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HollyJaydeXXX
09-30-2017, 12:59 PM
I can't get over potential members box. I just can't. They should let us choose if we allow them to watch or not, or if we want to see it without being forced to turn on geo block. If I wanted to know that a lot of creeps are watching me, I would go CB or Bonga. There's no way to not acknowledge them or to not feel anxious so I'll have to turn on geo block again.

I just don't understand why they felt it necessary to add the box?!? Like, they want us to 'convert' viewers to paid users... what am I supposed to do, beg them to join? Either they like what they see and want to pay for it or they don't. The fact that I will have 40 ppl in the box and zero in my room shows just how ineffective their advertising is.

Plain and simple, the potential members box is 99% underage boys and broke guys. I don't want to convert that...

and just like you, knowing im being stared at and jerked to really creeps me out when im not in Private or Exclusive.

MsFinesser
09-30-2017, 01:04 PM
That site has turned to pure trash. Smdh.

HollyJaydeXXX
09-30-2017, 01:04 PM
I thought it was just me!.. I consistently only have 3 really great months out of the year and I NEVER know when they are .. last year they were over the summer.. I dunno about this year because I might have missed my opportunity with adrenal fatigue.

I hope the adrenal fatigue is getting better! Illnesses really suck and make this job super hard!
And yeah, I think for 90% of models they bank 3 months a year and then barely scrape by the rest of the year and have to put in ridiculous amounts of hours.
Everyone always says 'summer slowdown' and it picks up after...well, it doesn't. Or, I love the 'guys always need to get off no matter what day or season it is.'... so not true. Cam traffic comes in random waves. Regulars are gone and there is no security anymore. You have to splitcam 2-4 sites and work 60 hours a week to ensure you can pay your bills and it really sucks ass.

coco789
09-30-2017, 03:27 PM
I can't get over potential members box. I just can't. They should let us choose if we allow them to watch or not, or if we want to see it, without being forced to turn on geo block. If I wanted to know that a lot of creeps are watching me, I would go CB or Bonga. There's no way to not acknowledge them or to not feel anxious so I'll have to turn on geo block again.

Turning on geo-block was the best thing i've done. I don't have to see that number increaeing and decreasing constantly and have my anxiety levels go up as a result

seicento
09-30-2017, 04:19 PM
Turning on geo-block was the best thing i've done. I don't have to see that number increaeing and decreasing constantly and have my anxiety levels go up as a result

I agree. I turned it on the day they came out with that shit. Due to lack of traffic I turned it off yesterday. Result: I couldn't cam today because of the anxiety. Now hoping it will be back on till tomorrow so I can cam.I tried. I can't.

HollyJaydeXXX
09-30-2017, 04:41 PM
Oh God, I need to log into SM and make some shit happen so badly. But... it looks dead AF. No one can hit goal, yet alone $50 for a Gold Show... which is a pretty good gauge of how shitty SM is right now.
FML... so glad I'm almost done with this BS.
#14Days

Scorpio Girl
09-30-2017, 08:43 PM
Oh God, I need to log into SM and make some shit happen so badly. But... it looks dead AF. No one can hit goal, yet alone $50 for a Gold Show... which is a pretty good gauge of how shitty SM is right now.
FML... so glad I'm almost done with this BS.
#14Days

Just did a top spot gold show. Got $13 tipped in. Shit ton of people in the room and $13. WTF. This site used to be so good and now it's just freeloaders. Unless some of the few good regulars shows up, it is just a total shit show. Just had a guy tell me the $5 to spin my prize wheel is too high. Seriously? I guess you should just get to do it for fuckin free. So tired of this shit. I've been camming exclusively on SM for the past year and I've thought about trying another site, but are they going to be any better? I feel like tube sites have really fucked up the camming industry and it's a shame because they aren't even getting the same experience they would get from a live show.

Girly_Girl
10-01-2017, 06:40 AM
Is streamate down for anyone else?

anonymous camgirl
10-01-2017, 07:40 AM
I work on 7 other cam sites currently and they are all WORSE!.. but that's my experience.


Just did a top spot gold show. Got $13 tipped in. Shit ton of people in the room and $13. WTF. This site used to be so good and now it's just freeloaders. Unless some of the few good regulars shows up, it is just a total shit show. Just had a guy tell me the $5 to spin my prize wheel is too high. Seriously? I guess you should just get to do it for fuckin free. So tired of this shit. I've been camming exclusively on SM for the past year and I've thought about trying another site, but are they going to be any better? I feel like tube sites have really fucked up the camming industry and it's a shame because they aren't even getting the same experience they would get from a live show.

SpaceyLaceyButterfacey
10-01-2017, 07:59 AM
Is streamate down for anyone else?

me too.:-\

BuffyFlame
10-01-2017, 11:32 AM
Yea, other sites are worse. WAY worse. I've been hating on SM pretty hard since I've been back to camming so I took about a month or so to really dedicate time to other cam sites. Streamate is where its at haha. Unless, of course, you're on MFC with a a lead score and a following. Bonga, Chaturbate, Cam soda, IMLive and a few others all together and I didn't make $100 all together In the 2 weeks I was on them. Putting in multiple hours a day for each. Im good at camming too, for the most part, or atleast knew what I was doing so to say.
Needless to say, End of the month me and my husband looked at each other and laughed, with the earnings all added up in the background, and said "Well, atleast we know its not just streamate."

I've been earning more since this revelation, too. I know some days are just going to be dookie, but getting over that hump of "this shit is shit, i'm not wasting my time" fixed allot of my problems.
Fix the tech issues, SM, and give more promotion to goldshows again and you'll have me back on board %100 dedicated.

Teddy_Bear
10-01-2017, 01:09 PM
This post isn't aimed at anyone is particular it's just my thoughts.

Absolutely every other cam site is just as bad if not worse than SM right now. I have accepted it and just get on for however many hours it takes to make my goal every day. If I make it at hour 3 hallelujah every other hour is just extra if I make it at hour 12+ then so be it as long as the same amount is made every day (give or take a few $) I'm a happy camgirl. Splitcamming also helps me achieve those goals and eradicates some of the boredom.

I think most of the issues some girlies have is that camming is not an easy avenue to make money anymore and is really just like any other job - long hours, annoying customers and unhelpful 'bosses' or 'support' as we call them for sometimes smaller than we believe we deserve, amounts of cash. I accept all these limitations and treat it just like any other job.

Case in point: newbie joins the forum and wants to know why they aren't $500+ richer after starting camming on 1 site for 90 mins... that's NOT how camming works nowadays!

I've been camming on and off for a good few years now and am by no means a veteran so I don't know exactly how amazing the glory days were but that is a positive in my book as I don't pine for those glory days. They may be gone but camming is by no means dead and buried if we're patient.

OT: SM glitches are still going strong, especially the RTT glitch and the spinning blue circle glitch - extra hours are required tonight apparently. That's the reality of camming nowadays. I also bitch about SM constantly but it still makes up nearly 85% of my total earnings each day/week, numbers don't lie and that is the cruellest reality of all.

HollyJaydeXXX
10-01-2017, 02:33 PM
This post isn't aimed at anyone is particular it's just my thoughts.

Absolutely every other cam site is just as bad if not worse than SM right now. I have accepted it and just get on for however many hours it takes to make my goal every day. If I make it at hour 3 hallelujah every other hour is just extra if I make it at hour 12+ then so be it as long as the same amount is made every day (give or take a few $) I'm a happy camgirl. Splitcamming also helps me achieve those goals and eradicates some of the boredom.

I think most of the issues some girlies have is that camming is not an easy avenue to make money anymore and is really just like any other job - long hours, annoying customers and unhelpful 'bosses' or 'support' as we call them for sometimes smaller than we believe we deserve, amounts of cash. I accept all these limitations and treat it just like any other job.

Case in point: newbie joins the forum and wants to know why they aren't $500+ richer after starting camming on 1 site for 90 mins... that's NOT how camming works nowadays!

I've been camming on and off for a good few years now and am by no means a veteran so I don't know exactly how amazing the glory days were but that is a positive in my book as I don't pine for those glory days. They may be gone but camming is by no means dead and buried if we're patient.

OT: SM glitches are still going strong, especially the RTT glitch and the spinning blue circle glitch - extra hours are required tonight apparently. That's the reality of camming nowadays. I also bitch about SM constantly but it still makes up nearly 85% of my total earnings each day/week, numbers don't lie and that is the cruellest reality of all.

True! I see you on all the time, you seem so patient!!! Don't know how you can do 12 hour shifts and maintain your sanity... I envy you!

Maybe it's just me, but I got on SM back in 2010 and it was a different time. I think all the issues and disgruntled models (myself REALLY REALLY included in that) is because, at this point, camming does not pay much more than vanilla work and the quality is getting worse so psychologically it is a lot of bullshit and for some of us, when we do the pro/con for camming vs vanilla work... camming isn't really winning anymore. For some, it's worth it. For others, it's not.

What we do know though, 100% fact, is that camming has gotten worse year after year (traffic, technical issues, support, etc) and you have to work a LOT harder and a LOT longer for the same money. It never came 'easy' for me, I have always had to work at it... but this is just insane now.

Oh, and the newbies acting like they should be rolling in it every hour... yeah, its funny. If I hit my $35/hr. average, I am a happy girl. I know, it takes about 8-11 hours for me to make $350 and 18-22 hours to make $800. That is a fact and at least I know when I put in the hours, that is exactly what I get. I think it's just all the other stuff that has become emotionally draining (freeloaders, peepers, rude guys, demanding guys, tech issues, weird taboo fetishes, insults, time wasters, demeaning comments, etc)... we all know the quality of traffic is wayyyy different than it has ever been. And for me, and a bunch of others, that was the final straw.

Keep doing you, Teddy! I admire you're perseverance and work ethic! xo

HollyJaydeXXX
10-01-2017, 06:54 PM
Weirdest SM glitch or something... was in Private with a guy for ten minutes and he didn't say a word. Then, a guy comes in private with his same exact name, but the digit on the end was different. They both stayed in private and then left at the same exact time...

wtf was that?
like literally, same fucking name.48927

BuffyFlame
10-01-2017, 07:13 PM
^^THAT is a good question, because I know one of those brandons. Now i'm thinking they are copy bots from actual members and sometimes they happen to follow the actual member around.
I don't mind bots until I think about it. They are designed to trick us into thinking the site is more active then it is, then we end up with a hurt psyche because we think its us.

HollyJaydeXXX
10-01-2017, 08:12 PM
^^THAT is a good question, because I know one of those brandons. Now i'm thinking they are copy bots from actual members and sometimes they happen to follow the actual member around.
I don't mind bots until I think about it. They are designed to trick us into thinking the site is more active then it is, then we end up with a hurt psyche because we think its us.

wait... so a bot purchased a show from me so I would think the site is busier than it is? They were BOTH in Private Chat at the same time for 10 minutes.

This is soooo weird

LoraDoll
10-01-2017, 10:09 PM
This bot thing is interesting. Me too, I wondered a few times, these "names" I see sit forever, these just can t be people. I kick out a few, and in a second they are back. I log off, and back on 5 min later, and I see the same names instant.

But , I dont think they do this for us, let us feel things are busy. They do it to themselves, so the site looks more popular than others. Like, as more people visit and pay, but in reality there are less. But at least, on paper and in the statistics, they can hide the relapse. They dont give a shit about us.

"trick us into thinking the site is more active then it is, then we end up with a hurt psyche because we think its us." --> agree with that.

And I wondering, why would they do this. There are awards i think like "most popular cam site" or whatever bullshit here and there ... and they can get money with a good placement. So its $$$ for them.

PennyJ
10-02-2017, 08:21 AM
I'm a top row model, and it is really empty today. Last time I was on cam I made 700, today I cant break 150. I know its because of the horrific shooting in Vegas, no body wants to get freaky, and my mood is low while faced with the fact that we live in a fucking horrible world and I'm so upset and mad that humans can be so vile :'(

raakashock
10-02-2017, 09:18 AM
This post isn't aimed at anyone is particular it's just my thoughts.

Absolutely every other cam site is just as bad if not worse than SM right now. I have accepted it and just get on for however many hours it takes to make my goal every day. If I make it at hour 3 hallelujah every other hour is just extra if I make it at hour 12+ then so be it as long as the same amount is made every day (give or take a few $) I'm a happy camgirl. Splitcamming also helps me achieve those goals and eradicates some of the boredom.

I think most of the issues some girlies have is that camming is not an easy avenue to make money anymore and is really just like any other job - long hours, annoying customers and unhelpful 'bosses' or 'support' as we call them for sometimes smaller than we believe we deserve, amounts of cash. I accept all these limitations and treat it just like any other job.

Case in point: newbie joins the forum and wants to know why they aren't $500+ richer after starting camming on 1 site for 90 mins... that's NOT how camming works nowadays!

I've been camming on and off for a good few years now and am by no means a veteran so I don't know exactly how amazing the glory days were but that is a positive in my book as I don't pine for those glory days. They may be gone but camming is by no means dead and buried if we're patient.

OT: SM glitches are still going strong, especially the RTT glitch and the spinning blue circle glitch - extra hours are required tonight apparently. That's the reality of camming nowadays. I also bitch about SM constantly but it still makes up nearly 85% of my total earnings each day/week, numbers don't lie and that is the cruellest reality of all.


Been thinking the saaaame. I first started SM in 2009 and all I had was a shitty laptop with a built in webcam. I laid in bed watching TV, made almost zero interaction in free chat, and waited for guys to hit the private. This was very successful for me figuring I didn't put in much work, and didn't put in money to better my equipment. The paychecks weren't big, but more than enough money for me, and I wasn't getting cam burn out. I saved cam through the years as an emergency money getter (mainly because I was in a crappy living situation). I noticed it was getting harder to make $$, but it really hit when I tried doing it full time around 2013/14. It was a shock. I couldn't just sit there in lingerie anymore. Bouncing around like a sex crazed loony trying all these MFC type games etc wasn't pulling in money either. My shitty laptop and cam didn't cut it. After upgrading, I noticed a big difference, but the entire scene is just completely different. Gone are the days of getting horny from watching grainy webcam girls in their messy bedroom flaunting Hot Topic underwear. There was something mysterious about the whole thing and the crappy quality added to the allure. These were "REAL" girls ready to fuck themselves on cam!! Now there are contests, business level webcams, gaming computer systems, etc. Even if you can keep up electronically, the top girls are really fucking talented and artistic. The rest of us cant make a living in the same way anymore. And the websites aren't making it any easier. They have taken advantage of how far social media has taken webcam girls (and of course how far girls have taken it themselves. I mean really, its crazy how good this amateur porn is getting), and have given basically nothing in return. We still get paid the same, with the same shit service. When I first started I was constantly laughing that all I had to do was masturbate and then I got a paycheck, but now DUDE ITS HARD OUT HERE. the customers want everything for 1$..and by everything I mean HD quality, all your social media accounts, great costumes, cool dildos that vibe when he tips you, HD videos, a phone number, and a smile. At first I thought it was just me, but now I keep reading all these similar posts from many girls on stripperweb and I see the trend.

raakashock
10-02-2017, 09:22 AM
And yes, Teddy_Bear, you must treat it like a job now..which sucks! I loved camming before because it never felt like a job. But now after 2 hours I'm dead and need to slap myself in the face to keep awake. I remember someone who owned this old alt porn website telling me already in 2009 that Gold Shows have ruined Streamate.

bigbootyjudy1
10-02-2017, 09:48 AM
I really don't think Streamate has Bots.Especially paying ones.Glitches hell yessss! Bots no.Just my 2 cents.

ShadyPinesMa
10-02-2017, 12:34 PM
Is anyone else having an issue with RTT recently? Mine is always really good (less than 100) but recently it's been all over the place. It will be really good for a while then spike up to 200+ and when it gets that high I get no traffic and can't keep members in my room.
It's nothing on my end. I'm using the same setup as usual and my speeds to Seattle are consistently 340+down and 23+up.

HollyJaydeXXX
10-02-2017, 01:02 PM
On a happier (less relevant) note... this girl is going back to work!!! Yay!!!! Bye Streamate, freeloaders, beggars, tech issues, trolls, models posing as customers to come in and harass you, 33% self-employment tax rate, lack of any benefits, degrading/demanding comments, etc.
Thank GOD
*Hope it gets better/picks up for everyone else though! I love you girls & you work your asses off and deserve the world!*
*Also, not my last post. I'll be here till Sunday ;)

anonymous camgirl
10-02-2017, 01:13 PM
I was just saying this to some guy on Cam4.. the shittiest site out there where guys expect you to full on fuck yourself for .60 cents per min or less! haha yea um.. I have a $2500 computer and $300 internet and shit.. umm no dude.. but you can talk to me for that ..haha.. even then it's to cheap.... I started on 2009 also and I was a full on bitch .. kicking me left and right who didn't shape up.. and I had pvt and tip after pvt and tip.. non stop!


Been thinking the saaaame. I first started SM in 2009 and all I had was a shitty laptop with a built in webcam. I laid in bed watching TV, made almost zero interaction in free chat, and waited for guys to hit the private. This was very successful for me figuring I didn't put in much work, and didn't put in money to better my equipment. The paychecks weren't big, but more than enough money for me, and I wasn't getting cam burn out. I saved cam through the years as an emergency money getter (mainly because I was in a crappy living situation). I noticed it was getting harder to make $$, but it really hit when I tried doing it full time around 2013/14. It was a shock. I couldn't just sit there in lingerie anymore. Bouncing around like a sex crazed loony trying all these MFC type games etc wasn't pulling in money either. My shitty laptop and cam didn't cut it. After upgrading, I noticed a big difference, but the entire scene is just completely different. Gone are the days of getting horny from watching grainy webcam girls in their messy bedroom flaunting Hot Topic underwear. There was something mysterious about the whole thing and the crappy quality added to the allure. These were "REAL" girls ready to fuck themselves on cam!! Now there are contests, business level webcams, gaming computer systems, etc. Even if you can keep up electronically, the top girls are really fucking talented and artistic. The rest of us cant make a living in the same way anymore. And the websites aren't making it any easier. They have taken advantage of how far social media has taken webcam girls (and of course how far girls have taken it themselves. I mean really, its crazy how good this amateur porn is getting), and have given basically nothing in return. We still get paid the same, with the same shit service. When I first started I was constantly laughing that all I had to do was masturbate and then I got a paycheck, but now DUDE ITS HARD OUT HERE. the customers want everything for 1$..and by everything I mean HD quality, all your social media accounts, great costumes, cool dildos that vibe when he tips you, HD videos, a phone number, and a smile. At first I thought it was just me, but now I keep reading all these similar posts from many girls on stripperweb and I see the trend.

HollyJaydeXXX
10-02-2017, 01:16 PM
And yes, Teddy_Bear, you must treat it like a job now..which sucks! I loved camming before because it never felt like a job. But now after 2 hours I'm dead and need to slap myself in the face to keep awake. I remember someone who owned this old alt porn website telling me already in 2009 that Gold Shows have ruined Streamate.

Girls on here smelled trouble when Gold Shows first came out. If you start offering a discount, people expect it and won't pay full price. Like if you went to Walmart/Target/Costco/Etc. and things were no longer on sale or cheaper than other stores, you'd look for a new store with cheaper prices.

What they SHOULD have done, is made a BARE MINIMUM that your gold shows had to be priced at and only gave a certain % off your private rate. Like an internal calculation. I.E: If you are $5 a minute, your Gold Show can only be discounted up to 20% so a 5 minute GS is $20 instead of $25, or something along those lines. Kind of like a block discount but for a group show.

Now, where WE fucked up, is pricing ourselves so low. Once models started doing shows for $1,$2, $3 guys realized that they could get off for SUPER CHEAP so all they needed to do was hop around room to room till someone was doing a $1 (or $0, don't get me started) show.

JamaicanAliesha
10-02-2017, 05:49 PM
Honestly I only work SM for extra money now (went back to stripping part time). But this time around I don't even bother engaging with chatty broke members or members who are over sexual/rude.

I'm at the point where I barely show my face anymore (just red lips and cleavage), most shows I'm getting on SM now are from fetish submissive guys and tbh I hope it stays that way. I don't even have to really get naked lol.

I'm finally learning that in most avenues of sex work, it's a long hard grind to make the money I want. I accepted it and it's been better for me.

I already know when I go online not to expect my goal within an hour or two. Just like in the club I might have to finesse a handful or two of men before making the money I want.

christylive
10-03-2017, 12:30 AM
On a happier (less relevant) note... this girl is going back to work!!! Yay!!!! Bye Streamate, freeloaders, beggars, tech issues, trolls, models posing as customers to come in and harass you, 33% self-employment tax rate, lack of any benefits, degrading/demanding comments, etc.
Thank GOD
*Hope it gets better/picks up for everyone else though! I love you girls & you work your asses off and deserve the world!*
*Also, not my last post. I'll be here till Sunday ;)


Yay!!! Get it baby!!!!! :)

EllieGold
10-03-2017, 02:15 AM
Best answer ever on Gold Shows.


Girls on here smelled trouble when Gold Shows first came out. If you start offering a discount, people expect it and won't pay full price. Like if you went to Walmart/Target/Costco/Etc. and things were no longer on sale or cheaper than other stores, you'd look for a new store with cheaper prices.

What they SHOULD have done, is made a BARE MINIMUM that your gold shows had to be priced at and only gave a certain % off your private rate. Like an internal calculation. I.E: If you are $5 a minute, your Gold Show can only be discounted up to 20% so a 5 minute GS is $20 instead of $25, or something along those lines. Kind of like a block discount but for a group show.

Now, where WE fucked up, is pricing ourselves so low. Once models started doing shows for $1,$2, $3 guys realized that they could get off for SUPER CHEAP so all they needed to do was hop around room to room till someone was doing a $1 (or $0, don't get me started) show.

christylive
10-03-2017, 04:12 AM
Has SM crashed? Can’t log back in to save my life and rooms aren’t loading either.

DeepThoughts
10-03-2017, 04:18 AM
^^ Logged in but I cannot connect the room or the SMB

christylive
10-03-2017, 04:19 AM
^^ Logged in but I cannot connect the room or the SMB

The SM shitcaster not working , the hd enshitter is not working either.

48930

DeepThoughts
10-03-2017, 04:22 AM
Got SMB open but when I press the"Start my show" I get nothing, no spinner, no prompt to connect to the broadcaster its just dead! Im gonna do a Spanish lesson.

DeepThoughts
10-03-2017, 04:25 AM
okay Im in!!

christylive
10-03-2017, 04:28 AM
okay Im in!!

It’s back up for now .... yay!

JaneBurgess
10-03-2017, 12:58 PM
Girls on here smelled trouble when Gold Shows first came out. If you start offering a discount, people expect it and won't pay full price. Like if you went to Walmart/Target/Costco/Etc. and things were no longer on sale or cheaper than other stores, you'd look for a new store with cheaper prices.

What they SHOULD have done, is made a BARE MINIMUM that your gold shows had to be priced at and only gave a certain % off your private rate. Like an internal calculation. I.E: If you are $5 a minute, your Gold Show can only be discounted up to 20% so a 5 minute GS is $20 instead of $25, or something along those lines. Kind of like a block discount but for a group show.

Now, where WE fucked up, is pricing ourselves so low. Once models started doing shows for $1,$2, $3 guys realized that they could get off for SUPER CHEAP so all they needed to do was hop around room to room till someone was doing a $1 (or $0, don't get me started) show.


Yes a few of us did say from the beginning Gold shows were a terrible idea because they didnt make a set limit per minute and it was a huge discount. It should have been set at at least a buck a minute. Gold shows can still be changed by SM and make a required per minute rate and performers can stop doing free shows. Its never too late to change and you have the power to control your room and your rates. The power is always in your hands

Holly_xoxo
10-04-2017, 07:07 AM
Girls on here smelled trouble when Gold Shows first came out. If you start offering a discount, people expect it and won't pay full price. Like if you went to Walmart/Target/Costco/Etc. and things were no longer on sale or cheaper than other stores, you'd look for a new store with cheaper prices.

What they SHOULD have done, is made a BARE MINIMUM that your gold shows had to be priced at and only gave a certain % off your private rate. Like an internal calculation. I.E: If you are $5 a minute, your Gold Show can only be discounted up to 20% so a 5 minute GS is $20 instead of $25, or something along those lines. Kind of like a block discount but for a group show.

Now, where WE fucked up, is pricing ourselves so low. Once models started doing shows for $1,$2, $3 guys realized that they could get off for SUPER CHEAP so all they needed to do was hop around room to room till someone was doing a $1 (or $0, don't get me started) show.

I agree about the pricing but what I noticed the most when Gold Shows started was many of the women to 'entice' guys to join started getting topless, grinding around, deep throating dildos....ect...then they wondered after awhile why guys weren't joining and were just letting the timer run out so the countdown would start again. They just figured out they could get off and not have to pay for a show.

Scorpio Girl
10-04-2017, 02:50 PM
Has anyone who gets their check via the regular mail gotten their last check yet? I always get my check on Monday or Tuesday at the latest, and it is now Wednesday and I have received nothing. I am totally freaking out. According to my payment history, it says it was issued on Sept 27 which is the normal day.

christylive
10-04-2017, 07:28 PM
I’m not afraid to admit when I’m a little too fast with the ban hammer or just not up to par.. something is definitely off cause I’ve had 3-4 guys take me private/exc who have said they attempted to talk/tip/spend etc But they can’t. The quality of traffic is at an all time LOW, like bottom of the dumpster in between scum Rd and disappointment on Christmas morning st which means the trolling and beggars are x 10 which means I’m banning more than normal. However, quite a few of these guys cannot spend, it’s like something’s preventing them from tipping/spending etc. some still report the spinning blue circle... so if these guys are making new accounts just to apologize and go priv/exc from their new account and even rate 5 stars that tells me something is off, I mean, trolls and lurkers seem to never have problems connecting or staying put for 30 minutes plus. Something just seems off.

Snowy0Star
10-04-2017, 07:42 PM
I’m not afraid to admit when I’m a little too fast with the ban hammer or just not up to par.. something is definitely off cause I’ve had 3-4 guys take me private/exc who have said they attempted to talk/tip/spend etc But they can’t. The quality of traffic is at an all time LOW, like bottom of the dumpster in between scum Rd and disappointment on Christmas morning st which means the trolling and beggars are x 10 which means I’m banning more than normal. However, quite a few of these guys cannot spend, it’s like something’s preventing them from tipping/spending etc. some still report the spinning blue circle... so if these guys are making new accounts just to apologize and go priv/exc from their new account and even rate 5 stars that tells me something is off, I mean, trolls and lurkers seem to never have problems connecting or staying put for 30 minutes plus. Something just seems off.

U have any theorys why that is? I dont remember who it was but someone in the vent thread said something about how older guys (who have more spare money) arent as tech savy as our generation ( who for the most part are tools imo) u think it has something to do with that maybe?

christylive
10-04-2017, 09:31 PM
U have any theorys why that is? I dont remember who it was but someone in the vent thread said something about how older guys (who have more spare money) arent as tech savy as our generation ( who for the most part are tools imo) u think it has something to do with that maybe?

I honestly don’t know I mean what are the odds 9/10 good spending regulars drop off the face of the earth never to return again and 9/10 only lurkers and trolls and long periods of dead spots? Like some invasion of the body snatchers shit or something. I totally agree that older men are not all that tech savvy but I’m sure not all the guys who can’t spend or are being prevented from spending are all old either.....

But.... I totally get that older guys who have money to blow are usually slower responders and typers which I’m totally ok with and understanding.

KatM
10-05-2017, 01:05 AM
I’m not afraid to admit when I’m a little too fast with the ban hammer or just not up to par.. something is definitely off cause I’ve had 3-4 guys take me private/exc who have said they attempted to talk/tip/spend etc But they can’t. The quality of traffic is at an all time LOW, like bottom of the dumpster in between scum Rd and disappointment on Christmas morning st which means the trolling and beggars are x 10 which means I’m banning more than normal. However, quite a few of these guys cannot spend, it’s like something’s preventing them from tipping/spending etc. some still report the spinning blue circle... so if these guys are making new accounts just to apologize and go priv/exc from their new account and even rate 5 stars that tells me something is off, I mean, trolls and lurkers seem to never have problems connecting or staying put for 30 minutes plus. Something just seems off.

I too had people telling me 'i still cant see u' (either in guest chat or paid chat) or say they cant tip or go pvt, i was thinking it's them trying to fool me but looks like not?!

xxtinamariexx
10-05-2017, 07:36 AM
anyone else having video quality issues, mine just keeps dropping, I have reset everything on my end. I optimized it again, and it put my video quality to 640x480 wtf and it took about 15 min to optimize! is it me??? My frame rate goes down to 3 fps!!!

HollyJaydeXXX
10-05-2017, 01:57 PM
just sitting on cam playing Mahjong in the second window... people sitting here staring and not talking. I must look hella sexy while matching these tiles. lol

HollyJaydeXXX
10-05-2017, 02:05 PM
anyone else having video quality issues, mine just keeps dropping, I have reset everything on my end. I optimized it again, and it put my video quality to 640x480 wtf and it took about 15 min to optimize! is it me??? My frame rate goes down to 3 fps!!!

typically, in the early evenings (EST Time after like 4 pm) more models are on and my stream health takes a dump. I have to exit SM Broadcaster and login again. Anytime the site is busy I cant get past 16 FPS, even though i am 31 FPS during the rest of the day.

Not sure if the time/congestion of the site is at play for you, but it sounds like it might be if your numbers are all over the place. You may want to run a speed test just to be sure.

Genoveve
10-05-2017, 07:00 PM
just sitting on cam playing Mahjong in the second window... people sitting here staring and not talking. I must look hella sexy while matching these tiles. lol

I always play mahjong in another tab :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

sexyadrienne
10-05-2017, 07:13 PM
My placement is shit. I have A1 internet, a gaming computer and a badass webcam. Excellent scores on everything in the ranking, including the hours I put on this shit site.

Yesterday was the last nail in the coffin. Had a sweet guy take me to private for an hour. He was disconnected by the site and SM and wouldn't let him add funds to his account (I guess SM limits a customer's spending due to risk of charge back and etc?) Anyhow, I tried streaming afterwards to make a little bit more dough, but gave up after the bad traffic (I was sitting in the middle of the 3rd page).

I'm really convinced that the issues aren't me and my equipment but it's SM and their equipment. At a 35% payout, we shouldn't be having any connection issues *ESPECIALLY* on the customer's end! No wonder I haven't seen any of my regulars come back on SM . . . the site is really too fucking problematic.

christylive
10-05-2017, 10:39 PM
0-1 in my chat and 24+ in my potential members box, sm has become a fat pile of shark shit.

christylive
10-05-2017, 10:52 PM
I too had people telling me 'i still cant see u' (either in guest chat or paid chat) or say they cant tip or go pvt, i was thinking it's them trying to fool me but looks like not?!

until SM communicates with us we have no choice but to come up with our own theories..... besides the glitches, i'm wondering if theres payment processor issues? i mean, more often than not now guys can't tip or go priv/exc. why would we be prevented from making money on a live- paytoplay porn site? is that not the point why we log in each day? for sure it's not to sit on a broken site. was SM sold off and was banking moved overseas or something? i mean....... something aint right... in life i question everything.....ya got to

Snowy0Star
10-05-2017, 11:37 PM
I went on sm for the first time in over a week just hours with no one in my room or leaving right away or leaving right after i say hi. i dont get it and its pissing me off. These dudes are saying hi staying in my room until i notice they typed something because i focus more on cb and mfc . "hi username how are you then " next thing i know BOOM gone . I dont get it u were the one that said hi to me first and when i say hi back u leave . WTF is ur malfunction bro? Is this a pattern other ppl are noticing too? Should i stop saying their name and pretend like im addressing the whole room even tho there's only one person in my room

christylive
10-05-2017, 11:49 PM
I went on sm for the first time in over a week just hours with no one in my room or leaving right away or leaving right after i say hi. i dont get it and its pissing me off. These dudes are saying hi staying in my room until i notice they typed something because i focus more on cb and mfc . "hi username how are you then " next thing i know BOOM gone . I dont get it u were the one that said hi to me first and when i say hi back u leave . WTF is ur malfunction bro? Is this a pattern other ppl are noticing too? Should i stop saying their name and pretend like im addressing the whole room even tho there's only one person in my room


this is not new for me. walls and walls of in and outs sprinkled in with a few trolls and beggars is the norm now at least for me. i still have some decent regular spenders but camming on SM is horrendous now and i doubt i'll stick it out to my exit date. for the crumb % they pay it's just not worth it. and it's only getting worse. how many thousands of tweets #smglitch does it take for others to wake up and see clearly no fucks are given least not about the bulk of us who use their platform :/