View Full Version : STREAMATE - Venting, Complaining, Discussing site issues
Holly_xoxo
02-02-2016, 08:39 PM
What the fuck? My placement is all over the place today. Anyone else?
I couldn't find myself. I'm usually around the middle of page 1 and I went all the way back to page 8 and still couldn't find myself. I even put my name in the search box and I didn't show up. I don't have geo restrictions, so I'm not sure what was going on. People were coming into my room but they may have been guys that had me on their favorites and I showed up on that?
Don't have a clue why I wasn't listed. I was probably on page 20
Shrunkenviolet
02-02-2016, 09:03 PM
SUMMARY
Total minutes online: 666
Total paid minutes online: 35 (5%)
This is my week so far. Did a 10 hour camathon yesterday and made 5 gold. Seriously. That's it. I've never gone below 25% for the week before. Fuck streamate. And stop kicking me out and making me log in again!
Tatti_D
02-03-2016, 01:31 AM
I finally went online tonight again after 3 weeks or so and I thought I'd share my experience. Against all odds, my night was pretty decent... I'd say average from the good old days. This are the changes I experienced compared to the beginning of January:
- More traffic
- Better quality in traffic... Lots of freeloaders but at least no imbecils this time.
- SM kicked me out only two times in 4 hours.
- More regulars (still around 30% of what I'm used to but at least it's an improvement).
- The 3 highest tippers in Gold Shows issue is fixed. Customers can see the list and I can also.
- No lagging, freezing or issues with sound.
- No black screen.
- Customers constantly talking.
I didn't even try the Broadcaster. I used the Encoder, not at 720 but at 800x448. I don't know if that made the difference but I just thought you all should know.
Of course that made my placement awful but at least I could work at a semi constant rithm.
Anyways, just thought I'd share at least a little good news. Maybe there's hope of SM fixing its issues. Maybe it was just luck, idk. I'll try again tomorrow (although Wednesdays are the worst).
christylive
02-03-2016, 05:57 PM
OMG the encoder is like .... Sike, I'm taking a day off today. Was fine earlier for 2 hours. Hour 3 it started acting all crazy and pixelating and freezing. Logged off and came back an hour later and now can't stay connected for 2 minutes before it acts crazy. Stopped using the crapcaster 2 months ago cause that's even worse. Fix yo shit SM for real fam !!!!
Internet is 300 down/ 50 up , brand new i7 BTW. Always hardwired as well.
xCamLovex
02-03-2016, 09:40 PM
My check is late. Any west coast ladies experiencing a late check? Grrrrr.
EllieGold
02-03-2016, 10:24 PM
I keep getting disconnected. I know it's not me. I have no programs running but the SM Broadcast.
EllieGold
02-03-2016, 10:25 PM
My anti virus flagged their software 2 days ago as "suspicious". Great. I know it's legit. However, maybe bad code?
BadBitch
02-03-2016, 10:35 PM
I'm beginning to realize the traffic issues go like this:
When the site acts up, the big spenders go bust their loads with other girls on another site that's working. plain and simple! What the online models are stuck with are the bottom feeders who beg or just plain don't say anything at all. The absence of spenders amplifies the lack of decent folks in our rooms. After the glitch last night I was left with guys with zero room etiquette. It took a good hour for spenders to trickle back in and they were hesitant to start shows.
Please SM we love you and don't want our customers going with other sites because they have to. We are their first choice and deserve to keep it that way. With these glitches we are merely becoming assistants in customer erections, and then they go and finish off the real job with another site and model out of necessity! I say no on this. If SM gets weirded out by pages of model rants maybe this is another way to look at it for them to improve. Trying to find the motivation here...
"Bottom feeders". Love it!
BadBitch
02-03-2016, 10:36 PM
I'm scared to even log on jfc
I get THE worst anxiety before logging on anymore. I can barely stand in the shower - I get so dizzy and panicky.
BadBitch
02-03-2016, 10:38 PM
I keep getting disconnected. I know it's not me. I have no programs running but the SM Broadcast.
I kept getting booted with the Encoder. I switched to the Broadcaster and my placement dropped. I'm damned if I do.....
Glamourmilf
02-03-2016, 10:39 PM
I'm beginning to realize the traffic issues go like this:
When the site acts up, the big spenders go bust their loads with other girls on another site that's working. plain and simple! What the online models are stuck with are the bottom feeders who beg or just plain don't say anything at all. The absence of spenders amplifies the lack of decent folks in our rooms. After the glitch last night I was left with guys with zero room etiquette. It took a good hour for spenders to trickle back in and they were hesitant to start shows.
Please SM we love you and don't want our customers going with other sites because they have to. We are their first choice and deserve to keep it that way. With these glitches we are merely becoming assistants in customer erections, and then they go and finish off the real job with another site and model out of necessity! I say no on this. If SM gets weirded out by pages of model rants maybe this is another way to look at it for them to improve. Trying to find the motivation here...
I have to think this is the reason my big spenders, and guys with 2 or 3 next to their names have been m.i.a. for over a month.
You're right. All that's left are the bottom feeders, and guys I haven't had shows with since 2012-2013. And Even THEY aren't spending.:'(
MistressX
02-04-2016, 09:28 AM
I'm going back on today for the first time this week after the fiasco with my studio and being put in the new model category and losing all my shit. I swear if I don't have a decent day today.. I'm going to just scream! I have fuckin hearses to buy and fix, Streamate! So get your shit together or gtfo
Glamourmilf
02-04-2016, 10:42 AM
And to add insult to injury. Now they're not paying us? ( read through my check reissue thread).
I feel like I'm now working on there for free.>:(
MistressX
02-04-2016, 10:57 AM
This is one of the advantages I get for working with a studio. Granted I get special treatment and get 30% and they barely make any money off me (they really just do it for me as a favor), but that 5% can add up.. and at the same time though, I always know I will get my money every week, on time. Like I said before, SM really needs to get their shit together. How long have we been saying this? A year? Feels like it. Hopefully today doesnt suck as much as this entire week (and last month) has.
Glamourmilf
02-04-2016, 12:08 PM
^^^ Going to look into studio. After 5 yrs with SM, it certainly is a letdown, with how things have turned into a shit show lately.>:(
xCamLovex
02-04-2016, 01:36 PM
And to add insult to injury. Now they're not paying us? ( read through my check reissue thread).
I feel like I'm now working on there for free.>:(
I hope this isn't the case.
I've never had a missed check from SM until this week. I always get it on Monday or Tuesday. it's $25 to reissue but now I'm hearing ft hat sometimes those aren't even sent out?
LolaInParadise
02-04-2016, 01:50 PM
I think that's why so many girls are starting to take the independent route and backing away from the big box sites. I got fed up with ImLive and Streamate.... they've both TANKED. I'm always looking for new people to join me on my site if they want a place to pick up extra SKYPE shows.
LolaInParadise
02-04-2016, 01:57 PM
I was with EnticeLive for a while and they are an excellent studio based in Vegas. Tracy, who is the model rep for them is AWESOME. I can't praise her enough. I loved everything about them until it came time to get paid. Hopefully the issue they were having with doing direct deposits into my bank account have been resolved. Outside of that I would refer ANYONE and EVERYONE to them.
imelly21
02-04-2016, 02:34 PM
somewhere in the middle of page 1... struggling badly....
just makes me think models on page 2 and 3 or more, how is it for them? omg
Pay for some better traffic, streamate? please? or u want to see us cut our wrists off?
gingerstcyr
02-04-2016, 04:36 PM
I know traffic has not been the best but are there any girls on SM that are NOT having major problems? I know this is the complaint thread but I would love to hear from anybody that is not having problems with the SMB or the encoder or traffic or connectivity or placement?
Glamourmilf
02-04-2016, 04:41 PM
I hope this isn't the case.
I've never had a missed check from SM until this week. I always get it on Monday or Tuesday. it's $25 to reissue but now I'm hearing ft hat sometimes those aren't even sent out?
Update:
Liz replied to my email. She said the reissue was sent out. She thought maybe my address was wrong?
No, don't think so. Got a check, and the 1099 last week.
Kitcatt
02-04-2016, 04:42 PM
I've had some minor issues but nothing major. Coming back from excl and not seeing myself on the WON page, a couple of disconnections, but thats about it
TrifilinCamHo
02-04-2016, 05:30 PM
Aside from my placement being kinda wonky the other day I am not having any issues that I know of, am using the encoder currently.
Traffic however is just bizarre. I started out averaging like $70 an hour yesterday early afternoon, but after getting on after taking a short break I spent like 19% in paid chat for the 4 hours I managed to stay on before rage quitting short of my goal. This whole week has been super weird like that.
JaneBurgess
02-04-2016, 07:09 PM
What is going on with traffic? Im on the first page and the traffic is terrible. This whole week on there has been weird
MistressX
02-04-2016, 07:42 PM
Same here^ Now my placement sucks, but even when I was top row I had hardly any traffic. I've been relegated to row 8 now which is ridiculous, now the traffic is even worse
Bootsie
02-04-2016, 08:07 PM
Something was weird today, I was going stretches of 10-20 minutes with NOONE in my room. Not even the guys without cards. I am on page 1, it was strange.
CocoaCaramelBBW
02-04-2016, 08:52 PM
my first pvt of the eve already had a nasty bastard, he wanted to see my asshole, tht was straight until he said can my kid c too! i immeidately banned him and screen capped, now do i send it to SM support or just go on the block sounds silly to ask i know but i never had this happen before
Glamourmilf
02-04-2016, 09:37 PM
my first pvt of the eve already had a nasty bastard, he wanted to see my asshole, tht was straight until he said can my kid c too! i immeidately banned him and screen capped, now do i send it to SM support or just go on the block sounds silly to ask i know but i never had this happen before
Send it to support. Or Liz. And block also.
BadBitch
02-04-2016, 09:39 PM
Yep. No traffic. When I do get someone (I get all fucking excited) then they fucking leave.
I also got booted off during a GS countdown. I was fucking LIVID!!!!!
Glamourmilf
02-04-2016, 09:45 PM
Yep. No traffic. When I do get someone (I get all fucking excited) then they fucking leave.
I also got booted off during a GS countdown. I was fucking LIVID!!!!!
Same.It's frustrating when regs FINALLY come around, and can't stay connected.
I mentioned this before, but why are guys interacting, ( including regs), then ..poof! Everyone's gone.
The last Straw for me tonight Was after all that had been happening, someone enters chat to say, "Why you so laggy?" Ugh! I had to log out Way too exhausted to do with it.
CocoaCaramelBBW
02-04-2016, 09:45 PM
Send it to support. Or Liz. And block also.
Thanks i already blocked him in the pvt, didn't say anything just did.
BadBitch
02-04-2016, 09:49 PM
Same.It's frustrating when regs FINALLY come around, and can't stay connected.
I mentioned this before, but why are guys interacting, ( including regs), then ..poof! Everyone's gone.
The last Straw for me tonight Was after all that had been happening, someone enters chat to say, "Why you so laggy?" Ugh! I had to log out Way too exhausted to do with it.
I logged back on after I got booted and started reprimanding SM in my empty room. "Fucking fix your site, assholes". I probably got fired.
Glamourmilf
02-04-2016, 11:25 PM
I logged back on after I got booted and started reprimanding SM in my empty room. "Fucking fix your site, assholes". I probably got fired.
Or not. When it's really slow, I announce to SM that unless i get some money flowing, im going to my other sites. Things turn around. I've made SM a boatload of money, so I know they monitor my room.
Bella28
02-05-2016, 01:04 AM
Or not. When it's really slow, I announce to SM that unless i get some money flowing, im going to my other sites. Things turn around. I've made SM a boatload of money, so I know they monitor my room.
well went on leave for like two weeks to have my baby. came back didnt do so hot without penetration shows now im back full force and my placement has tanked im at the bottom and traffic is GONE! fml
Got disconnected 3 times in maybe 30 mins??!! WTF SM? Taking a lunch break and back on cam again and i really hope it wont be the same!?
DancesWithSloths
02-05-2016, 12:07 PM
Logged on for 1.5hrs this morning: tons of traffic, people trying to get shows - and yet everyone keeps getting booted. Level 3 reg couldn't talk. Everybody complains about freezing. I don't know why I bother with this clusterfuck of a site.
Goal for the next 2 months: develop my free chat banter, get an interactive toy, and move to CB.
xCamLovex
02-05-2016, 02:23 PM
Yes I had 0 in my room with very solid placement last night. Some of my guys who are block exc customers were booted within 2 mins and I was experiencing lag! What's tough about lag is you don't know right away and neither do your customers. It takes a few exchanges if they even wanna stay that long to find out oh snaps I asked that question 2 mins ago.
SamanthaSugar
02-05-2016, 09:13 PM
On the upside I finally have traffic with regulars but on the downside my video and sound are completely off, looks as if I'm in a Japanese movie therefore no one wants a show :(
EllieGold
02-05-2016, 10:37 PM
do milk shows! Congrats on the baby by the way. Mine is almost 3 months old. Time flew by./:O
well went on leave for like two weeks to have my baby. came back didnt do so hot without penetration shows now im back full force and my placement has tanked im at the bottom and traffic is GONE! fml
Chellyinparadise
02-05-2016, 10:53 PM
Exclusive glitch is back im stuck in excl limbo lol
Another 'Newbie' who is either trying to play me or is just a cheapo, i said i wont 'help' them anymore but i decided to give this guy a chance same like i gave the others.
They simply dont want to pay, as i said they either try to trick cam models or when they realize they have to pay they turn around and ask for freebies. Duh!
44191
DancesWithSloths
02-06-2016, 08:44 AM
The lag was terrible today. A good 5 seconds. I bailed for AW pretty swiftly.
xCamLovex
02-06-2016, 10:11 AM
I could almost hear a mouse fart in my room last night at times. I signed off early because I was exhausted at
...empty room for 2 minutes...people arrive all at once...5 ask me to show my tits...10 are quiet...kick 10 out...5 more pop in...they're quiet too...maybe a show here and there but man what a crowd. I felt like I had to pull rabbits out of a hat and do the nay nay just to get gold shows to be pledged for.
Still a good week despite no paycheck. definitely could feel the lack of traffic late last night though. I was browsing my row and I just noticed the same Asswipes going from room to room asking me and other models the same Questions. One guy had the audacity to tell me to show my ass and when I wouldn't be said "I can find better ass" so I highlighted his name and said ok since no one is holding a gun to your head LEAVE bitchass mfer! But, he stayed...until I blocked him.
I'd like to just say to any customer in cam world that no one is holding a gun to your head to be in any of our rooms. You are not blessing our presence with your demands. oh you have a 10" cock? great and the sky is blue - you still have to pay.
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
02-06-2016, 11:01 AM
This isn't really a vent but more of an observation. Why didn't SM do a Super Bowl contest? Or schedule a Half Time event? I just saw the little football on the corner of the page.But its small and does nothing. Why not change the interface colors and make a floating button pointing to the calendar? Nevermind there's nothing scheduled. But there could have been if they worked on it. I just checked my email accounts and several other sites have sent out emails to customers trying to get them to log on this weekend. I haven't seen anything from SM? Now this last part is me just rambling along. Just thought about this....why not put the top selling person in a contest on the calendar and then blast it on social media? Or the top sellers for the week or month? I know that they're already pretty visible but the stuff I do see scheduled looks kinda boring. Just because they've shot porn doesn't mean they can entertain a live crowd. Just a few things to think about. I wish they would just hire me already. It's like theres no one behind the wheel. None of the social media accounts are really doing anything to promote the site.
Femmestudent
02-06-2016, 12:36 PM
Another 'Newbie' who is either trying to play me or is just a cheapo, i said i wont 'help' them anymore but i decided to give this guy a chance same like i gave the others.
They simply dont want to pay, as i said they either try to trick cam models or when they realize they have to pay they turn around and ask for freebies. Duh!
44191
This is amazing timing, I was just reading this thread as drifter54 popped into my room, pre-blocked! Thanks chicha
Glamourmilf
02-06-2016, 12:44 PM
This isn't really a vent but more of an observation. Why didn't SM do a Super Bowl contest? Or schedule a Half Time event? I just saw the little football on the corner of the page.But its small and does nothing. Why not change the interface colors and make a floating button pointing to the calendar? Nevermind there's nothing scheduled. But there could have been if they worked on it. I just checked my email accounts and several other sites have sent out emails to customers trying to get them to log on this weekend. I haven't seen anything from SM? Now this last part is me just rambling along. Just thought about this....why not put the top selling person in a contest on the calendar and then blast it on social media? Or the top sellers for the week or month? I know that they're already pretty visible but the stuff I do see scheduled looks kinda boring. Just because they've shot porn doesn't mean they can entertain a live crowd. Just a few things to think about. I wish they would just hire me already. It's like theres no one behind the wheel. None of the social media accounts are really doing anything to promote the site.
I think maybe they didn't do a contest, because they're still trying to recover financially from the last one.
Remember, it WAS going on during a dead time on the site. Someone posted in this thread (think it was kk) the breakdown of the money they would be paying out.
I really dont think its a coincidence that a lot of us never got our checks.
I, myself paid over $100 to have 3 lost checks reissued, plus cost to ship it fedex.
Multiply that times the number of girls who needed a reissue, fed ex, etc., and you have a good chunk of change paid back to SM.
This is just my opinion of course.
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
02-06-2016, 01:00 PM
I think maybe they didn't do a contest, because they're still trying to recover financially from the last one.
Remember, it WAS going on during a dead time on the site. Someone posted in this thread (think it was kk) the breakdown of the money they would be paying out.
I really dont think its a coincidence that a lot of us never got our checks.
I, myself paid over $100 to have 3 lost checks reissued, plus cost to ship it fedex.
Multiply that times the number of girls who needed a reissue, fed ex, etc., and you have a good chunk of change paid back to SM.
This is just my opinion of course.
Not every contest has to be the same. Or the payouts dont always have to be the same. There are so many different things that they could do but aren't doing it. Not even a promotion for customer so they show up on what is gonna be a low traffic day. These are just ideas and I wonder why they don't have people who get paid to come up with them. Maybe they'll run a commercial during the game again?
Bella28
02-06-2016, 01:04 PM
do milk shows! Congrats on the baby by the way. Mine is almost 3 months old. Time flew by./:O
aww congrats to you as well! she will be 1 month feb 12th and yes it sure does fly by!!! yeah I advertise I am lactating and idk all my regs are MIA for some reason and I go mins with nobody in my room. This week I am hitting the site hard to gain my placement back and hopefully the site comes back from whatever vacation its on right now.
xCamLovex
02-06-2016, 02:52 PM
So in the case that checks are late due to snow or possible conspiracy does direct deposit go through on time? Any ladies who have direct deposit please let us know your results.
adorablecocoa
02-06-2016, 04:46 PM
been online for 3hrs and made only $31
:((((