Silent Admirers?

Over the last few weks, I’ve noticed a strange occurrence; an unusual amount of silent guests and members in my free chatroom on Streamate. My first thought was that this might have been the result of some glitch, preventing members from being able to use the chat interface. I was quick to discover (through the wonderful world of social networking platforms and forums) that this was indeed happening to others, as well. I’m not just referring to guests but actual members who have actually purchased premium videochat time in the past. Guys who normally wouldn’t hesitate to issue a standard greeting, at the very least, upon entering my chatroom, were now completely silent. They’d enter, stick around for a few minutes and then leave, without a single word typed in the chat. Odd behavior and this had nothing to do with what I was wearing, the current state of the economy, how the stars aligned with the moon and planets or any number of other excuses one might conjure up.

It’s not just members but also guests that enter the chatroom and leave about 5 seconds later. Again, quite odd. They usually stay longer than this and when I try to get a conversation going with the ones who do stick around longer, they leave. Again, without a word. So few actually used the chat. This is just very strange. Really out of the norm.

I suppose one could offer a vast variety of reasons a person might enter a chatroom and not type anything, and I’ve already gone over all that in my mind but it just doesn’t make sense when you look at the vast change lately in the volume of those who don’t use the chat or leave after 5 seconds, as opposed to just 3 months ago. What I’m looking for is a reason why a whole bunch of guys would all choose to do this at the same time. There is no logic to this whatsoever. There is no pattern to tell me this could even remotely be explainable. A glitch, perhaps? They don’t return to tell me so. Could it be that they are restricted somehow from returning? I have no messages telling me that either. Could it be that they think it’s their connection (they often think it’s them, even when it’s not) and just complacently walk away? Why don’t they return right away? Why don’t they return another day to tell me then? What the hell is going on?

My Pick for the Stanley Cup Finals!

Here they are: my choices for the Final round of the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs.

MATCH	TO WIN	GAME 1	GAME 2	GAME 3	GAME 4	GAME 5	GAME 6	GAME 7
LAK/NJD	LAK  in 6	LAK	NJD	LAK	LAK	NJD	LAK

The L.A. Kings have not yet won a Cup. Martin Brodeur has 3. Brodeur loves to shut out Montreal, in Montreal. On that note, and out of respect for the goaltender (Patrick Roy), let’s keep Marty away from breaking (or nearing) yet another one of Roy’s records. Yes, I’m being a bit of a shmuck here but hey, that’s what sportsmanship is all about!
May the best team win!

The BB Men (if I must!)

This is a perfect example of what I like to refer to as “the BB men”. The BB men are those guests who come into free chat with nothing to offer except compliments, of course followed by a request to see something (for free) before they decide to take you private. In the real world, we call these people “mooches”; people who are always looking for something for nothing. At first glance, they appear to be normal guests, with handles that don’t offer any type of warning about what to expect (ie: JoeyWantsFreePussy), and they may even act like a normal guest by being nice. It isn’t long before they show their true colors.

I don’t truly believe this to be just a random guest who decided to be an asshole. I believe this to be my harrasser, once again, playing their games. Honestly though, who would believe me? The first thing people ask is “Why?” “Why would someone choose to waste their time to harrass you? What would they gain from it?”. Well, if you’ve been following my blog, you would know the answer. It would be as painfully clear to you as it is to me. Sometimes, they have company, other times, they go it alone. Tonight, clearly they were alone.

Thankfully, every time the asshole enters, there are 2,000 nice guys to make this job worth my time and effort. Have a read and see how the flow of conversation otherwise went, with actual members, not game players whose purpose is to get me offline. Then, look at the one asshole determined to ruin whatever fun I could be having with my members and guests. Unsuccessfully, I might add but try as they might, they are fresh out of ideas for how else to drive me offline. Poor idiot.

My Picks for the 2012 Stanley Cup Conference Finals

Here they are: my choices for round three of the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs.

MATCH	TO WIN	GAME 1	GAME 2	GAME 3	GAME 4	GAME 5	GAME 6	GAME 7
NJD/NYR	NYR in 7	NYR	NYR	NJD	NYR	NJD	NJD	NYR
LAK/PHX	PHX in 7	PHX	LAK	LAK	PHX	PHX	LAK	PHX

4 Steps To Becoming a Complete Asshole

Step #1 – Enter chatroom and ask common questions pertaining to what happens in the show, leaving the impression that you are actually interested. Pretend to be just another member. Toss in $2.00 Gold, just for good measure.

 

Step #2 – Use as few words as possible to describe what you saw for $2.00 Gold. Try to be rude but not necessarily insulting. The word “boring” would be a good example.

Insert needle into ass and use muscles to hold it there. Keep pressure on anus for as long as humanly possible, throughout this process. Continue onto step #3.

 

Step #3 – Take model private. Yes, that is correct. Use a bitter tone and tell her what to do, as though she is your own personal slave. Snap at her as though she is your inferior. You are greater than her. The irony never ceases to amaze me; how one can look down on others for what they do, yet continue to support that industry (and in many cases, sit on the thrones of that very same industry they look down on).

Step #4 – After wasting a few dollars on both Gold contributions and an extremely short private session, do exactly what she expects from an asshole, such as yourself; give her the lowest rating possible.

 

The thing with this person is … it was apparent he rated me a 1 in his mind before he ever went private. He only went private to rate me a 1. Why? Let’s assume for a moment that this was an actual member who gets his thrills being bossy and rude to girls. Maybe he works a popsicle stand all day and needs someone to take his frustrations out on. There was nothing I could have done to please this one. I saw this more as someone with an agenda, trying to send my ratings down the scale. It makes more sense to me that this is the case. I’ve seen a lot in this industry and have encountered plenty of guys with fetishes and this behavior is not common of those types. They usually ask upfront for me to be submissive and ‘play along’. Then, there are the types that take a more real approach and allow the real emotions come out. Often, they get booted, sometimes just told off. This one didn’t stick around for the joy ride. His one and only goal was to rate me a 1 and make it look as legit as possible. Well, thanks to the simplicity of the system which allows the ratings to be done so easily and fast, his mission was accomplished. What would eventually happen is an algorhythm kicks in and with enough low ratings, starts to send my placement on the main page down further, as a result, giving me less traffic from the site/its whitelabels and wherever I may or may not be advertised. This is the equivalent to a store owner that rents their local from a mall and the mall decides whether or not the store owner gets to be in a high-traffic zone or tucked away into a dark, quiet part of the mall.

 

Moral of the story: Once an asshole, always an asshole.

Advice to girls with members like this: If  he is an asshole in guest chat and then goes private, expect an even bigger asshole and a low rating too.

 

Constant Harrassment Continues …

 

In red are the posts I want to highlight, to show what I have to deal with on a nightly basis. The harrassment that has been going on for 2 years, that went reported but nothing was done to stop it. I left some normal posts in there, to demonstrate how the flow of conversation went with the regular members and people who are just browsing the site. Those are in blue. My comments are in black.

 

This handle says it all. Honestly, they didn’t even need to type anything. I would have seen this coming a mile away! One purpose for entering my room. With a little help from my ‘block’ button, their exit was just as fast.

duhduhduh: 29 years old???????? ummmmmmmmmm

 

Jake: Smith

Jake has successfully sent you $10.00 of GOLD.

Jake: La Kings for the cup
lol
I will be back in a month

 

I was expecting this, too. It came shortly after the first rude comment, a few lines up.

jdperez310: THIS IS NOT THE CHICK FROM THE PIC WHY DO THE STUPID CHICKS ALWAYS DO THAT

 

Jake: and see who wins
I swear this is LA’s year
Habs will be a scary team next year
if they fix some of the kinks in their team

Papito: slt bb

Jake: Yep.
Yes.

Rape, as well as rape fantasies are illegal. I guess it would be important to note that every time the assholes are present in my room, there are one or two comments or questions pertaining to illegal activities, usually in the form of a question, trying to see if I would bite. This game is old, as are all of their attempts.

Doosty: You’re delectable! Are you insanely perverted as well?? I ask because I am. I wanna tie you up. You do rape fantasies?

 

Jake: Home in Montreal was amazing to
ya

brooksplace: women after my own heart GO HABS

Jake: THeir away games were bad

 

His game didn’t work. Frustrated and angry, he leaves. I’m retarded because I will not fulfill his need to get me to perform an illegal act on cam. Remember, the assholes are still in my room. There is no question in my mind that this one belongs to that mob.

Doosty: no it’s not. and now I just think you’re dumb. That’s why it’s a fantasy. Way to be fucking retarded. late

 

Jake: Remember me
I will be back to check in when the Kings win the next series
and NY loses tomorrow

lawofdanger: Hey
no music

Jake: Ok awesome nice chatting with you

lawofdanger: Do you like black guys?

Jake: Have a good night! Go Kings!

Here’s the one that pretends to be black when he comes in to harrass me. I’ve noticed he does this to try and get some kind of rise out of me or provoke me to say something that he can take, twist and have it look as though I made a racist comment. His next move would be to report that to Streamate to try and get my account suspended. Obviously failing every time because I don’t have a racist bone in my body. He also mentions giving Gold but never does. Their purpose is to get me offline. They have told me this before, point blank to “stay offline”. If you look at the various videos displayed in the search engine results for an “amanda36c videos” query, you’ll find plenty of sites that have stolen and are using my videos to earn money. These are recent videos, as well as old videos. Whois shows the owners all hidden under monikers but I know who they are. There is huge money involved with this and it is growing bigger by the day. Since SOPA was shot down, these scumbags are running wild with our content and making big money from the sale of it, without having to pay us a cent. Could this be the reason they want me offline? I do have 13 years worth of content floating around the internet. That’s a hell oof a lot of money owed to me. Imagine a massive class-action lawsuit against these scumbags by someone like me, along with a few thousand other girls that are in the same boat? A lawyer’s dream! The content is being moved around so rapidly and the first sign someone is onto the whereabouts of this content, they close shop and up pops a new one, on another server, days later. It’s a shell game. That is how they continue to get away with it.

lawofdanger: Lets do gold
black guys?
I like feet.. let me see!
yes
All
thank you
lol
well i can but everyone else?
I cant click on your gold

Jbk3: sweet mic

 

downunda: hey hey

 

dobie1987: yes i have fuck ui

lawofdanger: you got the wrong impression about me
your husband forcing you to do thiw
yes…………………….

cjglidden: noooo because
im from boston….

lawofdanger: you are an ass

downunda: no offence amanda…
but is this just a chat forum?

cjglidden: hhahhaa

lawofdanger: fuck you………………..what is your problem

cjglidden: im not an asshole

downunda: im not from boston
im from adelaide australia

lawofdanger: tea party………….bithch

downunda: can you see my text amanda?

lawofdanger: bitch…………………………..

cjglidden: lol

downunda: hello?

lawofdanger: is that better………………………????

lawofdanger: You are speaking about your self
STUPID .is you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BITCH
yes yelling
i am

cjglidden: yes you can

lawofdanger: you are a cunt

cjglidden: KUNT he/she is

dae2dae: psychoanalysis night??

lawofdanger: can you think on your own
exactly
yup
what is purpose here
with you?
not you?

Sincere: 10gold = show?

lawofdanger: You said the same to you!

Sincere:

 

Here’s a beauty. I have few words to describe this. Idiot behavior. There. That’s all I can say.

IFuckedYourSister: CANADUH SUCKS!!!!> FUCK CANADUH!!!! FUCK CANADUH!!!!

mickael32: french

 

 

lawofdanger: Its funny how you are still on this site……
God bless you! Bye!

 Says “bye” but doesn’t leave. What’s his purpose for being here again? Oh right, to comment on how I’m “still on the site” (should I have left the first time you harrassed me?) and then to tell me to do my job? Hmm, if that alien autopsy rendered results from a brain similar to this, it might explain why they haven’t returned to our planet!

titmanxxx: whats a life ?

somu: hi

spidermanfreakk: hi
good

lawofdanger: How about doing your job BITCH!

 

BigDickBandit: whats he so angry about? what I miss? ur laughing
oh

lawofdanger: Whatever…………………………what you say

BigDickBandit: people are being rude?

lawofdanger: the way you act

BigDickBandit: ignore it
your too cute for these people

DavidStacks: why they talking invisible?

DavidStacks: oh
fbi

lawofdanger: ok

throbbee1: you like to masterbate with ur butthole?

lawofdanger: thanks!

amanda36c: I got the boobs – you got the Gold?

lawofdanger: who you!

DavidStacks: baby…. forget them

usmchg: pinched is the term

DavidStacks has successfully sent you $2.00 of GOLD.

moitoi8: cc tu parle francais

lawofdanger: Why I have to be an ass hole/
Nice

raptor1957: hi

moitoi8: rep

raptor1957: how are u

lawofdanger: I did nothing wrong

No, of course not. “bitch” and “cunt” are words we all use, all the time,. Nothing wrong there, buddy.

 

usmchg: thinking about it

moitoi8: parle tu francais

titmanxxx: HOW MUCH IS PRIVATE

moitoi8: anale
ou pas

usmchg: i love it

lawofdanger: I just a show

jld109: 5 gold for a peak?

titmanxxx: WHY DO YOU HAVE A HUGE MICROPHONE

lawofdanger: Yes but will you accept???

jld109 has successfully sent you $5.00 of GOLD.

 

Why be so rude? This is no random guest. This is yet another insult from the same asshole that has been harrassing me for over 2 years on Streamate and the last 2 years I worked on iFriends. Same person. Same mentality, same immaturity level, same mannerisms, same everything. The next comment, apparently from a different guest, who later made a rude comment (surprise, surprise!). Note: these guests never go private or exclusive; they just make use my chatroom to harrass me, daily.

handsome: why u look so old

jeremy: such a milf

 

Ripcords has successfully sent you $1.00 of GOLD.

Ripcords: yummm- those are amazing

titmanxxx: I WISH WE HAD FEELAVISION

Ripcords: ok- back to sleep for me, ty

jld109: welcome beautiful

titmanxxx: im touching my screen
well that was cool

jld109 has successfully sent you $5.00 of GOLD.

 

Enters my room just to say this? I just can’t picture this asshole morphing into a nice guy at any point that I could actually have a civil conversation with. I see no point in wasting time. Time is money, money pays bills and paid bills equate to less stress.

sandow2026: ugh, clean that canadiens shit out of ur room

sandow2026 has been blocked

 

binklebonk: mmmmm ear

BigDickBandit: giant ear

stannex: LOL … This looks like a psychadellic movie from 1972

BigDickBandit: lol
good joke

stannex: Attack of the Ear!!!!

BigDickBandit: i just gave u a wet willie

Jerryatric: mmm, the gently curving shell of an ear
we’re gonna need a bigger swab

stannex: That sounds less scary

eitan2002: hello

NickGharibian: can i kiss it…

BigDickBandit: you turned your ear on

lianoxxx2: hiiiiiiiiii

NickGharibian: kk licking it

lianoxxx2: hru

NickGharibian: lol
no

Jerryatric: well, I was gonna ask how you were, but someone all ready beat me to it

NickGharibian: k when

stannex: Quick … go get a Q-tip

NickGharibian: lol

stannex: LOL

Jerryatric: gah, no, i don’t wanna be fucked!
great

NickGharibian:

binklebonk: you’re cute and funny and have a great voice – so i can watch your ear

stannex: Just teasin’!

 

I honestly can’t remember what I said to get a response like this, but what do you do when someone admits to being a “terrorist”? Disturbing indeed, even though he went on to joke about it by saying he had a bomb in his pants. How lightly is this to be taken? Who am I to say? Definitely reporting this but I don’t expect it to be taken seriously, considering the industry, which is forced to police itself because of its detachment from society and the law, apparently. Crimes already run rampant here and noone listens when abuses/threats are reported. I’m kind opf hoping this is for real, so they can wake up, put the guy where he belongs and look a little more closely at this industry. Are the F.B.I. even looking at this industry?

NickGharibian: yeah im a terrorist

Jerryatric: it’s a perfectly sensible ear

NickGharibian: i got a bomb in my pants

freddieMac: nice ear shot

NickGharibian: too ahmed what you want me to do about it
lol
go ahead

freddieMac: how’s about zooming out?

NickGharibian has been blocked

 

 

Jerryatric: … i thought you meant in the prison rape, not great for guys, you just mentioned assholes which backs my fears, fucking

richguy23: hi bb hru

Jerryatric: twas said with loads of venom

mikeshooya: hi there cuttie
hi there cuttie

richguy23: hi bb hru

mikeshooya: guess we missed the show

richguy23: u are gorgous bb
and u love hockey wow

eitan2002: q barbara estas hermosa!!!

richguy23: im a rangers fan sorry

mikeshooya: I just came on line thank you

 

This guy’s sole purpose in life is to be an asshole. Pretty obvious to see where this conversation was headed.

jeremy: you should be on milf hunters

mikhail19: do you like The Republic of Doyle?
CBC show set in St. Johns

jeremy: i was about to accept your pvt offer
or the fact id have more fun putting a quarter in the kids ride

jeremy has been blocked

 

drakonis12: Dennis Leary
Yup

lixalotttt: godsmack.. i fucking hate you is a good one

drakonis12: It’s an oldie
Asshole
I’m an asshole

lixalotttt: the ass hole… jimmy buffett

drakonis12: Gonna toss you 5 gold, you don’t have to do a show though, because then the assholes would get to enjoy it, too, and that’s just not right.

drakonis12 has successfully sent you $5.00 of GOLD.

drakonis12: You are very welcome my dear.

jacky: mmmm
my cock is getting hard

mailme_thierry: Ils ont de l’allure c’est certain tu les entretiens bien j’imagine

mits1002: mmmmmmmmmm……………..wrap it up…… we take it home…………haha…

mailme_thierry: bonjour au fait

ryanssr3: hola preciosa

mailme_thierry: on which coast of Canada are you based ?

ryanssr3: hi love

liyo92: slt
sa va

drakonis12: By the way, no matter what the assholes have to say, you are awesome in every way, and you have every right to be a bitch to dickheads.

mits1002: hi sexy girl………………

mailme_thierry: LOL

DirtyDmax: mmm bb i missed that hot skin im gonna mute u can beat off on that beautiful face

outland: hi there sexy
how r u?

DirtyDmax has been blocked

mits1002: we R overwhelmed w. ur beauty……dont get mad…….

fuckbunny1969: he bb you horny too

OldMain: lol

kamran778: hi
hru
u r looking stunning

ziggy: stand up?

thepervert32: Oh, Montreal girl !

ziggy: im asking hints the question mark

gregk90: i like the description in ur details where it says viewer erection is advised
pretty sure

jld109 has successfully sent you $5.00 of GOLD.

bulletwheels: bang bang

jld109: thank you beautiful

bulletwheels: bang bang squirt

Mr.E.Lein: oh nice

wilbur: hello there!

ryanssr3: nice body

Why would someone choose a handle that insults their race, like this? Or, is it like the other guy stated; he wasn’t of that race?

cameljockey: hi how r u

cameljockey: im from the middle east

Turgenev: Camel jockey?
Eh?
I’m joking.
Sarcasm!
Camel jockey is a racist term though.

cameljockey: u look hoty

Turgenev: lol – sorry

cameljockey: fshott

Turgenev: Cause I have a feeling they’re not the race they’re insulting.
You have a harrasser?
Eeek.

 

The rest is what a normal chatroom looks like. On the odd occasion, when I’m not inundated with the harrasser and their multiple personalities (via devices), conversations take place in a pleasant atmosphere. Why Streamate does nothing about this, I have a few theories. None which are good.

 

Mr.E.Lein: oh nice
espn titties

iwillfuck: hey. i like you… want to fuck?

Turgenev: How do you spell that?

Mr.E.Lein: xo google: lovericforeveric

wreck3rr: hi bb

gregk90: is someone else there?

iwillfuck: …..

gregk90: freedom of speech

jcmax33: the boss nice

iwillfuck: maybe?

jcmax33: what album
coooodos
u r canadian

amanda36c: I got the boobs – you got the Gold?

jcmax33: favorite artist?
yep

zoking: lets go coyotes

diematic816: i feel like this is a podcast lol

jcmax33: no bands
top3
ok top 3

zoking: i agree

jcmax33: 70s?

zoking: its crazy to pick

ATX70: NPR

jcmax33: ok top 3 70s

zoking: boston

ATX70: Baked Street

zoking: roling stones
doors

hornyashell: hello

ATX70: I bet u masterbate to Night Ranger.

jcmax33: my gf is gonna flip

blwdaaussie2012: hey bb

Harrassment Without Consequence

Once upon a time, there was a chatroom. In that chatroom were some people, chatting away and having fun. All of a sudden, out of nowhere came a stench, proceeded by a hateful, rude comment. Gone before I could even get my hand to the mouse to block them! I can’t begin to try to understand their motive for being so rude (Tourette’s, perhaps?), but Einstein said it best; “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”. Honestly, I can’t count the number of times this person entered my room, in the midst of a normal conversation, only to spew their nonsense and then dash off, like the coward that they are. I do not feed into their game or provide them with any response, other than to block them. They should have packed it in long ago, but here they are, night after night, rude as ever. Whatever it is they gain from this, I will never know. Appears to me, this is the behavior of a drunken slob that has too much time on their hands and so little thought as to what to do with it. I could be wrong though; this could be someone who is frustrated as hell because they just can’t seem to get me to, as they once warned me “stay offline”. I would have reported this but complaints in this industry with regards to harrassment, only fall on deaf ears. 

While the guests in my room used the chat, I was using audio, so you can’t see what I was saying but there was nothing derogatory coming from my mouth. You can see the flow of conversation and what the guests were saying, in response to what I was saying.

 

Camgirl Meeting – Part 2: Behind the Scenes

This was originally a response to a comment, but I’d like to put it out there, as its own topic of discussion and gather some opinions on this.

In response to ”uninformed” (welcome to my blog, by the way!), who wrote http://amanda36c.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/camgirl-meeting-date-time-and-place/#comment-644 

Thanks for your input, Uninformed. I always enjoy a good discussion about the biz, so here goes; my 2 cents.

You wrote: “No matter what, this is a service industry. I can understand the frustration from the client end. Not that I don’t see the opposite true with very mean people making comments. However, it is a service industry and it is to be expected.”

I understand your point completely and agree to an extent but customer service isn’t so cut and dry in our industry. Having been a part of this as long as I have (15 years), I’ve observed plenty. Here’s my point of view, and you know from which side of the fence this is coming:

Nowhere on earth are workers more a target of verbal abuse than in our industry, in large part thanks to the anonymity of the internet, giving people carte blanche to insult, belittle, degrade, punish, harrass, stalk, pester, impersonate, etc. using internet chatrooms as their own personal playground. Add to the mix now, the nature of what we do which makes us even bigger targets of this behavior because we appear so open-minded, so vulnerable and let’s face it; the adult industry, tucked away in its own little corner of society doesn’t exactly get a lot of support from law enforcement when it comes to the aforementioned behavior, which, in any other workplace, actually carries criminal charges, punishable by law. The simple act of removing our clothes in exchange for money means to forfeit our rights to be treated as an equal in society, especially where human rights are concerned. Or so it seems.

The way I see it, generally speaking, society already looks down upon this industry and everyone in it fits into some assigned stereotype. From the lowest level, the sex workers, to the middlemen webpimps, to the highest level of control, the mob bosses, we all have our little place in this game and unlike chess, there is no pawn-to-queen advancement. It remains controlled by the same entities, the same people, the same attitudes that allow this behavior to continue, with one focus; the almighty buck. 

If you can jog your mind back to a time, before you were involved in this industry, do you remember what your initial thoughts of sex workers were, on a whole? Draw a quick conclusion, with as little analysis as possible. Were you  thinking about a brothel, a strip club, peep show, perhaps? Knowing any industry is knowing what lies at the backbone of it. Who is pulling the strings and what motivates them. Who is the big boss and why? In an industry where women are clearly the main attraction, why is it so controlled by men? Why are men the ones making all the money? Not to make this a battle of the sexes, because it really isn’t, but women drive this industry and yet the abuse is all on them. Again though – we reap what we sow, don’t we? We teach others how to treat us.

All that said, I think when it comes to the customer service ideal, we fit into a different category of workers; one that has to police, protect and defend itself. One with little to no rights and at times, admittedly, frustration begins to set in, and I start to question why I put up with a lot of what I do in my chatroom. The “customer comes first” ideal was not created with someone in mind who, as a customer, enters your place of business and barks out rude insults at you and expects you to accept it as par for the course. I have no problem telling people like that exactly where they can shove it, quite frankly.

It’s easy to be on the outside and offer advice to anyone with a problem, but until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes, or have had to endure that  harrassment yourself for 2 years, then just take a backseat and listen. It’s really all you can do.
 

I consider myself to have a good amount of respect for people but that doesn’t mean I owe anyone a damn thing as far as a customer-oriented attitude in this industry, considering what I receive in return. They set the precedent with their initial treatment of me. I draw mine from there and if my response is anything less than accommodating, well they only have themselves to blame. 

In my world, you get what you give and if someone is going to come into my place of business and insult me, I’m going to let him have it. All that “customer comes first” goes right out the window in favor of  “do unto others…” and “you reap what you sow”. If others are present when that happens, so be it. There’s another expression I love to use and that is “you teach others how to treat you”. So, for the others, it’s a lesson in manners. As far as this being a service industry and rudeness in chatrooms are “to be expected”. Does that also mean to be complacent? I don’t buy that at all. Rudeness should not be tolerated. The mindset is this; we allow this behavior, therefore, we accept it. If we accept it, therefore, we encourage it. For me, it’s simple, respect myself or get used to being treated this way all the time.

Interesting thoughts you have on the market. To have a true understanding of the market, without a social sciences degree or the equivalent in some form, the marketer would have to really understand human nature, habits, tendencies, instincts, etc. because we are dealing with people that are from all walks of life, not specific to one occupation, one religion, one race, one age group, etc. I think “etc.” pretty much summarizes my point. I’d have to say that the only people who really know this market are those successful in the industry, with a proven track record. People who have made not only a career in the industry but a name in it, as well. There are innovators, thinkers, who transform everything they touch into something incredibly lucrative. The Donald Trumps of the porn industry are so few and far between though. When I think ‘porn giants’, my mind goes to Hugh Hefner and Larry Flynt. I only know of the big players in the industry because I perform searches and look at stats all the time.
 So, in closing on this topic, I believe that it is too vast a market to narrow anything down in terms of marketing. Your niche would determine your market. If you don’t have a niche, everything is open but you’d better have money.

It isn’t as though we’re selling shoes, who we would be targeting women between the ages of 22 and 50, which, hell I may be off because I’m not in, nor have I studied the shoe industry, but I can assume based on what I deem logical, that would be the average age range and gender of the people who buy the most shoes in the world. I have been buying shoes all my life but I could be completely wrong about that. I can’t pretend to know about that industry, so I can’t understand how anyone can pretend to know about this industry, with an even broader market. Even with the current economy the way it is, this market is still thriving. That is a sure indicator of the strength this industry has on a global scale.
Some ways I think the sites could adapt better to the needs of their performers:

From a performer’s standpoint, if the sites would curb their paranoia of the possibility of traffic diversion, long enough to see the benefits in allowing a Twitter button to appear in the girl’s profile page on the site, they would thrive. Perhaps give us a feature that would allow us to promote our shows to existing customers with one simple e-mail message (not have to copy and paste several e-mail account codes to send to x-number of members at a time). If they would just implement some features crucial to promoting our shows, we would have a far better platform that girls would be happy to be a part of. Oh and increasing productivity never hurt any business.

The sites do need to loosen up and allow us girls to interact with members a little more. Their fear of losing customers to traffic-diverting girls is a silly fear that wouldn’t essentially be as harmful in the long term as restricting our communication with these members. If a member really likes a girl, he will drag his ass to Google and perform a search for her there. If she’s the least bit wise, she’ll have a Twitter or Facebook account which will pop up as the first link and voila – he’s found his girl. You have such a great platform? Then you have nothing to worry about in terms of customers returning to the site. 

 

 
That site you mentioned, Xhamstercams.com is actually owned by FCI (Streamate’s parent company).

HD Cam Display Problems on Tinychat

For cam display problems, here’s how I got my HD camcorder to finally work on Tinychat, after receiving that annoying “camera is in use by another application” error.

• First, I rebooted my pc. 
•  I grabbed a large-headed hammer … Well, I wanted to anyway.
• Changed the settings from HD mode to DV and flicked over from 1080 i to 480 i.
• Turned off the cam and then turned it back on and voila – for the first time, I was never so happy to see my own goofy surprised expression staring back at the cam! Woo hoo!

If you tried this and it doesn’t work, there are other culprits which I’m likely unfamiliar with or programs that are working against you here. You will need to seek assistance elsewhere. I do hope this was helpful though.

Camgirl Meeting – Date, time and place

Looking for cam hosts/models to participate in my Camgirl Videoconference Meeting.

Date & time:  wednesday, may 2nd, 2012 @ 8:00pm (EST).

The place: http://tinychat.com/amanda36c

No reservations necessary. Takes seconds to sign up.

Topics I’d like to discuss:

• Overall live videochat traffic decline and the possible reasons for it (I have a few theories). Comparing this year’s to last.  
• Have affliiates noticed an increase or decrease in sales/signups over the last year?
• Comparing commissions. Are the sites offering less commissions (ie: Streamate at 35%) really worth it? As opposed to those offering the higher percentage. Is the lower commission, in general,  justified with a larger paycheck?
• Tube sites and stolen content. A suggestion for the sharing of information about where our videos are being sold.

I’m constantly checking stats and charts from online reporting facilities such as StatsInternet, Alexa, Compete, Whois, etc. to gather information on these webcam sites. The sites themselves never give us this information. What I’m seeing is a major decline in traffic, as well as camsite value, across the board (with few exceptions). At the same time, there are more and more tube sites opening up every day with our videos on them. The companies that own these are hidden under monikers like Godaddy that protect the slime that are making good money off our content and they’re driving more and more of our traffic to those sites. The thrill of live video has not worn off; the traffic is simply driven to platforms where they don’t have to pay us.  Imagine, for a second, what could happen if we got every cent from everyone selling our content? We’d be loaded. Rich enough to all chip in and form a camgirl site that would blow all the rest of the camsites on the planet right out of the water! Can’t happen if we’re fed just enough to survive, but not enough to thrive. Will never happen if we keep allowing these sites to get away with stealing our content and driving the live cam inustry (OUR industry) into the ground. They are destroying OUR industry, girls. The only power we have is in numbers, but unfortunately, people are too compacent, too fearful, too busy, to give a damn. What surprises me is how surprised people are later when they find out they were robbed blind. Gee, I wonder why!

 Just some food for thought.