Glam, I think it may be a site issue. These last few days, I have had guys turn their cam on off several times before it worked.
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Glam, I think it may be a site issue. These last few days, I have had guys turn their cam on off several times before it worked.
That happens to me a lot. I think I just have a very poor sense of time. So effective time management for me is very difficult. For tracking hours, I use toggl.com. It's weird, sometimes feel like I've been on cam for 3 hours, then I look at the time tracked and it was only 1.5 hours or something.
How important is it to greet people who enter your chat? I usually try to greet everyone by name but after spending hours greeting people for no reason I tend to feel a bit foolish.
I used to greet all people coming in, but I now only greet those who say hi to me first (for new people). If it's a regular I'll say hi (name) and how are you first. Most guys just pop in and out and it would be a waste of energy to say hi to all of them. Some also don't like being put in the spotlight as they like to watch for a bit and then say hi I suppose. Lots of guys serially browse girls till the find the one they like, so no point wasting energy with them until they decide they like you, at which point they'll start talking.
Usually when someone new comes in, I put my ~add me to your favourites~ autotext up and give a smile or sit up/lie down/eye contact/hair flip/whatever just something really really small so they can see I see them. Occasionally I throw out a "hi guys" if several come in at once. They only get a personal hello once they've said hi themselves!
On SM, I don't bother anymore saying hello, even those that say it first. They leave right after most of the time. Or as stated above, i'll just say a general hi guys, just so they can hear my voice.
Since it never used to be that way a few years ago, I've had to adjust.
I just wave, or auto text.
I only answer them if they ask something specific.
That's just me. I'm sure lots of ladies love to chat, and get more prvts. that way... but for me...'Silence is Golden', to get prvts.
You have to remember that as you work each day, one day is falling off from working previously. They are taking a span of however many days, I think 30, so today it will show the hours worked from May 11 - June 9 (30 days) but tomorrow it will show the hours worked from May 12 - June 10 (30 days). Does that make sense?
At least I think that's how they do it. That's how cams.com does it when calculating your fan club hours so I'm just assuming SM is doing it the same way.
I worked a lot last week, but my hours online went down overall because I've barely worked in the previous days. :(
LOL! Yes, and that is precisely what I did. He's also a super fucking bossy asshole. He was one of those guys who was all 'what do your tits look like? Show! Show ass! Show pussy!' I told him to pay or get out. He came back later, tried the same lines, and I called him out (assuming he'd leave again), but actually got a show. Rarely does my humiliate-the-asshole routine actually result in them buying a show and this is the first time the guy was vindictive, but I still got his money. His 1 star rating doesn't change that he paid me $6 for two minutes after SMs cut. Mwhahaha!
Imma kill SM. It's not opening the paid chat window when guys go into it, so I just kicked out a 'lurker' for being in to long when he had actually been in paid and I was still talking to my free chat section! The fuck is going on here?!
So I started on Streamate after being on and off of Chaturbate for a while, and after two whole days, here are my sweeping generalizations:
- I'm so glad they show how much I've made for the day in actual cash dollars, rather than in tokens that I have to cash in. I haven't made big bucks, but it's not like I was making bank on CB, either.
- I don't know if it's more annoying to talk to hoards of freeloading greys who demand that you show your tits (bb) for nothing, or to have dudes popping in and out of my room for two seconds. Haha, just kidding, they're both annoying as hell. But at least the one-second men aren't being pushy.
- Actually, no, I just remembered: "Show one boob and I'll take you pvt" Motherfucker, this is not a democracy, it's a cheerocracy. We do not negotiate with pushy dudes.
- Whoops, I managed to get two 1-star ratings today on top of my three 5-star ratings. It's a different hustle from CB, I guess. I've learned my SM lesson: I need to turn the snark dial waaaay down.
- My first pvt of the day today was with a guy who looks exactly like someone I've slept with in the past. I know I have my state region-blocked but it was still terrifying. (You know you're a camgirl when your mind goes straight from "this is a disaster and I have just embarrassed myself" to "yeah, so what, now how can I use it to milk this private?")
- It feels like it's a little easier to be a "niche" (chubby) girl on this site? I'm not competing with the skinny girls on the front page; there are categories for people who look like me.
Ladies, I got a PM a few hours ago from some random new account, listed as male, quoting my last post on here and asking for my SM handle. Nothing else and no actual reason--just wanted my info. Honestly creeps me the fuck out when I'm reminded that dudes are always trolling the forums. Just wanted to give all of you a heads up...
I had a pretty decent day on SM today. Got a 30 min block for the 1st time, I had a few 15 before but never the 30 which was super nice. Although the site was glitching pretty hard as I was finishing my night. But get out there and make your dollars BB's it is there tonight.
Hey ladies, I need to ask something about Sm, wondering if any of you could help. My PC crashed, and while its in for repair, I'm using my older one. Its by no means shitty, but the problem is that I cannot use the HD encoder, as its graphics card is just shy of broadcasting in HD. I do have an HD webcam though thank goodness.
Can one still successfully make SM work without the Encoder? Are there any of you who do not stream with it and still make decent money? Just asking because I read something on ACF where there was a whole thread dedicated to girls who didn't use the encoder and found that it did not affect their earnings that badly. Thoughts?
I think Sam38G goes without the encoder and her placement is just fine. But, she's also in a specialized BBW and porn star niche, and well established in the industry. I'd say it would work for you temporarily but I wouldn't bank on it for more then a couple weeks.
I'm getting that "502 - Bad Gateway" thing when I go to streamate.com again :(
^^ Hey girl, I just checked mine. The site is working. Try clearing your cache or relaunching the browser. That usually fixes it for me.
Well, I've decided to give camming another shot. Damn you, awkwardness on cam! *shakes fist* It's been a while and I think I'm ready to grow a spine.
They sure changed a lot of things while I was away. I've just noticed that the standard payment schedule is different, or at least I think it is? Does this mean they're still sending out checks on Wednesdays but also could be as late as Fridays, or...? I'm taking it that this also means that the check would be for your work from Sunday until Saturday rather than ending on Wednesdays like it used to? I think I'm understanding this right, so I just want to verify.
^^ SM payment runs Sunday to Sunday now, yes. It's based on GMT, so for people living on the west coast the work week starts at 5 p.m. Saturday while the east coast is 8 p.m. Saturday. Checks are held 21 days for 'processing' (which I've never figured out) and then cut on a Wednesday. I have mine by Friday/Saturday usually, as I live within a few days mailing of the area checks are cut from. Most girls see it by Friday-Monday.
So I'm back on SM for the first time since...October. Set the encoder up, all is well, but for whatever reason SM keeps counting down the 3-2-1-video thing in the top corner...does that mean that I keep getting disconnected? WTF.
That's the countdown to when they take a live still of your stream for the front page. Even if you've emailed support to have your thumbnail remain static, the damn thing still counts down while you stream. Edit: oh you already got an answer, god damn how slowly do I type.
It annoys me too.
How's the traffic this day on SM bb's? I'm trying to decide whether or not I should clean my house top to bottom today, and make a bunch of food and do errands, or save that for the weekend.