View Full Version : STREAMATE - Venting, Complaining, Discussing site issues
Ginnyyy
02-24-2017, 03:34 AM
Exactly. Luckily I had one of my best guys contact me for skype. I really have to up my indy game but these guys are too stupid to google us
Exactly! Not on SM but on another site, when I was asked about e mail/Skype, I ve said that I am on social media, only to receive the question: what is social media? Had to learn them some theory about social media is a collection of socialising sites as FB, TW and so on. Gave up quickly on discretely saying them I use social media. I don t want no bans since some guys have no clue 'bout anything. I am just on that site and that's all.
xxtinamariexx
02-24-2017, 08:55 AM
Exactly. Luckily I had one of my best guys contact me for skype. I really have to up my indy game but these guys are too stupid to google us
I always just tell them " you guys know that I am not allowed to tell you those outside things... I can get into trouble if I do" most will say oh i will take that as a yes lol
~Carmen~
02-24-2017, 09:06 AM
Is this randomly happening to anyone else? I have to re-start everything and it slowly resolves but it keeps happening.
47507
Update: It seems to be working better now that I re-set my router. The first time I only re-booted. Then I remembered what you said Erika :)
JaneBurgess
02-24-2017, 09:45 AM
Im not going to get paid for any of these shows because tech support said they cant find them. The same tech support that cant fix site glitches so Im not shocked by this. I tried to really stick it out on there but when you fuck me over moneywise thats the last fucking straw. I did the shows and you wont pay me because youre site is a fucking mess. Fuck you SM
This is just depressing. When the site works it WORKS. Sadly, it's been a good 6 months since I've been happy with it. Now there's a delay in the feed again. So saying hi is useless. I know they sent out the memo that they're working on things, but come the fuck on already. This isn't fun for models or customers. Not to mention I'm now having to look at other ways to make money. I hope they're not spiteful when they see models working elsewhere. I have bills to pay and 6 months worth of $$$ to make up on.
SexxiLexxi
02-24-2017, 11:52 AM
Im not going to get paid for any of these shows because tech support said they cant find them. The same tech support that cant fix site glitches so Im not shocked by this. I tried to really stick it out on there but when you fuck me over moneywise thats the last fucking straw. I did the shows and you wont pay me because youre site is a fucking mess. Fuck you SM
That is incredibly fucked up!
Seems like they are trying to shoot themselves in the foot and die out as a company if they are not only having major tech issues but now screwing models out of their hard earned 35% (30%) of their money to top it off?!
I don't get why they can't fix the issues...Sure I understand that technical difficulties happen when it comes to technology because shit isn't perfect but for fuck sucks this happens WAY TOO FUCKING OFTEN when the company is taking a large 65% (60%) chunk of the earnings that models who work very hard on your site to get. Even maybe driving themselves a little mad when it is excruciatingly slow - wasting precious time they could be spending on another site to earn a higher percentage but they chose to stick it with your company. One would think they would have some decency in this matter by taking their profit and fixing their shit. Or sell your business to someone who shows they actually give two fucks. Geez.
imelly21
02-24-2017, 12:02 PM
Is this randomly happening to anyone else? I have to re-start everything and it slowly resolves but it keeps happening.
47507
Update: It seems to be working better now that I re-set my router. The first time I only re-booted. Then I remembered what you said Erika :)
Im experiencing this right now:
I am online, logged in but I do not show up online on the site! just checked with my member account..Maybe this is what u are experiencing too, Carmen.
Edit Im still not showing up online but I have a few people in now.
~Carmen~
02-24-2017, 12:19 PM
Im experiencing this right now:
I am online, logged in but I do not show up online on the site! just checked with my member account..Maybe this is what u are experiencing too, Carmen.
Edit Im still not showing up online but I have a few people in now.
I checked my placement while it was happening. I still showed up on the site but my placement was much lower.
imelly21
02-24-2017, 12:28 PM
Im not going to get paid for any of these shows because tech support said they cant find them. The same tech support that cant fix site glitches so Im not shocked by this. I tried to really stick it out on there but when you fuck me over moneywise thats the last fucking straw. I did the shows and you wont pay me because youre site is a fucking mess. Fuck you SM
Let us know if they fix this issue?
This is horrible!
~Carmen~
02-24-2017, 12:48 PM
Yes, something is definitely wrong since yesterday. I just clicked a room that I clicked on earlier and she is not showing up at all now. Also, there was no sound until I refreshed a few times. The only reason I got in was because the room was in my "recent" folder.
Horny
02-24-2017, 12:56 PM
My placement is insane well down on where it should be and my shows didn't seem to be making as much as I expected today I should have kept a closer look st it incase it was wrong
Girly_Girl
02-24-2017, 01:08 PM
Is this randomly happening to anyone else? I have to re-start everything and it slowly resolves but it keeps happening.
47507
Update: It seems to be working better now that I re-set my router. The first time I only re-booted. Then I remembered what you said Erika :)
Its been happening to me all day:(
xCamLovex
02-24-2017, 01:14 PM
indy shows have changed my life and i use CB to market myself and just bring awareness to a large audience.
i appear on CB - tip for simple requests. and then bring awareness to my social media or website where they can book an intimate show.
i just try and act on CB like ohhh wow...everyone is here and i'm having so much fun but can't really focus on any particular person and that's when i'll get more guys individually reaching out to me on social media and website.
good luck everyone - indy shows are really awesome and very empowering. it takes more work behind the scenes but once you find a rhythm you can certainly bank just as you would a full shift on SM.
ZoeLee
02-24-2017, 02:31 PM
So I just got the new MacBook Pro, and I'm trying to calibrate the broadcaster and my c920, and it keeps making my frame rate at UNDER 15!!! Can someone help me? I got this laptop especially for sm! Fml
JaneBurgess
02-24-2017, 02:39 PM
Let us know if they fix this issue?
This is horrible!
I will but they pretty much said I wont be paid what Im owed for the longer shows because it doesnt show on their end. So I wont cam on their site ever again since this could happen again and I basically did free shows.
MistressX
02-24-2017, 02:46 PM
1800 models on hahaha fuckin liars.. Did the math as someone suggested before and its only 1200 at most. So I guess SM has a padding of at least 600 models at all times? Wonder why they are lying like that.. probably to cover up the fact that their site is tanking hardcore. I wonder whatever happened to the Html5 site Liz so adamantly said was coming? Listen to the models my ass. They seriously dont care.
I will but they pretty much said I wont be paid what Im owed for the longer shows because it doesnt show on their end. So I wont cam on their site ever again since this could happen again and I basically did free shows.
I just wonder if with all the site problems if there's a "door" open somewhere for the tech savy and they are getting free shows that way. I can say as much as they frustrate the hell out of me and make me want to die of boredom when the site is fucked up- they have always been dependable to pay.
xCamLovex
02-24-2017, 04:16 PM
I will but they pretty much said I wont be paid what Im owed for the longer shows because it doesnt show on their end. So I wont cam on their site ever again since this could happen again and I basically did free shows.
Is there a way to screen shot each time you do a show - the starting time and when it ends?
Id QuickTime the entire screen every time I do a show at this point
SoloDesire
02-24-2017, 04:49 PM
I will but they pretty much said I wont be paid what Im owed for the longer shows because it doesnt show on their end. So I wont cam on their site ever again since this could happen again and I basically did free shows.
That really sucks. I had the same thing happen about a month ago and they reimbursed me for the missing money.
JaneBurgess
02-24-2017, 04:53 PM
Is there a way to screen shot each time you do a show - the starting time and when it ends?
Id QuickTime the entire screen every time I do a show at this point
Yes but I dont want to work on a site where I have to do that for every single show because their site is so jacked its not doing their job. Thats why I pay them 65 percent, for them to keep track of shows and payments. If I have to do their job then I should be paid a higher rate.
JaneBurgess
02-24-2017, 04:57 PM
I just wonder if with all the site problems if there's a "door" open somewhere for the tech savy and they are getting free shows that way. I can say as much as they frustrate the hell out of me and make me want to die of boredom when the site is fucked up- they have always been dependable to pay.
Its possible I really dont know. I honestly think its their site and not customers hacking in. I think they have so many issues they cant keep track of all the glitches. Its strange not one private show from that day shows in the paid stats, but it shows them in the number of shows I did that day.
WendiStarr
02-24-2017, 05:22 PM
I logged on today to do a show and where I should be visible is blank. Black screen. I tried restarting my computer. Still blank. What the eff, streamate!
kittykrane
02-24-2017, 07:07 PM
Its been happening to me all day:(
I just checked mine and it's the same. My bitrate and FPS are normally "excellent". Something is definitely glitchy. 47513
I got online myself and sat one hr in a dead room, there was no traffic coming by, no people to interact with, i maintained my smile for an hr then logged off simply, it was 'too much' to handle, all looked great with my stream and all but the deadness, whoa!
Plus, when i check SM on mobile i get no picture when entering rooms, i have sound but the picture is having a colored wall like, i mean i see different shades of gray where the picture should be, i use a specific Browser on Android. Then to see the picture i need to request the "desktop site" from Browser Menu to be able to enter rooms and see model's stream and my own one. So i figure out there is something wrong with the mobile version on SM, i could post pictures but not able to just now, later on.
DeepThoughts
02-25-2017, 08:53 AM
I was curious so I checked mine. It looks unrealistically excellent... so I'm wondering if it's all just a huge glitch and nothing is actually accurate.
47518
Also: I had a good night in terms of income, but I stuck it out for 7 hours and dealt with a lot of glitches. Mainly complaints of lagging, freezing, and audio complaints. People refreshing and/or switching to Firefox generally helped, but not always.
Holy shit! This is off the chart! Its like perfect world scenario.
I to am suffering glitches. lots of freezing, lag and delay but also my ratings are all excellent. Pushing through is the way to go Im still gonna make my extra soft goal this week and I swear I havent seen one good regular. All week I've nickel'ed and dime'd it to my goals.
I had a guy come in my room and ask me why I've been coming on later and later. It was so hard not to just spew the truth at him. Like well buddy, I can't be bothered to drag my ass out of bed when I a.) don't feel good and b> I know I'm not going to be able to make any $$ anyway.
~Carmen~
02-25-2017, 12:10 PM
I had the same issues with FPS and bitrate this morning but thankfully it smoothed out. I am wondering if recording is making it happen because it is not happening when I don't record. Maybe that's a coincidence, I don't know but it's worth a try if you are having this issue.
imelly21
02-25-2017, 12:44 PM
Does anyone have "adaptive streaming" click off? it comes clicked on by default I think but I was playing with it to see if it helps if its off.
MistressX
02-25-2017, 12:52 PM
lol wtf is this shit today
Blovely
02-25-2017, 12:56 PM
Does anyone have "adaptive streaming" click off? it comes clicked on by default I think but I was playing with it to see if it helps if its off.
If that's auto-adjust stream then yes. I noticed that when I had it selected I'd get the mosaic stream, when I deselected I no longer had that issue.
iamlegend
02-25-2017, 10:50 PM
I was curious so I checked mine. It looks unrealistically excellent... so I'm wondering if it's all just a huge glitch and nothing is actually accurate.
47518
Also: I had a good night in terms of income, but I stuck it out for 7 hours and dealt with a lot of glitches. Mainly complaints of lagging, freezing, and audio complaints. People refreshing and/or switching to Firefox generally helped, but not always.
What camera are you using to pull such a high FPS? My C920 caps out at 30fps on HD settings
MistressX
02-25-2017, 11:12 PM
SweetieBitch I have almost exactly the same stats. I too thought it was unrealistically good, especially since I make good money on SM and still for some reason dont really get above row 4 anymore when I used to be on like row 2 :-/
sexyadrienne
02-26-2017, 12:47 AM
I have no other choice but to log off when SM is glitchy as I've found that customers don't want to spend money and get disconnected.
Ginnyyy
02-26-2017, 03:32 AM
800 girls online at 11-12 p.m. GMT but SM was saying 1469 on the main page. Whenever I checked in the last days there were big discrepancies between what they say and the real number of pages with girls online.
Teddy_Bear
02-26-2017, 07:19 AM
One of my best regs emailed support after I told him to have an entertaining read of the #smglitch drama and got back a response that completely took responsibility for all this crap but offered no ETA for a fix obviously. Apparently he is a 'level 10' customer or something, no idea what that means. Still it's interesting reading I might ask him if he would mind me sharing it with my cam bb's but not tell him about SW for obvious reasons.
Teddy_Bear -So they never sent the custies an inbox saying we're having problems and trying to fix it like they finally did for us? Hmmmm.
Teddy_Bear
02-26-2017, 07:41 AM
Teddy_Bear -So they never sent the custies an inbox saying we're having problems and trying to fix it like they finally did for us? Hmmmm.
Not that I know of no. He said that he's been a member/customer for years and I believed him when he said he hadn't heard of the drama although he had experienced the issues. If they haven't informed the customers then that is bang out of order!
kittykrane
02-26-2017, 08:08 AM
Someone just tried to take me exclusive. I heard the notification sound, but no pop-up for me to accept until almost 2 minutes later. I clicked "accept" and then nothing. This is BS. Won't make any money if this keeps happening.
JaneBurgess
02-26-2017, 10:21 AM
So they arent going to pay me for those shows. So I told them I wont work on their shitty site anymore since they know about glitches, dont fix them and then screw performers out of money when their site glitches. Im so glad I put the time into other cam sites and indy sites because I wont miss this site.
SexxiLexxi
02-26-2017, 12:22 PM
So they arent going to pay me for those shows. So I told them I wont work on their shitty site anymore since they know about glitches, dont fix them and then screw performers out of money when their site glitches. Im so glad I put the time into other cam sites and indy sites because I wont miss this site.
I'm surprised there isn't a #boycottSM / #boycottstreamate or something like that after this bullshit of not paying their models DAMN WELL KNOWING that there have been a ridiculous amount of inexcusable glitches causing all kinds of problems with their website that they seem not to give a fuck about!
AnotherLily
02-26-2017, 01:43 PM
So that sound that let's you know when the last person in paid chat has left was surprisingly absent in my room today. I sent support a very constructive, all caps messages of " fix the goodamn site!" Think they'll listen?
SexxiLexxi
02-26-2017, 05:44 PM
So that sound that let's you know when the last person in paid chat has left was surprisingly absent in my room today. I sent support a very constructive, all caps messages of " fix the goodamn site!" Think they'll listen?
Doubtful. Which is sad.
Blovely
02-26-2017, 06:19 PM
I'm surprised there isn't a #boycottSM / #boycottstreamate or something like that after this bullshit of not paying their models DAMN WELL KNOWING that there have been a ridiculous amount of inexcusable glitches causing all kinds of problems with their website that they seem not to give a fuck about!
I think most who have had enough just leave the site and others just stay silent because SM is their bread and butter and they have bills to pay. I no longer see alot of the models I use to see(aka my favs and I had alot) on SM anymore.
Holly_xoxo
02-27-2017, 11:12 AM
I haven't been on SM in about 5 months and thought I'd give it a try again so I opened a new account. An old reg came in and said there were vertical lines on my stream and this happens in other rooms too, so he left and said he'd try again later.
Then the first guy to go pvt with me, tries to turn on his cam and it kicks him out each time it's loading.
I hope this won't be the theme of my day.
imelly21
02-27-2017, 11:30 AM
And as much as it sucks for the person involved, just because one or a few models have experienced an issue with not getting paid doesn't mean we should all just band together and stop working because of it.
I think we should band together. After all, we all cry together, here, or to each other on other platforms, and we all suffer when it hits us.
I would take 1 day off or even a few days, preset days, just to show solidarity with other models. How to organize this event I do not know but I think it would be a good scare for the site to finally realize we are a team. The site and the models are a team. You can't have one without another.
Horny
02-27-2017, 12:44 PM
Placement is still screwed on mine even with not using the new broadcaster and excellent stats. Today was dead as anything then suddenly a wave of traffic I guess that it's another glitch. I'm just riding it out I guess like always it will pick up and sort out. I am splitting for the first time ever and will just wait. It's a huge site I'm sure it will be fixed in a fashion will I ever rely on it so heavily again no so I'm sure that loads of people will be in the same boat
JaneBurgess
02-27-2017, 12:54 PM
There were a few models who tried to get SM boycott-related hashtags going during the last contest.
The reality is, a sitewide boycott (or 'girlcott', as I called it on Twitter) - is never gonna happen, at least not until literally every model is experiencing simultaneous glitches and no one is making any money. Ultimately there are still models who are banking and hitting their goals on SM despite the glitches, myself included.
And as much as it sucks for the person involved, just because one or a few models have experienced an issue with not getting paid doesn't mean we should all just band together and stop working because of it.
This is why they dont fix things. They know other performers will still work no matter what. Why fix it when most of you wont leave, you give them the reason to not fix a thing.
SoloDesire
02-27-2017, 12:57 PM
This is why they dont fix things. They know other performers will still work no matter what. Why fix it when most of you wont leave, you give the the reason to not fix a thing.
Yeah, and how many times have you said you were done with the site? You still keep coming back though. That's how most of us feel.
JaneBurgess
02-27-2017, 02:31 PM
Yeah, and how many times have you said you were done with the site? You still keep coming back though. That's how most of us feel.
I came back because they asked me to. I made it crystal clear to Liz I wont be coming back this time because an occasional glitch is one thing. However when glitches start to that affect show lengths and how many shows you did, then its time to leave. Im not going to stress over every show I did and have to check if its showing up, if the length is right, who the customer was, etc. I built up enough indy clients and customers on two other cam sites I can break free and not have to come back. So yeah I get your point but no I wont be back. All my other sites run perfectly and dont have any issues. I tried to be patient with SM because I was on there so long and like to be loyal but patience only lasts so long.
AnotherLily
02-27-2017, 05:27 PM
Yesterday I had 4 ratings, I check today now I only have 3 ratings , how did one of my 5 star ratings vanish?