Monday ever .Da fuck???!!! Mondays are my best days.Fuck this im goin to bed.sighhhhhhhhhh... Times like this i wish i had a side hustle so i can take a week off from cam and still have a income comming in.im so sick of camminggggggggggggggggggggggggg!!!! I need to work on my exit plan to stop working full time .Ive been googling bussiness ideas for the past 6 months. so far Nada.
Ill be debt free in 7 more weeks ,FROM 32,000 WORTH OF STUDENT LOANS I TOOK OUT in college. THen i can invest the extra money into some type of hustle.PLEASE GOD SEND ME A BRIGHT IDEA.IM TIRED OF THESE ASSHOLES.Im so addicted to working i don't feel right taking days off for no reason even though its a brutally slow week.Im pmsing so maybe thats why i feel like this :(
SweetJulia
04-12-2016, 01:02 AM
-^32K? What did you go to school for, if you don't mind Mr asking?
bigbootyjudy1
04-12-2016, 08:48 AM
-^32K? What did you go to school for, if you don't mind Mr asking?
I went to school for elementary education.But since ive been camming thats not possible. i can work in my field but just not in the classroom i guess.after being my own boss the thought of working for someone else discuss me.i cant :( Thats why i need my own bussiness.
Serena-Shields
04-12-2016, 05:43 PM
CB is the tits right now. Where are ALL THE TIPS.
LoraDoll
04-13-2016, 01:08 AM
I ve wondered how traffis is during morning / daytime. Made 23$in 3 hrs. Watching now, guys sitting quietly in my room 2 hours ago no one says a damn word. Is that weird? So that s it. Was a nice idea to try it out. I Aint took a day off, in this period yet, maybe it s the time.
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When you need to make 34.69 to hit your next hundred goal and it's dead.
Busygirl
04-13-2016, 06:19 PM
1-2 minute shows all week. 1 minute wankers jumping rooms, or connections giving up on me, or i am way too hot, or anyone else is better ?!
missmercedes
04-13-2016, 06:21 PM
Good god, I was on SM's bad side today. My feed looked like shit, placement dropped multiple pages, disconnected twice in the short time I spent on cam, just all around awful.
Melyssax
04-13-2016, 07:28 PM
Very slow week ;(
EllieGold
04-13-2016, 09:16 PM
Maybe just maybe I should stop bad mouthing SM so maybe I can land back on page 1 where I have been for MONTHS. No love for me Streamate... Whatever.
Femmestudent
04-13-2016, 09:59 PM
I had a useless day, SM sucked, CB sucked, nothing on skype, and freeloaders in my twitter inbox :(
When you need to make 34.69 to hit your next hundred goal and it's dead.
Yay!! I did make it. I saw on the news where there were major basketball playoffs. Probably the last game of the season and Kobe retired. So maybe things will perk up. The slowness is maddening.
Redcandy
04-14-2016, 09:50 AM
It's not the last game of the season
NBA PLAYOFFS start this Saturday and end June 19th
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
04-14-2016, 09:52 AM
Kobe Bryant retired last night with 60 points during the game. So he didnt go quietly and The Golden State warriors broke a 20 year old record. Most games won in a regular season. The Bulls were the last team to do that in 1996. So last night was a huge night for basketball fans. I took the night off and watched from the couch.
Glamourmilf
04-14-2016, 10:47 AM
Kobe Bryant retired last night with 60 points during the game. So he didnt go quietly and The Golden State warriors broke a 20 year old record. Most games won in a regular season. The Bulls were the last team to do that in 1996. So last night was a huge night for basketball fans. I took the night off and watched from the couch.
Twitter even went down in L.A. during the game for 30 minutes, due to overloaded servers.
I worked during the day, because I knew it could be dead on cam.
Or as I like to call it, "The Dreadful Day."
Shifts at that time are awful for me. Don't really know why. Don't really care.
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sovereignv
04-14-2016, 08:32 PM
I hate it when guys who have never bought a show come into my room like "hello my mistress" "hello my goddess" like excuse me? I'm not yours. We don't have any established relationship and I truly don't give a fuck about you until you spend. :spin:
Or "remember me? We talked about doing x show?" All right, well, did you get the show? No, you didn't, so I don't remember you.
TheOutlier
04-14-2016, 09:02 PM
RL shit (health issues, grief stuff) making me depressed as shit and combined with slow traffic my earnings are bad. I'm like..just trying to make it a week at a time here..sucks. (yes I have mental help, just venting)
BadBitch
04-14-2016, 09:17 PM
Well the guy in particular that was annoying me I know isn't a bot. I just don't understand why someone would log into my room every day and not say anything. Like him talking wouldn't make it any better because a talking freeloader is worse than a silent one, but at least it would make more sense to me. Maybe he wants to see what I'm wearing, but can't he do that without entering my room? I just banned him today, I checked his stats and his last long exclusive was THIRTEEN months ago. Ta ta.
I ban guys who pop in my room day after day. Fuck that.
BadBitch
04-14-2016, 09:21 PM
I'm REAL tired of these guys coming into my room if they have no intention of doing a show. I'm talking regulars. They come in, I chat with them briefly then ask what kind of show they wanted. I get, "Oh, my son is home. I'll come back". Then how are you on right now?? I'll also get, "I was just checking in". Dude, seriously. You don't need to check in. I'm good here. Then there's, "I'm on my lunch or coffee break". Then go fucking eat and read a newspaper. Don't fucking come in here and waste my time, mother fucker.
sovereignv
04-14-2016, 09:31 PM
RL shit (health issues, grief stuff) making me depressed as shit and combined with slow traffic my earnings are bad. I'm like..just trying to make it a week at a time here..sucks. (yes I have mental help, just venting)
I hope things get better for you! I know how hard it is to go on cam when you're experiencing emotional pain. At least if we were doing normal jobs someone would be making us do it, haha.
Chellyinparadise
04-14-2016, 10:45 PM
I'm REAL tired of these guys coming into my room if they have no intention of doing a show. I'm talking regulars. They come in, I chat with them briefly then ask what kind of show they wanted. I get, "Oh, my son is home. I'll come back". Then how are you on right now?? I'll also get, "I was just checking in". Dude, seriously. You don't need to check in. I'm good here. Then there's, "I'm on my lunch or coffee break". Then go fucking eat and read a newspaper. Don't fucking come in here and waste my time, mother fucker.
Yea thats just as bad as the ones who come in and say i just seen you online and had to come by and say hi, ill see you later.. then leaves like wtf why bother?
Chellyinparadise
04-14-2016, 10:47 PM
RL shit (health issues, grief stuff) making me depressed as shit and combined with slow traffic my earnings are bad. I'm like..just trying to make it a week at a time here..sucks. (yes I have mental help, just venting)
Sorry youre going through that hope things get better for you.
EllieGold
04-14-2016, 11:18 PM
The painful process of losing weight. This is so much harder than I had ever expected. I got 40 lbs to lose by Fall and I'm dying here. All the calorie counting, the countless hours spending getting your cardio on, omg I could die.
nattyfetish
04-15-2016, 02:59 AM
When somebody says on facebook that an arrested guy at home is better than a cam girl ---> that right there makes me wanna tie both and dominate the shit of of them untill they change their small minds. Stupid world.
amanda121
04-15-2016, 03:11 AM
When a customer wants me to watch his pictures and videos and comment them, while he has asshole covered with genital warts! This totally grosses me out and kills my mood for the rest of the day!
GeezLouise
04-15-2016, 03:23 AM
It is supposed to be pay day today. I ALWAYS get the money before 10 AM and decided today was TREAT YO SELF DAY.
Of course, when I relay on the money to be here at 10 AM, it's still not here.
Here I am sitting with my make-up all day, looking all pretty to go out shopping but instead am browsing the internet passively aggressive sipping on my coffee.
SimoneGray
04-15-2016, 06:06 AM
So...this is going to be a bit of an unpopular one, but this is currently what pisses me off:
People who continuously complain about sex work on twitter. And by that I mean, sex workers too. Mostly camgirls. Like if you have something negative to say every single day about your job, why not just quit? No one ever shames vanilla workers for not liking a certain job and moving on to find something they enjoy, why the hell do we as camgirls/sex workers believe that we have to stay even if things suck?
See, here's the thing; not everyone will succeed/be good at the sex industry. Just like there are people who are good at a variety of different jobs, there are also people who suck at a variety of different jobs. Not everyone can be a lawyer, teacher, salesperson, sex worker...yet somehow sex work gets treated differently. Just because you have genitalia does not mean you will be good at being in the sex industry. There is no shame in finding something else to do if you feel that its horrible all the time and freely express this.
Also by constantly posting your woes on social media, it feeds into the existing stereotypes about this job. Now, I'm not saying there are not bad days, there absolutely are. There are in every sector. BUT, if you feel like your life in the sex industry is one constant bad day, then maybe, just maybe, its time to re-asses, instead of moaning about it all the time. Move on, find something you enjoy. Also, if its not bringing in what it should financially, then also, re-asses.
/rant.
anonymous camgirl
04-15-2016, 07:00 AM
Get on a nutritional balancing program.. That's what I am doing.. I hired a mineral/nutritional balancing practitioner.. You might have a lot of heavy metals in your fat cells.. Your body will NOT let go of those til your minerals are up.. having good minerals stores releases heavy metals from the body.. If you are having trouble losing weight then maybe your body doesn't want to cuz it would literally kill you if it did... Huge stores of heavy metals circulating through your blood is NOT a good time.. Could kill ya! I know what you are going through as I have tried everything under the sun and I am also 40 pounds over weight. I just started doing this a few weeks ago.. haven't seen any weight loss yet but I am VERY sick.. with hypo, hyperactive adrenals, high cortisol, hypoglycemia and insulin resistance. I have pretty severe heavy metal toxicity also.. so I am going slow.. Releasing these heavy metals is stirring me up causing anxiety , depression etc etc..
The painful process of losing weight. This is so much harder than I had ever expected. I got 40 lbs to lose by Fall and I'm dying here. All the calorie counting, the countless hours spending getting your cardio on, omg I could die.
sovereignv
04-16-2016, 07:02 PM
I am so fucking sick of guys coming to my chatroom and asking me how things work. Someone even admitted he came into my room just to ask questions about Streamate but that he was there for some other model. Do I look like fucking support?? I resolve to never answer questions like this ever again.
BadBitch
04-17-2016, 09:14 PM
I am so fucking sick of guys coming to my chatroom and asking me how things work. Someone even admitted he came into my room just to ask questions about Streamate but that he was there for some other model. Do I look like fucking support?? I resolve to never answer questions like this ever again.
Then why doesn't he just ask HER?? These guys are fucking morons.
TheBrownFox
04-17-2016, 09:26 PM
I am so fucking sick of guys coming to my chatroom and asking me how things work. Someone even admitted he came into my room just to ask questions about Streamate but that he was there for some other model. Do I look like fucking support?? I resolve to never answer questions like this ever again.
When I cammed on Streamate, that was one of the things I fucking couldn't stand on that site. Half the stuff on that site was a complete mystery, so I had to double as their damn Support person half the time. I remember when guys wanted to take me exclusive, and we couldn't figure out why the exclusive button wouldn't show for them. Then finally I realized that for new members who'd never gone premium before or never tipped 5 GOLD before...the exclusive option won't show up for them (it will only show premium).
anonymous camgirl
04-19-2016, 09:57 AM
This is OUTRAGEOUS! .. I have made a whopping $9 so far today.. in over an hour!.. and some of that is referral commission and fan club money.. holy fuck!.. anyone else having a bad day? I hope it turns around.
LoraDoll
04-19-2016, 11:56 AM
Yeah. Me for example. It seems totally dead, no matter when i log in. After long painfull hours if i have luck... than i can work. Basicly everyone just sits here, waiting, or just leave if they realize i dont do free show and not going to show my ass, tits etc for free. Nonsense. Where the nice people gone?
sovereignv
04-19-2016, 07:36 PM
Fucking everything on cam is driving me up the wall lately. Tonight was completely dead except everyone who actually spoke to me seemed to be sent specifically from hell to be specifically as annoying to me as possible - freeloading, begging, asking to meet up, bla bla bla. No prospective customers, just a completely fucking pisstake, all of it. I wish I could take a camming break and come back when I don't hate every person who pops into my room, but as a matter of fact I've just had a long break, so. I just don't have the motivation to smile or even try to be nice to these dickheads.
I mean doing the work with EVERY SINGLE PERSON of trying to find out what they want (especially with subs you know how they refuse to be specific) and then having them be like "Ok, getting ready, brb!" EVERY SINGLE TIME. It's really draining me, I don't know what to do. I hate to vent but obviously I'm doing it anyway. Why can't I get a single client tonight who isn't pulling my leg? I've only had one person with a number next to his name pop into my chatroom tonight. One!!
I know I have a shorter temper on cam these days than I used to, I mean, the shit builds up. I need to find some kind of coping mechanism to deal with this and let it run off me instead of feeling exhausted and angry. Maybe if I start viewing these guys as unique exhibits in an idiot museum it won't get to me as much.
christylive
04-19-2016, 08:33 PM
What the hell is going on tonight? Can't stay connected to save my life. My internet is fine.
Never mind ... SM acting up . Went from 1400 down to 800 models on
Genoveve
04-19-2016, 08:40 PM
^^^Same. Wouldn't even let me connect period towards the end.
christylive
04-19-2016, 09:19 PM
^^^Same. Wouldn't even let me connect period towards the end.
I'm on now. Not that it matters. The ones who are actually ready to spend are having issues staying connected.
EdenChan
04-20-2016, 12:36 PM
oh man, trying to contain my frustration today is getting harder and harder! no luck with gold shows, nothing but super short privates. hope tonight turns out better. It probably doesnt help that my happy demeanor is starting to die from the frustration haha!
mzmeezz
04-20-2016, 12:43 PM
This is OUTRAGEOUS! .. I have made a whopping $9 so far today.. in over an hour!.. and some of that is referral commission and fan club money.. holy fuck!.. anyone else having a bad day? I hope it turns around.
Yes i had a crazy slow day I had to stay logged in 8 hours yesterday just to make 110. It's better than nothing I am grateful but hot dang I didn't know I had 8 hours in me.
BadBitch
04-20-2016, 01:06 PM
Yes i had a crazy slow day I had to stay logged in 8 hours yesterday just to make 110. It's better than nothing I am grateful but hot dang I didn't know I had 8 hours in me.
Just to make $110? Seriously? You should be thankful for that. I'm only at $30.
BadBitch
04-20-2016, 01:09 PM
oh man, trying to contain my frustration today is getting harder and harder! no luck with gold shows, nothing but super short privates. hope tonight turns out better. It probably doesnt help that my happy demeanor is starting to die from the frustration haha!
I'm right there with you. Any happiness that I had is fucking gone.
TrifilinCamHo
04-20-2016, 01:30 PM
Honestly I try to avoid this thread but this has been the worst week for me since I started camming, easily. Between Sunday, Monday and yesterday I spent a grand total of 6 PERCENT in paid. I usually average 30 - 40+% in paid. It is unreal how bad it is. Yesterday I hit a tangible point where I was feeling so exhausted and bummed and I could just feel and see the desperation and frustration radiating out of me which definitely wasn't doing my hustle any favors, so I logged off & I'm taking until Saturday off. I have some money saved so I can dip into that if I need to, but because camming is generally so awesome I've got rent & bills covered for the month and probably won't have to. I'm just gonna chill and take a mini-vacay and enjoy not having to wear 50 lbs of whore makeup or worry about appeasing boners for a couple days.
One of my $pendiest regs messaged me on Sunday and told me that taxes cleaned him out so I am inclined to think that taxes being due might have to do with how awful this week has been. Twitter leads me to believe that lot of girls are having a bad time this week. It'll get better BBs, it always does! But until then be kind to yourselves and do what you need to do in order to not burn out spectacularly.
PixiieGirl
04-20-2016, 01:51 PM
made next to nothing today, ergh v.v
anonymous camgirl
04-20-2016, 02:20 PM
Another painful day.. yesterday I only made $46 and today so far only $49.. I don't even want to fucking work anymore.. I am going on break and told them all they can go fuck off.. not a tip or a pvt nothing!.. WTF
TooNiceToHustle
04-20-2016, 10:42 PM
UGH! I got a break with Skype shows but it was too good to last. SM suuucks for me! I can't even get back the 5 stars, cause I can't find 2 people to pay & rate! If it wasn't for the fact that when I can finally get someone who wants to pay they stay 20-30 minutes I would think it's me.
On top of that my laptop charger broke. So today I made -25$.
Serena-Shields
04-21-2016, 07:03 PM
Chaturbate has gone to shit for me honestly, I've been working around the same hours (with two hours less that I dedicate to SM) and it's just...empty. I feel like I'm getting, as Madonna would say, ''Reductive''. I wear the same kind of outfit every time (some black bodysuit with a black coverup and heels) and I'm only making 50$ a night on there. Same dominant spiel, same body movements. I'm getting boring as fuck.
I stay there because working SM only is REALLY draining even if I make more money in less time (I hardly ever get completely naked on there too), and I have a lot of fun with my regulars on CB. But I think I'm going to have to take a break from that site and do some shopping for a better clothing variety, or something. Read some erotica. Maybe it's just a bad week. Fuck.