wtf is up with my sm placement
It's like I will be on the first page and then 2 minutes later I check and I am somewhere on the 3rd page and then I check again and I can't even find myself :O. It's so weird because I will remember ok I am between "bigtits01" and "bigass02" and then I look and they are next to each other and I am M.I.A >:(
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it's really weird my placement seems completely random granted in my category only the first 5 rows (at most) on the first page are online)
just now i came out of a pvt and I was #1 eventho it's like my 5th day there, at one point I really started to think that my freechat guest count/how wordy my replies in freechat are (i tend to type A LOT - deep insghtful sarcastic replies lol) is wat moves me higher because it seems often I get placed higher than many hosts who have worked much longer than me...
also among the many filipina/colombian hosts the US/UK ones seem to always be higher that's why I was thinking the freechat "letter count" might affect this (given US/UK hosts are gonna give longer replies instead of just "pvt bb" but I don't really know anymore it seems so random...
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the typing observation is interesting to me because i almost NEVER type in free chat, unless i'm running party chat (to repeat the situation) or if someone says they can't hear me (and then i type minimally and let them know if they want a full on convo with me typing they need to go exclusive).
i do notice that us/uk hosts are usually listed higher than others...although on the main page of streamate there are a lot of colombian and russian hosts below the first two rows usually.
i've noticed in my category (bbw) i tend to get nearer to the #1 spot the more traffic i have (whether it's paying or not doesn't seem to matter). but on the front page, there are models with less traffic in the first row and more traffic in the fourth row sometimes...so at least for the first and second row it doesn't seem to have to do with traffic at all. like, zoey andrews or whatever her name is (the blonde milf with the very thick southern accent) had her chatroom streaming with a sign saying to go to another model's room as she was doing girl on girl in the other model's room. her room was #3 (first row) consistently for a long time on the main page with 5-6 people coming in and out to read the message at any given time. the other model's room (where she was actually doing the girl/girl show) had like 50 people in it but was in the 4th or 5th row. makes no sense to me.
one thing i do notice is that most of the time my placement doesn't change that drastically during streaming - i'll be on the front page but move around between the 4th and 8th rows, or sometimes higher than that. but i don't think i've often had my placement move from the 1st page to the 3rd page or something like that...that does sound really strange to me.
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Hey.
I used to have exactly the same problem, would jump from first page to third and back to first couple times an hour. Couldn't figure out what the problem was, so I e-mailed support to ask them whats up. One and the most important thing about listing high on streamate is your internet speed... I used to have about 1mbps upload speed at the time, so I upgraded, now my internet speed is around 17mbps upload and I never drop lower then 5th row. The other things what play role in your listing- do you stream using encoder and is it configured correctly, do you stream audio 100% of the time and time spend in pvt vs free chat and your star rating. Streamate pays a lot of attention to the quality of the stream, if you have fast and reliable internet connection (I am talking at least over 2mbps upload) and good camera you are already guaranteed first page listing with ought even having one pvt. How many people you have in the room actually has nothing to do with where you list.
Hope this helps
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That's totally it, ladyjalyn. I've never asked them, but figured it out after a long time of being on. US/UK models tend to have access to higher speeds and are more likely to use audio (b/c they speak English) and the encoder. Also, earnings, how long you've been on the site, and rating. It's totally confusing at first though. One day I was the third one in the 1st row. Then I signed off and I was on page 9 even tho that meant I was several pages deep in the "offline" section.
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[QUOTE=Cam_Model_Jess;2168361] US/UK models tend to have access to higher speeds and are more likely to use audio (b/c they speak English) and ...
Ok... That was totally ethnocentric. I meant that not speaking English is ONE of the reasons foreign models might not use audio.
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UK models generally get sucky upload speeds :( the UK is way behind most countries on internet provision at the moment. I have the best best best package in my area and it's only 1mb upload. I'm normally in the first 3 rows though so I think there are other factors too.