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charlie61
01-23-2023, 09:39 AM
This website is like an ongoing diary of our lives. I've been a member for well over a decade. Have gotten through some tough times on this site.
Really just shocked!!
charlie61
01-23-2023, 09:44 AM
Going to take me a while to stop automatically pulling up stripperweb on my phone. I think i might have to grieve?? This is so unexpected.
WendiStarr
01-23-2023, 10:03 AM
Wow, that's sad that stripper Web is going away. How are we gonna be able to stay in touch? This place has been my go to throughout my sw career and feel a sense of belonging. Some of you have my real contact info or my sex worker Twitter.
charlie61
01-23-2023, 10:04 AM
Our supermoderator is just as shocked as we are. This was very sudden.
camgirl91
01-23-2023, 10:11 AM
Going to take me a while to stop automatically pulling up stripperweb on my phone. I think i might have to grieve?? This is so unexpected.
Same . I feel so flat. I was going to work but I don’t feel in the mood now lol
smeca
01-23-2023, 10:21 AM
Wow, that's sad that stripper Web is going away. How are we gonna be able to stay in touch?
Maybe I'll set up a shared Google sheet..? People can bookmark it from here and type in it with what other site they're on and their username, as and when they are, if they want. Could also act as a little sw mailbox - type in suggestions if you find another site with mass migration potential. Would anyone want that (given this is apparently closing in a week!)?
trustfundkiller
01-23-2023, 10:25 AM
I wish there was something we could do :( I'd definitely throw in some money to keep SW online. AmberCutie's forum is good but it's not the same vibe and doesn't have anywhere near as much info, not to mention the focus on camming and not stripping.
Dreamqueen
01-23-2023, 10:28 AM
I'm going to miss all of you.
I tried Amber Cutie forum, but didn't vibe with it.
Just the layout alone made my eyes hurt.
Big hugs:grouphug::'(:crying:
LoveyD
01-23-2023, 10:38 AM
Going to miss you too Dream Queen! If anyone here wants my Twitter handle, please feel free to DM me.
BambiCutie
01-23-2023, 10:39 AM
I get the sense that it's not just about money. The site requires technical maintenance. I have no information, just speculating.
I kind of get the same feeling too.. That if they truly wanted to save the site, they would have opened a poll or donation to keep it going. Perhaps they are just tired of having the site open and want to put it to a final rest, either way it is very sad. This site had been like a Family to me and without this community, I would not be where I am today.
If you lovely ladies want to further connect or find me I will be now on ACF under the username: AngelNailah
I think it is only right for this username to go with the site. ACF is a nice site, but it will NEVER replace Stripperweb.
redvelvette
01-23-2023, 10:53 AM
Me too. I'm shocked and sad. I was on here for years under a different name when I was stripping. I don't think I'd be nearly as successful with stripping or camming without this valuable resource. I'm on ambercutie already but this place is a different vibe. It's more active here. There are so many OGs here. I like that I can be anonymous here. And all the information about everything sex work is like a treasure chest. I really don't think this site can be replaced. It's just decades of the evolution of sex work in one place. RIP stripperweb. You've served the community well. I'm truly sad to see you go.
trustfundkiller
01-23-2023, 01:39 PM
I don't like the look of AmberCutie either. I just can't believe this is happening. We have to come up with some sort of solution.
kimbe
01-23-2023, 01:43 PM
It's weird, I've been a member 45% of my time here on earth..
WendiStarr
01-23-2023, 01:56 PM
Maybe I'll set up a shared Google sheet..? People can bookmark it from here and type in it with what other site they're on and their username, as and when they are, if they want. Could also act as a little sw mailbox - type in suggestions if you find another site with mass migration potential. Would anyone want that (given this is apparently closing in a week!)?
That could work. I'm not sure.
buttonpop
01-23-2023, 02:07 PM
I am tearing up right now after seeing that SW is shutting down. This place was a godsend for me when I first started dancing. I honestly don't think I would have ever made the leap to audition in the first place without it. And over the years I've grown super attached to so many of the regular posters, hearing their life stories. I relate to yall more than most of the people in my real daily life. This is so heartbreaking.
TheBrownFox
01-23-2023, 02:13 PM
Just seen this notice about sw closing!!! What!! Noo!
I came on just now and was shocked to see the announcement. :'( I was still in my 20s when I found StripperWeb, and ImLive was one of my first sites. I'm 40 years old now.
I've been a long-time member of AmberCutie Forum as well (I changed my name to 'yummybrownfox' on there), so I hope to see some of you over there. It's an excellent forum imo, and the Models Only section truly is private because you have to get verified by Amber to get in to that section. There are a couple of guys in the Models Only section as well, and they're verified cam models who are cool af.
charlie61
01-23-2023, 03:20 PM
I am solidly in the denial stage currently.
trustfundkiller
01-23-2023, 03:28 PM
I am solidly in the denial stage currently.
Same. I've kinda felt numb all day. I opened up a reddit called r/strippersource and I'm working on moving over some of the best threads here. Hopefully this is unnecessary and at the very least site will still be accessible for reading :(
LoveyD
01-23-2023, 04:07 PM
I am solidly in the denial stage currently.
Same. Like nooooo SW, don't go!! :*-(
lynn2009
01-23-2023, 07:11 PM
Wow I just signed on to post a new recipe I love to the cooking thread and I saw SW is closing. Very sad...I have been on here my entire adult life. I saw some chat about a discord, would anyone be interested in a SW Continued subreddit? Or we could use Elektra book club Gchat and use it for general chatting. I suspect just about everyone has a burner email.
chanzep
01-23-2023, 07:34 PM
I don't understand why the site is closing ? Will everything be deleted or will we still be able to read old stuff?
chanzep
01-23-2023, 08:02 PM
I am annoyed one of my old comfort shows gets deleted from Hulu in a week too. As well as here, I normally have it on when I'm on here , I have not even finished it but I like the old episodes and it reminds me of when it started I had just restarted life again after a hard time.
smeca
01-24-2023, 01:35 AM
I've set up a discord server here https://discord.gg/JMn2KwYT I'll add links to other places we build/find in the #resources channel
sw thread here (https://www.stripperweb.com/forum/showthread.php?235376-Keeping-in-touch-sw-Discord), there's already a verified camgirl discord too, harlo has it in her signature.
AChildOfBoredom
01-24-2023, 02:58 AM
It always felt really conflicting for me to have been stripping, given my family background and all, and I always kept the other girls in the club at arm’s length (save of course for L, after finding out her sister and I knew each other). I kinda found some balance with it and a place I could be a bit more open with things. I’d heard of the forum earlier, but regret that I’d been kinda dismissive initially because forums in general kinda were going the way if the dinosaurs. Wish I hadn’t been. Wish I hadn’t, especially when I’d been a baby stripper. Really disappointed to see the announcement. I also think there’s more to it than the financial aspect, but I’m not going to get too hung up on it, because we simply aren’t going to know the story.
smeca
01-24-2023, 04:09 AM
My work just rolled out a counselling program for if we are having emotional distress... can I call them about my sexy forum
Aurora_Sunset
01-24-2023, 01:15 PM
I am solidly in the denial stage currently.
Same. I keep thinking someone MUST be coming along to save it. How can you just shut down such a huge part of people's lives?
If/when it actually happens, I will cry and grieve.
Dreamqueen
01-24-2023, 01:18 PM
The movie "Working Girls"
https://images.app.goo.gl/H5YEWbCgRCoQuhFz6
This was the most accurate depiction of my hooker life that I've ever seen.
I was a baby hooker in the 80's, and worked in places like this.
Horrific.
The clients are all so accurate too.
I found it on HBO Max.
Has anyone ever watched it?
I'm so blessed to be able to do sex work virtually.
Because if I had to still deal with customers in person I would unlive myself.
LoveyD
01-24-2023, 01:31 PM
^^^ girl, I was trafficked by my father. I am too damn scared to be an actual live prostitute. It goes beyond the boundaries of what makes me feel safe, which is why I always just stuck with stripping. And doing things virtually is also way safer.
Dreamqueen
01-24-2023, 01:38 PM
^^^ girl, I was trafficked by my father. I am too damn scared to be an actual live prostitute. It goes beyond the boundaries of what makes me feel safe, which is why I always just stuck with stripping. And doing things virtually is also way safer.
Wow! That's horrifying.
I'm so sorry that happened to you.
:'(
Short of having a lobotomy, I don't know how I'll ever shake off the memories.
I would imagine that you feel the same way?
LoveyD
01-24-2023, 01:54 PM
Thanks for the kind words, dq. I can't even allow myself to think about it. Like my mind won't allow for it. It's too much. I feel like I would be seriously triggered if I went to go meet a live customer somewhere.
Dreamqueen
01-24-2023, 02:03 PM
Thanks for the kind words, dq. I can't even allow myself to think about it. Like my mind won't allow for it. It's too much. I feel like I would be seriously triggered if I went to go meet a live customer somewhere.
It is all too much.
Seeing that movie last night brought back the trauma all over again, and I had to do some heavy self care.
I worked for a house owned by a woman named Rose in Chicago and Florida.
No condoms. On call 24/7.
She had a creepy son who would come over and try to sell us cheap lingerie and jewelry ( just another way to take our hard earned money).
I worked for Alex and Sophia in L.A.. A living nightmare.
The girls that only know camming don't know how lucky they are.
Sitting behind a screen making thousands, safely.
Guess I was born in the wrong era.
LoveyD
01-24-2023, 02:06 PM
I'm definitely glad that there are safer options now like camming. I tried camming about 20 years ago but I found it really boring and decided to dance instead. Kudos to those who can pull in thousands doing cam work. I'm glad you're sticking with Camming now, it's definitely much safer!
Dreamqueen
01-25-2023, 10:51 AM
I'm definitely glad that there are safer options now like camming. I tried camming about 20 years ago but I found it really boring and decided to dance instead. Kudos to those who can pull in thousands doing cam work. I'm glad you're sticking with Camming now, it's definitely much safer!
You're right about camming being boring.
Not to mention the waiting a week to get paid.
That's the only thing I loved about dancing and hooking=cash. And lots of it!
Lol
Plus the camaraderie with other girls.
Now that I'm older with chronic health problems, I'm blessed to have found phone sex.
It's sooo easy and fun just to lay in bed and get paid to chat.:phone::party2:
LoveyD
01-25-2023, 01:53 PM
^^^ oops, I meant phone chat. Not camming.
Aurora_Sunset
01-26-2023, 10:50 AM
I signed up over on cammodelweb (shitguyssaytocamgirls) under Aurora S.
Will also be checking out stripperresource this weekend when it's up and running, and going to TRY that Discord channel. I just suck at Discord and have never understood it, but someone said it's like Slack? I recently had to transition to Slack at work, so maybe I can figure it out.
smeca
01-26-2023, 11:01 AM
^same on the new forums.
Discord has an image problem lol, I didn't know what it even was because of the word 'server' I think. And I'd never seen it, bc it's all private chats. But yeah I'd say it's very similar to slack.
I set one up mainly so we weren't all disconnected completely , not knowing where to go. But there are already 2 replacement forums so... I think we'll be ok!
trustfundkiller
01-26-2023, 11:24 AM
I signed up over on cammodelweb (shitguyssaytocamgirls) under Aurora S.
Will also be checking out stripperresource this weekend when it's up and running, and going to TRY that Discord channel. I just suck at Discord and have never understood it, but someone said it's like Slack? I recently had to transition to Slack at work, so maybe I can figure it out.
Thank you! The site is up and running now though Wix warned me it might take 48 hours or so for everyone, everywhere to be able to see it. Though I've heard from several people that it is working
LoveyD
01-26-2023, 12:39 PM
^^Awesome! Thank you so much!! <3
Dreamqueen
01-26-2023, 12:50 PM
^^^ oops, I meant phone chat. Not camming.
Oh, you didn't like phone?
I get it. It's definitely not for everyone.
I prefer it over cam, any day, as mentioned.
Yesterday I hopped on cam, just so I could make the money necessary for payout ($100).
It was SOOO slow and I had to deal with the worst time wasters in the world, omg!
It took me FIVE hours to get to my goal!
My back was hurting so bad,and I was freezing and uncomfortable in my sexy outfit.
When I logged off, I changed into my cozy clothes, ate dinner, and then logged into phone to take calls.
God bless phone sex.;D
Aurora_Sunset
01-26-2023, 12:53 PM
I held my Crow Pose for about 5 seconds today and came out of it without falling forward. I honestly think I could hold it longer if the backs of my arms didn't already hurt so badly, but I was told that will adjust and go away in 2-3 weeks of practice.
LoveyD
01-26-2023, 01:07 PM
Oh, you didn't like phone?
I get it. It's definitely not for everyone.
I prefer it over cam, any day, as mentioned.
Yesterday I hopped on cam, just so I could make the money necessary for payout ($100).
It was SOOO slow and I had to deal with the worst time wasters in the world, omg!
It took me FIVE hours to get to my goal!
My back was hurting so bad,and I was freezing and uncomfortable in my sexy outfit.
When I logged off, I changed into my cozy clothes, ate dinner, and then logged into phone to take calls.
God bless phone sex.;D
No, I meant that you do phone sex, not camming. I've never tried phone sex but I think I would like that better than camming. That's awesome that you don't have to get all dolled up, you can just put on your sweats and get to work. I love it!