Camming Then & Now

Camming Then:

Members and guests actually used the chat.

Camming Now:

Members and guests rarely use the chat.

 Camming Then:

The sites had paying traffic.

Camming Now:

The sites have so little paying traffic, it’s amazing they are still in

business.

Camming Then:

Weekends and holidays were awesome.

Camming Now:

Weekends and holidays bring less traffic than ever before in history.

Camming Then:

Paydays (Thursday and Friday, typically) were great days for us.

Camming Now:

Thursdays and Fridays are slow as heck.

Camming Then:

The so-called ‘glitches’ got fixed.

Camming Now:

Despite numerous reports, the so-called ‘glitches’ remain consistent, losing us business.

Camming Then:

Performers signed up directly to the sites, earning anywhere from 35 to 60 percent commission.

Camming Now:

Performers now sign up through ‘recruiters’, who, under directions from the site owners, work to lower the camgirls’ commissions overall. I’ve heard that some girls earn as little as 12% with an  average at about 25%.

 

I cringe when I read posts from (self-proclaimed) “camgirls” making excuses for declines in revenue and traffic. Having witnessed this behavior for years, I know that the real camgirls just up and leave. They don’t stick around to constantly try and convince the others of why it is so slow or cling to that little itsy bitsy glimmer of hope that at any time, a good member will come along with one show and make their entire week. The same group of so-called ‘camgirls’ go to great lengths to convince you they are legitimate camgirls. They have to. If you thought, for one second that one of those girls was actually a site owner or manager, in there posing as a camgirl to brainwash the others, all the real camgirls would feel deceived, pissed and never return there, or to the sites that are doing it. What a low down scummy thing to do. What do they have to gain? Why go through all the trouble? Makes no sense, right? No, actually, it makes perfect sense. Brainwashing all the camgirls who read those forums (most of which never reply because they are suspicious that the sites are in there anyway but can’t prove it) serves the sites in a way that they could do only if you were an employee, so rather than risk the legal repercussions from acting as an employer when they have no right to, they find other ways to get the girls to do what they need them to do, all to feed their big fat bottom lines. They can screw with you so badly and thanks to the lawless industry that is called “porn”, the sky is the limit. Who will stop them? Who has ever taken them to task and had pockets deep enough to win? . Imagine if the cat did actually get out of the bag and they got caught posing as camgirls, impersonating camgirls? Something inside me just wants to blurt out to any potential real camgirl that might just happen to come across any thread or post making excuses on behalf of the sites,”it’s the damn sites doing it. Get a f***ing clue, girls! Don’t be so naive and trusting!”.

Just look closely at what camming used to be and how it has changed. It hasn’t evolved, like a normal company would. It has changed, much like the economy of a country whose empire is crumbling. Desperation is setting in. Those changes point to an industry that is being destroyed by the very bodies governing it, with all of its people in a state of compliance because they, too, are desperate. The difference is … some of us are still working hard to earn an honest living while others are stealing from everyone whose information they can obtain; girls, members, affiliates.