View Full Version : STREAMATE - Venting, Complaining, Discussing site issues
SM_CamGirl
06-10-2016, 05:23 PM
^^^^ that happened to me yesterday, both in the free chat and paid chat! No names on the right side, but messages coming in From nowhere! It was scary to say the least! Like hearing a ghost's voice!
LOL i was just ohhh ghosts want see my boobs!! and i felt like that all the time.. i started finally to get pvts... thanks God, but still not see names
Melyssax
06-10-2016, 09:17 PM
So no one can hear me :// chkffjffjkkhdd these glitches
BiscuitT
06-10-2016, 09:58 PM
today im only having in and outs, 2 hours and nobody talk, all time zero guest users, but i see that free users write but i dont see them, i mean they can write but the list is zero y dont see the user name! Thought it was some new SM settings, I donīt see people in free either but I see what they write. Still not sure if it is a glitch or a new thing.
imelly21
06-11-2016, 05:32 AM
Thought it was some new SM settings, I donīt see people in free either but I see what they write. Still not sure if it is a glitch or a new thing.
glitches I think, for sure haha
I get that too, someone types hello I say oh hello , then I look to see what level he has and he is not there.
they either leave faster then I can blink or they are not there.
But where are they?
Who are they?
Is it them or us?
Its them!!!!!! The greys!! lol
UFO files!
MistressX
06-11-2016, 12:56 PM
I guess I spoke too soon. SM is a dead zone right now
xCamLovex
06-11-2016, 01:23 PM
But where are they?
Who are they?
Is it them or us?
Its them!!!!!! The greys!! lol
UFO files!
All these ghost cocks trying to jerk it for us in the afterlife
NikkiMonroe
06-11-2016, 03:05 PM
You can say that again.
avalon_rose
06-11-2016, 04:13 PM
Okay, I'm dumb: What's FMLE and this legacy file y'all are going on about?
Also:
More and more models seem to be having an issue with their checks. Be sure to consider wire transfer - yeah it's $40 but a reissue is $25 and you still have to wait for it. Even possibly risking it getting lost again and paying another $25.
Yeah, it's $40 upfront to SM for the Wire Transfer - and more than likely your bank is going to tack on another $15 (at least, unless you have a fucking amazing bank), to accept the wire into your account. It's definitely an option if you want your money quicker and, I guess, 'more guaranteed' ... but that's a lot to pony up when you can either pay a lower fee for Payoneer or wait out a paper check. IMHO.
anonymous camgirl
06-11-2016, 04:34 PM
FMLE is the Flash Media Live Encoder otherwise known as the fuck my life encoder.. I made that up!..lol.. and you use it to do HD on SM.. and other sites.. are you using that.. the adobe FMLE?
Okay, I'm dumg: What's FMLE and this legacy file y'all are going on about?
Also:
Yeah, it's $40 upfront to SM for the Wire Transfer - and more than likely your bank is going to tack on another $15 (at least, unless you have a fucking amazing bank), to accept the wire into your account. It's definitely an option if you want your money quicker and, I guess, 'more guaranteed' ... but that's a lot to pony up when you can either pay a lower fee for Payoneer or wait out a paper check. IMHO.
avalon_rose
06-11-2016, 04:36 PM
FMLE is the Flash Media Live Encoder otherwise known as the fuck my life encoder.. I made that up!..lol.. and you use it to do HD on SM.. and other sites.. are you using that.. the adobe FMLE?
No, I'm boring and I just use the web browser thingy.
Glamourmilf
06-11-2016, 07:12 PM
FMLE is the Flash Media Live Encoder otherwise known as the fuck my life encoder.. I made that up!..lol..
I meant to tell you when I first read that, that I love it! It sure rings true for me.
xCamLovex
06-11-2016, 08:31 PM
I've never been charged by my bank to accept wire transfer? It can be steep, but it's also a tax write off at the end of the year. I've waited for a lost check on rent week and it was so stressful I decided nope! Never again. Waking up to your hard earned funds on Friday is sweeter for some than waiting Tuesday Wednesday or lately even later for a paper check. USPS is a nightmare, and since there are no tracking #s on SM checks it's untraceable for the post office as well.
avalon_rose
06-11-2016, 08:47 PM
I've never been charged by my bank to accept wire transfer? It can be steep, but it's also a tax write off at the end of the year. I've waited for a lost check on rent week and it was so stressful I decided nope! Never again. Waking up to your hard earned funds on Friday is sweeter for some than waiting Tuesday Wednesday or lately even later for a paper check. USPS is a nightmare, and since there are no tracking #s on SM checks it's untraceable for the post office as well.
Had NO idea it could be a tax write-off, though. Makes sense, but I never thought of it!
Both banks I've worked for charged at least $15 when you receive a wire into your acct - one is a huge national bank, the other was a smaller regional bank. I kinda figured this was pretty standard across the board these days, especially with post-2009 BS and Patriot Act acct security changes.
ETA: And those were for receiving domestic wires. An international wire was like another $10 on top of that.
Glamourmilf
06-11-2016, 09:32 PM
I've never been charged by my bank to accept wire transfer? It can be steep, but it's also a tax write off at the end of the year. I've waited for a lost check on rent week and it was so stressful I decided nope! Never again. Waking up to your hard earned funds on Friday is sweeter for some than waiting Tuesday Wednesday or lately even later for a paper check. USPS is a nightmare, and since there are no tracking #s on SM checks it's untraceable for the post office as well.
Took the thoughts right out of my mind.
missmercedes
06-11-2016, 10:13 PM
Jealous of all the girls who said SM is so poppin today! JEEEEZE the past 2 hrs have sucked the life out of me! Nothing but freeloaders n "Stand up and we'll go pvt" " Show tits and ill take u pvt" Bitch this aint my first rodeo! I set a high goal tonight and was feeling good, didn't want to give up but I just can't keep acting peppy after 2 hrs work and no $$$.
BiscuitT
06-11-2016, 11:31 PM
^^40 minutes, 1.25 dollars, I guess working saturdays itīs not my thing. Especially when the only one talking is a guy saying "open mouth bb I cumming" in free. I wish there was a "block and cry in a corner" option.
AlyssaJane
06-12-2016, 07:26 AM
So idk what the issue is but I keep getting disconnected. I splitcam and I lose my connection to SM and cams at the same time but any other browser windows like my music seems to run just fine. I got disconnected during a Gold show, super annoying. I am hardwired to my modem - wondering if it might be a faulty cable? Ideas?
StaceyLove
06-12-2016, 03:45 PM
I am new to all this and have been approved for SM I just had a quick question and it might be a dumb one so sorry if it is.. but I was wondering is it better to get a webcam then to use the one built into my computer? I cant seem to get the lighting right with the one built into my laptop and am wondering if getting a webcam would help at all...thank you.
Marina Starr
06-12-2016, 03:52 PM
Get a webcam. Built-in ones are usually shitty. I recommend the Logitech C920.
I am new to all this and have been approved for SM I just had a quick question and it might be a dumb one so sorry if it is.. but I was wondering is it better to get a webcam then to use the one built into my computer? I cant seem to get the lighting right with the one built into my laptop and am wondering if getting a webcam would help at all...thank you.
KPTfiend
06-12-2016, 07:03 PM
I swear I read this whole thing but here I am signing up for SM and doing the payee info and WTF so they don't do direct deposit?! Ffff....I have room mates and compramisable mailbox a mailed check isn't an option! So fffkkk....Is my only option this payoneer crap?
kiki399
06-12-2016, 07:19 PM
I do believe you can transfer funds from your payoneer account to your bank account. For what payoneer charges, I feel its worth it than lost checks in the mail and waiting.
KPTfiend
06-12-2016, 07:44 PM
Yeah, I think I'll take that advice, thank you!
still sucks though! Wish they'd just do fffking direct deposits :( sad panda
StaceyLove
06-12-2016, 08:53 PM
First day was kinda crappy... Hopefully it gets better the more I am on..I think it has something to do with my internet connection been acting up lately.. I did go get a webcam and I love it :)
Horny
06-13-2016, 07:28 AM
What is happening today? Monday is normally my best day and its been horrific! Full of idoits and time wasters plenty of traffic but no one buying i've been totally messed around on AW too and fuming!
lemonberry
06-13-2016, 08:43 AM
What is happening today? Monday is normally my best day and its been horrific! Full of idoits and time wasters plenty of traffic but no one buying i've been totally messed around on AW too and fuming!
Right? I've never had SM as my only site, but Holy Fuck it gets on my last nerve anymore. Same thing going on for me right now too. Hope it gets better.
Yeah. WTH happened?? Ok. My theories are 1>) Father's day is this sunday. 2.) Everyone is freaked out and glued to the tv from the Orlando shooting ( may they RIP) 3>) I got nothing. Zilch, zero, nada. Not sure wtf is going on.
Horny
06-13-2016, 10:41 AM
Its odd because I always earn the same per hour whatever I do but today for the first time ever... If I had hung around more I would have been okay but I went off in a sulk 5 hours is too much for me earning pretty much 0! To add insult to injury I missed a blooming call later on and had a skype booking cancel either of those would have saved me but nooooooooooooo. Oh well tomorrow is another day!
kiki399
06-13-2016, 12:50 PM
SM going to turn me into a raging alcoholic, I swear LOL...This is ridiculous today. I better log off soon before I end up breaking something....hahaha, think I lost it
avalon_rose
06-13-2016, 01:49 PM
I'm curious wtf is going on, because I'm having a good day so far. =\
Susperia
06-13-2016, 07:29 PM
None of the girls rooms are loading, including mine....is anyone else having a problem like this....damnit, I need to cam tonight.
Chellyinparadise
06-13-2016, 07:46 PM
Its really quiet tonight maybe thats why it is.
MistressX
06-13-2016, 07:57 PM
None of the girls rooms are loading, including mine....is anyone else having a problem like this....damnit, I need to cam tonight.
This was happening to me the last time I was on a few days ago
KittieVenom
06-13-2016, 11:14 PM
All night it's been a guy comes in, says hi, and leaves. For fucking HOURS. What the hell?
kiki399
06-14-2016, 05:09 AM
Yesterday I had a lot of guys, I mean a LOT complaining. They were getting disconnected, cam freezing, audio cutting in.and out. On my end, I checked it was fine. Once again it was mobile devices. These guys are starting to complain as bad as we are with glitches and site issues. This has been what a good year of glitches? Wish they would listen to ALL of us, but I guess we have a better chance of seeing Jesus pick up toothpicks with his asscheeks!!
Horny
06-14-2016, 07:31 AM
My day for once wasn't ruined by SM but my bloody kids. Was flying $40 in the first 30 mins and then had to go and collect one from school sick! So thats yesterday shit thanks to SM and today the kids. I swear someone is trying to bankrupt me.
xCamLovex
06-14-2016, 08:47 AM
I do terrible here and thinking of quitting SM once and for all here come June. I spent 2500 on a new computer, new C920, talkative in free chat and I can't seem to make it work. I'll still do CMD and Clips but eff Streamate. They won't miss my money anyways. I'm sick of my emotional well being going to shit. Bye Felicia.
I truly believe this is just the aftermath of too many contests. SM was super quick to exhaust their models and existing customer base with these gimmicky events.
now, majority of the customers are the guys that benefited from the contests and SM has driven away a lot of talent and paying members.
i was reading a thread someone revived about gold shows in 2011. Models were successfully making $400 goal GS. Now in 2016 you are lucky to get to $200 and you would probably have to include video deals and extra incentives.
The tech aspect we already know never got repaired after Streamgate. It's been hanging on by a thread.
kiki399
06-14-2016, 01:17 PM
Its officially dead for days, all the time I was on this site this by far is the worst. I tried SM Broadcaster, FMLE, even tried the HD Wide as mentioned. My streaming quality is very good. It's just dead, I havent earned shit in 2 days on here. I think I would do better panhandling at a subway station. I have to agree with the other girls, the contests and glitches, its been downhill since the last contest. I am seeing girls taking $3- to $5 and STARTING the goldshow. It just sucks cuz I guess really the only other option is token based sites. I used to have no problem earning and I am starting to agree with some of the other girls, its over for SM. I have waisted hours and hours in the last 2 days for nothing. I hope its better for you other ladies, but its been DEAD.. This is just from Monday and Tuesday. Sunday was not even normal thats always my best day.....its like my income on SM is cut by 75%....fml
avalon_rose
06-14-2016, 01:43 PM
Mebbe we need to ban together and move away from Gold Shows for a bit and focus on trying to get the guys to take us private. And then we'll cycle back around again, I'm sure.
Yesss a new contest, i really missed a new one! NOT!!
MistressX
06-14-2016, 05:42 PM
I'm going to go out on a limb even though I really havent been working for streamate all that long (couple years now), and say I think that their days are numbered as well. I think they know it and theyre trying anything they can without spending too much money. That would explain why theyve stopped spending money on advertising and stopped the TV contract and other things that have happened. It would explain why the traffic has gone to zero and why they arent fixing their issues. I do wonder whether they have any employees who lurk on this site. If they do, this is the time to turn things around. If things dont turn around very soon, they will pass the point of no return. They will start losing their models to other websites, and indy, and whatever else girls can find. Losing SM as a site will have a huge impact on a lot of girls, especially ones like me who make most of their money there. I have been working on transitioning to indy and getting other eggs because SM does seem like it has an expiration date. It's very sad, but because they put their greed and selfishness above their models and customers they are driving themselves into the ground.
Knowing girls were making $400 gold shows in 2011 is really disheartening. The industry is changing I guess. Its too much saturation I guess? But we will adapt and we will still be around. Websites like streamate will fall and we will move on.
Feels like SM is in a deep coma now & not sure if they'll wake up from it or not......
Glamourmilf
06-14-2016, 06:15 PM
i was reading a thread someone revived about gold shows in 2011. Models were successfully making $400 goal GS.
$400? try $1400~ and up! I was one of the first models chosen to do Gold Shows. Sad, Truly sad what GS have become.
SM_CamGirl
06-14-2016, 06:18 PM
my bit rate its a mess since yesterday.. impossible work for me... i sent a message to support and support its glad that im interested in my site placement ... thanks SM was just the technical support i need
JaneBurgess
06-14-2016, 06:31 PM
I'm going to go out on a limb even though I really havent been working for streamate all that long (couple years now), and say I think that their days are numbered as well. I think they know it and theyre trying anything they can without spending too much money. That would explain why theyve stopped spending money on advertising and stopped the TV contract and other things that have happened. It would explain why the traffic has gone to zero and why they arent fixing their issues. I do wonder whether they have any employees who lurk on this site. If they do, this is the time to turn things around. If things dont turn around very soon, they will pass the point of no return. They will start losing their models to other websites, and indy, and whatever else girls can find. Losing SM as a site will have a huge impact on a lot of girls, especially ones like me who make most of their money there. I have been working on transitioning to indy and getting other eggs because SM does seem like it has an expiration date. It's very sad, but because they put their greed and selfishness above their models and customers they are driving themselves into the ground.
Knowing girls were making $400 gold shows in 2011 is really disheartening. The industry is changing I guess. Its too much saturation I guess? But we will adapt and we will still be around. Websites like streamate will fall and we will move on.
I always laugh when performers say sites cant die, yes they can. PrivateCamz was big in the day and shut down. ImLive and iFriends were once powerhouse sites and now they are struggling and have been for years. Streamate's main problems started when they rolled out Gold shows. That's when all the glitches started and when their customer base changed. Its been three years of glitches and not small ones either. People bought into Gold shows at first but now they want lower rates and lots of incentives to join. The customer base changed because a lot of the good customers left the site due to glitches and Gold shows. They stopped buying decent traffic and now use dating traffic. The traffic is way down when you look at sites like https://www.similarweb.com/website/streamate.com They are more accurate than Alexa. Look who their referring traffic is and that explains why traffic is so bad.
They can turn it around but it wont be a fast or cheap fix at all.
SuperPookie
06-14-2016, 06:34 PM
I made $10 in 5 hours on SM today. I think it's time to accept that it's not longer just a slow spell but the site is actually dying.I'm really trying indie but it's hit or miss for me so it might just be time to dust off my resume.
Rena83
06-14-2016, 06:44 PM
I hate gold shows. When I had the ability to do them in the past I didn't. I don't even have FIVE ratings I need to bump me up to 5 stars yet. I spent about 5 hours on and made 2.00. Lots of beggars around.
This is ridiculous.
MistressX
06-14-2016, 06:57 PM
4 million visitors a day and many of us just cant make a fuckin dollar. It does say a lot of the quality of traffic streamate is attracting. I agree about gold shows. It has ruined the guys and now they want cheap everything. The same thing happened to naked.com when they started doing tipping in free chat. Eventually girls were doing everything under the sun in free chat for pennies.
heyho
06-14-2016, 07:04 PM
Ok...ok SM, contests might be a fun little gamechanger IF they came 2 or 3 times a year with real major prizes. Wee baby 2-day contests every single fucking month just burns your models out and teaches guys that they can easily hold on to their money for a few weeks to get all sorts of cheap bonus shit come next contest. What uninspired coasting dipshit decided that you should have contests all the fucking time? I know you get temporary revenue boosts during contest periods which make your directors happy in all sorts of naughty places, but to believe that this means you should ALWAYS HAVE CONTESTS MORE OFTEN DURR HURR $$$$PROFIT$$$$$ is the reasoning of a 4 year old with no sense of long-term sustainability.
SM is a colossus in the cam world, but you're not too big to fail. You could be using your resources and status as THE private-based camsite to really set the bar for an amazing camming experience where your models can earn high and consistently, where you dominate cam traffic and everyone, all the time, thinks "Streamate" when they think of quality live sexiness. Right now you just blindly shovel cash towards contests like a flailing idiot zombie toddler, leaving your models glitchy, blackscreened, despondent, sitting in empty rooms until they get fed up and hop on to the token site tidal wave. When customers think "Streamate", they think "glitchy site but with bargain bin contest prices". You don't hold on to the dedicated moneymaker models and discerning, moneyed customers for long with a reputation like that.
Why are you spending your resources on silly side features like contest leaderboards? Leaderboards = $$$? No. The competitive models are gonna be competitive no matter what. Traffic + working servers = $$$.
Sigh.
Being on LCMS keeps me sane, even with fewer bites. Skype don't glitch, satisfied customer every time.
sexkitten_666
06-14-2016, 07:07 PM
It's not dying. I still see girls making their gold show goals all the time and I've been doing fine. I did have some weird issues with traffic when I was using the SM Encoder though, so maybe try going back to the Adobe encoder.
I think it's just a bit of a slow period. I achieved my highest earnings on the site between August and November, then things get slow and I have to work more. That goes without saying though that if SM has been super slow for you, maybe you should try another site and work on clips until things go back to normal. There's traffic on all kinds of sites, so I'm sure you'd find something that worked until SM was workable for you again!
xCamLovex
06-14-2016, 07:20 PM
Having major issues with FMLE. It disconnects everytime I come back from a show? The lag is tremendous, all customers complaining about it and mentioning their optimum computer settings. When I view my own cam it lags too. Any suggestions? Also having the worst FPS adjustments. Just not a good time on FMLE today. Is there an update I missed perhaps?