View Full Version : STREAMATE - Venting, Complaining, Discussing site issues
MistressX
05-03-2016, 07:58 PM
I didnt even bother today. I'm still pissed off from yesterday lol
princess_casual
05-03-2016, 08:17 PM
High tipper in a GS gets disconnected after a few seconds into my show.. he said "SM support is awesome, I got my money back."
HAHAHAHHA
I got disconnected half way through a GS and guess what I got??
big fat ZERO.
Chellyinparadise
05-03-2016, 08:23 PM
That sucks sorry to hear.
Chellyinparadise
05-03-2016, 08:26 PM
Today is really strange there has been times that i sit for mins with noone coming in and when i do most come in say hi and log out quick i dont understand it. Im converting the guys best i can that actually can stay and talk but if we had more traffic we could be making alot more money as a whole for all of us and the company just dont get the logic behind it all anymore what they are thinking. Frustrating putting in all the unnecessary hours. Feel like i dont have time for a life anymore rant over haha
MistressX
05-03-2016, 09:04 PM
Today is really strange there has been times that i sit for mins with noone coming in and when i do most come in say hi and log out quick i dont understand it. Im converting the guys best i can that actually can stay and talk but if we had more traffic we could be making alot more money as a whole for all of us and the company just dont get the logic behind it all anymore what they are thinking. Frustrating putting in all the unnecessary hours. Feel like i dont have time for a life anymore rant over haha
This has been happening to me a lot. A lot of guys will talk to you, then leave without warning, sometimes right after they ask you a question. Some come back, most dont. Those that come back say they were disconnected, booted, or the site froze for them etc. A lot of them are my regulars, too. Pretty shitty.
Chellyinparadise
05-03-2016, 09:14 PM
This has been happening to me a lot. A lot of guys will talk to you, then leave without warning, sometimes right after they ask you a question. Some come back, most dont. Those that come back say they were disconnected, booted, or the site froze for them etc. A lot of them are my regulars, too. Pretty shitty.
Sorry youre having problems too, hope it gets better for you. I wish that we would be heard and something done about this, its been going on too long regs are leaving by the handfull, hurting us all.
Yea i just had some major issues with a long time reg who has been trying to take me excl hes in for a min then booted like 8 times he gave up after i dont blame him and then a show right after that said i froze up while he was in pvt same issues as the last guy and hes a good paying reg so i believe him hes so frustrated being charged for excl and not getting to finish or stay long enough for a show, i wish they would fix this crap already i logged off for a bit ill go back after i eat. Hope it gets better for everyone.
EllieGold
05-03-2016, 10:02 PM
My earnings have tanked recently and some days, I just want to quit camming altogether. I know I am going to by 2017, just don't know when yet. I love clips more and want to do that. Streamate can just plummet for all I care.
Chellyinparadise
05-03-2016, 10:06 PM
My earnings have tanked recently and some days, I just want to quit camming altogether. I know I am going to by 2017, just don't know when yet. I love clips more and want to do that. Streamate can just plummet for all I care.
That would be nice , hope you do well with whatever you decide to do.
Horny
05-04-2016, 02:27 AM
I've got someone trying to take me exclusive but says it won't work? Not sure if he's pulling my leg or not but I've been sat an hour with nothing which is very odd
Horny
05-04-2016, 02:58 AM
Keeps kicking me out now arghhhhh what a waste of a morning
xCamLovex
05-04-2016, 07:06 AM
I think the site issues have made some models frustrated and things are getting wild. There's a model in my category that literally copy pasted my profile and put my username as her tag line starting yesterday. I find it interesting because she's one of the most popular models on the site period. But ok...copy paste? Moral is just taking a nose dive here. I really respect certain models but I'd never take someone's username and put it in my profile...period.
That'd be like me saying "I've got ass just like audritwo!" ...lol. Not true but imagine if I used that as my tag line. Ok done ranting...I'm with Ellie, transforming myself in 2017 and it doesn't involve shady camsites that don't function.
DancesWithSloths
05-04-2016, 07:08 AM
^^OK, that's properly weird o.O
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
05-04-2016, 07:11 AM
I think the site issues have made some models frustrated and things are getting wild. There's a model in my category that literally copy pasted my profile and put my username as her tag line starting yesterday. I find it interesting because she's one of the most popular models on the site period. But ok...copy paste? Moral is just taking a nose dive here. I really respect certain models but I'd never take someone's username and put it in my profile...period.
Someone changed their name to mine and added xxx at the end. But I contacted support and she changed it back to the original. Guys came into my room to let me know that it happened. Thats insane because really believe that this will make them money.
hyori
05-04-2016, 07:13 AM
I think the site issues have made some models frustrated and things are getting wild. There's a model in my category that literally copy pasted my profile and put my username as her tag line starting yesterday. I find it interesting because she's one of the most popular models on the site period. But ok...copy paste? Moral is just taking a nose dive here. I really respect certain models but I'd never take someone's username and put it in my profile...period.
Wow, that's a really shit faced thing to do and the fact that she is a top model makes it even worse. I would go postal on this bitch and post what she did all over Twitter...you may as well capitalize on her popularity. Nothing better than a public cat fight to get you major attention on social media. Or maybe just take the high road and tell Liz to get that model to take that down stat, (after you do the public Twitter stunt?), LOL. Maybe even get some of your custies to help you out. I can't believe this shit.
I'm sorry it happened to you. Let me know if you need any help.
xCamLovex
05-04-2016, 07:16 AM
Someone changed their name to mine and added xxx at the end. But I contacted support and she changed it back to the original. Guys came into my room to let me know that it happened. Thats insane because really believe that this will make them money.
Do you think I should mention it to support? I feel like it- I've been using this username for over 8 months and don't want another model using the exact wording in her tag line - it's blatantly encroaching on my show.
xCamLovex
05-04-2016, 07:19 AM
Wow, that's a really shit faced thing to do and the fact that she is a top model makes it even worse. I would go postal on this bitch and post what she did all over Twitter...you may as well capitalize on her popularity. Nothing better than a public cat fight to get you major attention on social media. Or maybe just take the high road and tell Liz to get that model to take that down stat, (after you do the public Twitter stunt?), LOL. Maybe even get some of your custies to help you out. I can't believe this shit.
I'm sorry it happened to you. Let me know if you need any help.
I'm not on social media hyori. And the model seriously is the top model on the site, although she is not frequently online. I use to look up to her but I can't believe she's just take my username and use it as her hover tag line
hyori
05-04-2016, 07:22 AM
^^ Yes, report with screencaps to Liz. The fact that she copied your profile word for word is just wrong and that she is blatantly and disrespectfully trying to take your customers by using your name! Really, fucking pathetic.
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
05-04-2016, 07:35 AM
I'm not on social media hyori. And the model seriously is the top model on the site, although she is not frequently online. I use to look up to her but I can't believe she's just take my username and use it as her hover tag line
OH you mean the tagline tagline lol I originally thought you meant the room topic. Sounds very similar to my situation. Ive had girls take my tagline before too. But I didnt complain about it. I just changed mine. However yes I do think you should contact support with that shit. Thats not cool. A twitter beef may be tempting but really you could be opening yourself up to more harassment. Its good that you aren't on there. I wonder if that's what her intentions were in the first place? People are so weird.
xCamLovex
05-04-2016, 07:40 AM
as models...we're a brand and company. safe to say, i don't want to share my brand or company with nonaffiliates who i didn't approve of or create using my username in their profile - period.
i don't do twitter beefs...it just gives free drama for custies to feed on.
i also have to go get a new bed spread and change my room, because along with changing taglines and profiles our rooms all of a sudden look identical as well.
:) :) :)
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
05-04-2016, 07:41 AM
Well damn. Thats something.
Chellyinparadise
05-04-2016, 09:17 AM
as models...we're a brand and company. safe to say, i don't want to share my brand or company with nonaffiliates who i didn't approve of or create using my username in their profile - period.
i don't do twitter beefs...it just gives free drama for custies to feed on.
i also have to go get a new bed spread and change my room, because along with changing taglines and profiles our rooms all of a sudden look identical as well.
:) :) :)
Thats pretty messed up whats happening to you, i hope you get that taken care of. Sorry that you have to deal with that shit.
gingerstcyr
05-04-2016, 10:07 AM
No idea why anyone would do that but my question is....Did you ask her? I work for trademark lawyers. People call and say they stole my trademark or my design I want you to sue them! One lawyer always asks the client. Did you call them/email them and ask? Not ask like take that shit down or stop doing that all crazy like but just ask in a nice way. He called it "hat in hand" approach. If they blow you off or say oh, sorry didn't realize or whatever sorry excuse and they stop fine but if they don't after being nice about it...come back and we will go after it. Don't start a war when there isn't one. If she blows you off or has a fuck you attitude. Then you know what you need to do. Yes people are that clueless or just plain stupid. They may think it is no big deal unless you ask them. What have you got to lose? Pick your battles. Just my two cents. Hope it works out.
as models...we're a brand and company. safe to say, i don't want to share my brand or company with nonaffiliates who i didn't approve of or create using my username in their profile - period.
i don't do twitter beefs...it just gives free drama for custies to feed on.
i also have to go get a new bed spread and change my room, because along with changing taglines and profiles our rooms all of a sudden look identical as well.
:) :) :)
JessRyan
05-04-2016, 10:10 AM
ewwww that means she's watching you...ewwww When I was a stripper I worked in a club and I had a certain kind of show on stage where I had a pretty little pink blanket I'd lay down on and do a sexy floor routine. I was pretty flexible and would do all this contortionist stuff. One girl started coping my whole routine, down to the pink blanket! She wasn't as flexible as me, but she tried. It bothered me too. oh well, I thought of it as a compliment. But seriously I would let Liz know about the copy and paste profile and tag line stuff. Maybe she reads SW and by some magic ....it will all disappear on it's own. Let's hope.
xCamLovex
05-04-2016, 10:11 AM
In order for me to talk to the model I'd have to create a customer account and basically stalk her. I would rather just have it resolved professionally. No beef, no war. Just through the appropriate channels. I hope SM will resolve this in my favor since we can all agree sticking someone's username in your profile isn't good for business nor is it ethical.
Jess, I would hope top models aren't looking at models in lower ranking and doing this but I hope this will be resolved very soon
gingerstcyr
05-04-2016, 10:20 AM
I am not a lawyer. Not giving legal advice but it is causing a confusion in the market place.....ours. It is also called "trade dress" is a legal term of art that generally refers to characteristics of the visual appearance of a product or its packaging (or even the design of a building) that signify the source of the product to consumers. Trade dress is a form of intellectual property. It is the same as putting trademarked names in meta tags. What this model is doing is called theft. Most don't know they shouldn't do this. If you don't want to ask her or have no way to contact her you are doing the right thing. Let SM handle it. Me? I would just ask. Good luck and I am sorry this is happening to you.
In order for me to talk to the model I'd have to create a customer account and basically stalk her. I would rather just have it resolved professionally. No beef, no war. Just through the appropriate channels. I hope SM will resolve this in my favor since we can all agree sticking someone's username in your profile isn't good for business.
Petite-
05-04-2016, 10:24 AM
There is a possibility that she didn't realize it's your name she's using. To be fair, your user name is a catchy phrase that other people might also thought of. And you are using geo-block which means she probably can't see you. It looks like an honest mistake to me.
xCamLovex
05-04-2016, 10:46 AM
I also have a model Centro fansite linked to my username, which is linked to SM. So yes! Ginger! Thank you for your input. the infringement on my username also attaches to my other eggs which I do not like.
and this could be an accident Petite. That is why I'm not trolling her or bullying her. But either way, it needs to be resolved.
bigbootyjudy1
05-04-2016, 11:19 AM
I think the site issues have made some models frustrated and things are getting wild. There's a model in my category that literally copy pasted my profile and put my username as her tag line starting yesterday. I find it interesting because she's one of the most popular models on the site period. But ok...copy paste? Moral is just taking a nose dive here. I really respect certain models but I'd never take someone's username and put it in my profile...period.
That'd be like me saying "I've got ass just like audritwo!" ...lol. Not true but imagine if I used that as my tag line. Ok done ranting...I'm with Ellie, transforming myself in 2017 and it doesn't involve shady camsites that don't function.
OMG !! I had the same thing happen to me last year.A girl in the ebony catergory had in her profile description "she was better than bigbootyjudy" .Me being petty betty i sent all my guys to her room and told them to tell her in what world or universe does her ass think shes better then me.Well it worked cuz she message me on stripperweb and said she didnt know about me.Wchich i find funny cuz were in the same catergory and ive been working there for 5 years at that time.She took it out of her description and i was happy.I didnt even have to troll her, the customers started doing that.They were the ones telling me shes talking shit about me in her description.
xCamLovex
05-04-2016, 11:41 AM
Final Verdict via Liz: It cannot be changed because my username is used to describe the model in separate words, not one word exactly like my username. I tried. Thanks for your input ladies...
But in the same email I did get an offer to open a PornHub account so SM can try a new marketing tool. Provide a free video, of course.
...yeah.
Smurfette
05-04-2016, 11:41 AM
Anyone having problems? I've been disconnected a couple times, now my reg keeps trying to take me exclusive but is getting kicked out. I sure do love it when customers want to spend, but can't. Go SM!
xCamLovex
05-04-2016, 11:44 AM
just got disconnected from GS countdown. 2nd time in two days...no more Gold Shows for me.
gingerstcyr
05-04-2016, 12:18 PM
That is the same thing that happened with domain names in the 90's. Until they changed the law you could get away with tradmarkedname.com
Because it looked and sounded different than the actual name that was a registered trademark. The words together or the words apart are considered the same in the trademark world including adding a dot com on the end. Oh well. all you can do is ask....or go the big booty judy route.
You have to find the threshold of pain before some people give up. ;) Good luck!
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
05-04-2016, 03:33 PM
Final Verdict via Liz: It cannot be changed because my username is used to describe the model in separate words, not one word exactly like my username. I tried. Thanks for your input ladies...
But in the same email I did get an offer to open a PornHub account so SM can try a new marketing tool. Provide a free video, of course.
...yeah.
Whaaat? They want you to open a Pornhub account on your own? And then what? Most affiliates have pornhub accounts in our names anyways mostly they add an xxx at the end of your name. And then they use a gold show for promo. Is it the Pornhub take over stuff? Pornhub isn't bad for marketing but most of us on SM have an account on there without even knowing about it.
xCamLovex
05-04-2016, 03:48 PM
Whaaat? They want you to open a Pornhub account on your own? And then what? Most affiliates have pornhub accounts in our names anyways mostly they add an xxx at the end of your name. And then they use a gold show for promo. Is it the Pornhub take over stuff? Pornhub isn't bad for marketing but most of us on SM have an account on there without even knowing about it.
it sounded great for pornhub and SM and hypothetical for me as a model to gain more traffic.
Sam38g
05-04-2016, 06:10 PM
just got disconnected from GS countdown. 2nd time in two days...no more Gold Shows for me.
Comcast has a lot of outages across America. Mine is spotty at best today, reside in Miami which is an area with issues.
http://outage.report/comcast
So it maybe your internet or the customers.
Sam
princess_casual
05-04-2016, 06:12 PM
This has been happening to me a lot. A lot of guys will talk to you, then leave without warning, sometimes right after they ask you a question. Some come back, most dont. Those that come back say they were disconnected, booted, or the site froze for them etc. A lot of them are my regulars, too. Pretty shitty.
Ditto. A few people say it's their browsers... but I am fairly certain it's also SM sucking hard.
Sam38g
05-04-2016, 06:13 PM
OMG !! I had the same thing happen to me last year.A girl in the ebony catergory had in her profile description "she was better than bigbootyjudy" .Me being petty betty i sent all my guys to her room and told them to tell her in what world or universe does her ass think shes better then me.Well it worked cuz she message me on stripperweb and said she didnt know about me.Wchich i find funny cuz were in the same catergory and ive been working there for 5 years at that time.She took it out of her description and i was happy.I didnt even have to troll her, the customers started doing that.They were the ones telling me shes talking shit about me in her description.
Well, if anything she is doing free marketing for you. Cause guys will have to check you out to see who is better than the other. Never would I send guys to hate on her, why send custies to another model? That doesn't make sense to me. If anything be flattered that you are the one she considers the top.
sovereignv
05-04-2016, 07:22 PM
I'm just here to bitch about support's response to me asking them to raise my premium rate by $1:
"Your account has been reviewed and is not eligible for a rate increase at this time.
The maximum rate you can charge per minute is based on the amount you are making in paid chat sessions. The more you are online regularly and consistently have paid shows, the more you are eligible to charge per minute."
Dude, what do you think I'm tryna achieve? I'm trying to make more money!!! I'm doing better now than I ever have on streamate but a couple months ago I had the option to put my rates up to $9.99 even though I didn't.
Promised
05-04-2016, 08:26 PM
I'm just here to bitch about support's response to me asking them to raise my premium rate by $1:
"Your account has been reviewed and is not eligible for a rate increase at this time.
The maximum rate you can charge per minute is based on the amount you are making in paid chat sessions. The more you are online regularly and consistently have paid shows, the more you are eligible to charge per minute."
Dude, what do you think I'm tryna achieve? I'm trying to make more money!!! I'm doing better now than I ever have on streamate but a couple months ago I had the option to put my rates up to $9.99 even though I didn't.
Ask a couple people they will do it. I wrote to support, and liz, liz wrote back told me it couldn't be raised for that same reason, and support raised it twenty minutes later. Then I lowered my prices back down and they got stuck that way again. I wrote to both liz and support again and this time liz raised it and support said they couldn't lol. However Liz went ahead and made it permanent this last time so that it wron't get stuck at lower amount if I lower it beyond what they raised it :) You get a different person everytime you ask so just keep asking.
Marina Starr
05-04-2016, 08:31 PM
Whenever you ask support to raise your rates, you have to ask them to "permanently" raise them or it will go back to before you asked for the raise.
Bootsie
05-05-2016, 08:24 AM
Yesterday I kept getting a weird pop-up on SM saying "System Error" and it disconnected me. I was also not showing up on the front page (or page 2, 3, 4...I checked just in case my placement had suddenly slipped) for stretches of 10-20 minutes at a time, but if you directly went to my cammodels or SM cam link, there I was, alive and streaming! And it wasn't as if I wasn't showing up because I was just back from a show or something...because there were no shows. Drove me nearly to breakdown. Had a bunch of regs show up and none of them could get into pvt or excl. I hate you today Streamate. Fortunately (??) I have one hell of a headache so me and the SM glitch beast won't be tangling again until tomorrow.
I'm pretty nervous though because I have goldshows scheduled, 1 or 2 a month, with a theme that banked well for me last year and was fun, but the shows are long (typically 3 hours) and I am worried I'll get disconnected and lose the cash. It's so frustrating that I even have to think about that as potentially happening! Like it isn't enough to schedule and promote them heavily to get my own fans instead of relying on native traffic, I also have to consider that I might not get paid for the work!
xCamLovex
05-05-2016, 08:45 AM
I currently cannot do gold shows either. I usually run a gold show for my MC fans and let SM members join in, but lately I've been completely disconnected from streaming in the last minute of the GS countdown. So sad. It's a loss for me and my members but I'm not working up to nothing with these countdowns so I'd rather ensure my $ and time. Not sure why this keeps happening but all I know is I've lost $ trying to perform Gs
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
05-05-2016, 09:35 AM
Yesterday I kept getting a weird pop-up on SM saying "System Error" and it disconnected me. I was also not showing up on the front page (or page 2, 3, 4...I checked just in case my placement had suddenly slipped) for stretches of 10-20 minutes at a time, but if you directly went to my cammodels or SM cam link, there I was, alive and streaming! And it wasn't as if I wasn't showing up because I was just back from a show or something...because there were no shows. Drove me nearly to breakdown. Had a bunch of regs show up and none of them could get into pvt or excl. I hate you today Streamate. Fortunately (??) I have one hell of a headache so me and the SM glitch beast won't be tangling again until tomorrow.
I'm pretty nervous though because I have goldshows scheduled, 1 or 2 a month, with a theme that banked well for me last year and was fun, but the shows are long (typically 3 hours) and I am worried I'll get disconnected and lose the cash. It's so frustrating that I even have to think about that as potentially happening! Like it isn't enough to schedule and promote them heavily to get my own fans instead of relying on native traffic, I also have to consider that I might not get paid for the work!
Have you tried Chaturbate yet? Many of these guys are on almost all of the sites. They have preferred sites of course but they will find you. I ask only because a three hour gold show sounds like a lot of work and on SM thats really scary. But on CB you can do crazy ticket shows same premise as gold shows.
^^^ This! 3 hrs GS's? It's just scary, what if u get disconnected, maybe the site becomes glitchy or ur ISP or power goes off or pc crashes, i would never ever count on a 3 hr continuous streaming knowing i'll get the money after the show, if all goes well of course, but it's a high risk taken on SM while on a token site u know that every token u get tipped u going to actually be paid for no matter if u disconnect, pc crashes, power goes off or ISP gets bonkers.
Redcandy
05-05-2016, 12:24 PM
SM!!! Stop letting customers use model names as there screen name! Had someone come in my room a few minutes ago with my screen name in all caps. I ban him or her before they said anything. Don't feel like the dumb sh×t today. Had a Finicanal Dom guy take me exclusive twice and got kicked out both times. He didn't come back the 3rd time..
SoloDesire
05-05-2016, 01:36 PM
There's a reason so many top models are signing in earlier and earlier every day. Everyone is having to put in more hours because the site has been so dead lately!! I've only had 1 good day this week...sooooo bored!!
^^^ 1861 on just now, til i get ready in 2 hrs or so i hope the number decreases, i dont dare to get on when the numbers are soo high, i just hope it wont get to 2k but i see a pattern for thursday and fridays lately, the numbers go up a lot when weekend approaches.
Someone22
05-05-2016, 02:00 PM
It was slow for me last night. I made about half what I normally make and the 2 gold shows I tried failed miserably. At least I made something though. I thought maybe it was because I put on geo blocking recently, but I browsed some other models and it just seemed slow overall. I was working late like 1-3AM so it's probably not the best time but I've had some luck working late nights before. Thankful for my other job right now while things are slow online. I think I really should try signing up for another site as backup.
Holly_xoxo
05-05-2016, 02:12 PM
"can you show me a bitmore clevage i haven't got cred but really want a wank"
It's only been an hour since I logged in but this is the only type of guy that's talking to me. Everyone else is the quick pop in and out.
^^^ A lot of guys lately say they dont have money or even a credit or debit card, how the heck did they register w.o a card? If i try to register as a member here SM wont even allow me to reach the sign in page no kidding, they blocking my country from accessing the site and these guys that come from india, mexico or other similar countries get a membership? How they do it?
But yeah, a lot of broke guys on SM lately.