Tough times, want to take a break & go somewhere new? what should I do...
Hi everyone
Ive been camming for about over 3 years now fulltime (its my job) on MFC. Ive always loved camming but lately like the last 2-3 months ive been struggling, when I say struggling I mean finding new talkers/tippers and dealing with trolls. I have no issue getting views I usually have 400-1000 people and thats still clothed generally, so I dont have an issue with the views.... but its just no one talks...no one new tips...I have super good cheap deals and posting timers to snag a super quickie deal on a vid...I talk constantly and am always giddy and laughing, when its silent I dont shut up to avoid awkward silences, I do games, and i always have a smile on my face, yet its quiet, if im lucky ill get 1-2 talkers until they tell me they are gunna be quiet beacuse it feels like they are just in a private with me being the only ones talking, so then it goes back to no one talking. This has all been happening since ive switched times, I started tryin to do mornings/afternoons when this happens, before this I worked late nights when I have talkative regs but they only talk now and NEEEVER tip anymore and no one new talks or tips at night either, even with new content available to purchase...so I switched up my timeframe to mornings/afternoons to try and get new people/tippers but that seems to be failing even with a very full room.
I also get people here and there that tell me they dont need to tip me, because they will just go search my name in google and watch my stolen videos (which KILLS me hearing that). Im generally one to brush it off because I expected that even before camming...but lately its tugging at me alot, and all the DMCA notices I throw out to take them down dont always work. And its bugging me insanly lately. I wanted and was planning on getting into porn abit also in the future here soon too but When people tell me these kind of things with the watching stolen vids of mine it brings me to a point to, why would I even do porn if everyone will just steal it and ill get alot less money now? So now im reconsidering even doing that
All this has been driving me up the wall lately....the silence in a popular room (I get it if its quiet in a low viewed room, but 1000 ppl and no ones talking and im fully clothed talkin away? what are these guys doing?) same 4 tippers generally, and the trolls telling me they watch stolen content. All this Im getting lately has made me upset and I am starting to rant alot on twitter, which is bad and I need to stop.
I want to take the rest of this month off or abit longer, or a break from MFC but im worried my camscore will drop significantly from an absense and then coming back will be even harder and more of a struggle for me....I feel like I mentally need the break (I dont want to leave camming I love it when ppl actually participate/talk but its lately its hard to get that) and maybe focus on myself...make a bunch of new vids and maybe try somewhere new like chaturbate? (ive been thinking of going there for awhile, somewhere new and fresh for me) and maybe this will bring me out of this camming depression ive got going on lately, again i love being a camgirl, but the lack of participation and trolls and stress of keeping up with a camscore are getting to me more then they generally do lately....but I dont know if this is a good idea or not?
Do you ladies ever go on mental breaks from cam? for how long? and any advice how to keep a positive head up when theres tough times?
would be greatly appreciated to hear!
Re: Tough times, want to take a break & go somewhere new? what should I do...
How about trying private based sites?
All I know is that tough times don't last forever.
You learn things about yourself in tough times that you never really knew.
Re: Tough times, want to take a break & go somewhere new? what should I do...
Even if camscore goes down it will go back up if u put time. How much savings do you have for how long? It depends on that and depends how much you got to tide you over you can take time off.
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This is happening to everyone it seems. My solution has been to switch to pre-arranged privates or skype. I wish I'd done it sooner! I do sometimes miss the buzz of entertaining a few hundred people so then I just cam with no expectation of making anything.
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It is only healthy to take breaks. Cam sites devised the camscore to perpetually keep girls online worrying about it. We deal with so much internally as cam models. Custies don't get it and it's not their job to. It's our job to live our lives and make the best judgement call for ourselves always.
if you feel you need a break, it's because you do and that's a good thing! Why not take time off, enjoy the summer, you don't owe a single person an explaination for taking care of yourself. Esp if it seems your room is taking you for granted - maybe it's time to not be online for them to just gawk at. The universe works mysteriously.
im on a break right now as a matter of fact. :) I have had to show my custies I'm not available 24/7 365 days a year. as a matter of fact, I share fans with models who not only look like me but are a lot more accessible off cam - Twitter, snapchat, ect. Yet, I wouldn't trade my lifestyle for anything. I have to take time for myself daily and weekly and it does not involve my cam room. if my fans have a problem with that, too bad. If your fans respect you they want you to be happy! Not just stuck on cam!
good luck and enjoy your summer!!!!
Re: Tough times, want to take a break & go somewhere new? what should I do...
Tough times don't last forever, but until things start picking up again for you, maybe look into working another site as well. Sounds like you're normally pretty successful on token sites, so maybe try another! If you're sick of token sites in general, definitely give sm a try. I've noticed I'm much happier now that I work both a private site and a token site regularly instead of exclusively one.
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I took a looong break (I say break, but it was more like a depression-fueled torpor) a month back. I don't have camscore but my placement did drop horrendously.
It took me a couple weeks to get that back up, but my regs who remembered me did help a lot. Your regs will find you again! It's much easier to climb back up when there are people waiting to spend on you. Don't worry about it. Take care of yourself, take breaks when you need it or you'll burn out.
Don't know if you were around to see that highscore of top earning camgirls on MFC? What struck me was that so many top MFC models had $0 months. They were taking months and months off work, and still making $700k a year. One of them only worked half of the year! So taking whole months off must not be a camscore death sentence. I'm sure you'll be fine!
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Also, I thought camscore on MFC was calculated based on your total time online and how much you made during that time? I didn't think offline time factored into it at all. Could be wrong, of course, but that's just been my understanding hanging around here and starting out reading things on MFC.
Breaks are good. You need a break? Take a break. Even if maybe it was like a week, then you cam a week, then off another week, then back part time camming a week ... so you make yourself kinda' scarce, but not totally out of reach. Maybe when they realize, Oh FUCK she's not gonna be around all the time! I need to grab her NOW! It'll incentivise them?
Also, the trolls? Kick/ban the fuckers and don't give them the time of day. I wouldn't talk to them or even acknowledge you saw them say anything. ANYONE can go watch stolen porn/cam vids. They come to see us because we're LIVE. ANYTHING can happen. They can interact with us! It's custom content ALL the time!
If you're feeling burnt out - I think definitely taking more time for yourself, if financially possible, is a GREAT idea. Even if you start off with a vacation, and then come back and try some new sites. Also, maybe look at shaking up your MFC style a bit more. I see you mentioned you switched times to try to entice more folks - this might yet still pay off for you, depending on how long ago you did this. If they're not used to you yet, is it almost like starting from scratch looking for new regulars? Also, maybe look through the MFC thread on here for different games or ideas that you can use to possibly re-incentivise you current regulars who don't tip anymore to become more engaged? Put a twist on it! ;D