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Hello, sexy members! Yes, you hansom premium fellows, I truly love (or at the very least am fond of) all of you. Without any sarcasm, I really value the intelligence and knowledge of so many non-model members on ACF. We may get in to arguments or catfights at times, but you dudes are all pretty great.
One thing I have noticed is that members of various camsites like to be helpful, which isn't a surprise because people all over often like to be helpful in general. And to this I say, good for you. If you are an "experienced" member (that is, you've been around a while and you know the ropes), I think it is pretty nice of you to say stuff like, "hey lady, maybe you should turn on some lights, we seriously can't see you" or, "I don't think 500 tokens per ticket is a good idea for a raffle," or whatever common-sense stuff you feel needs to be out there. It may make some ladies grumpy or irritable, because sometimes people just don't want to hear it, but I still think it's a decent thing to do.
However, there is a different class of fellow who has decided that common-sense comments here and there are not enough; he's going to start a de-facto "guide" for how cam models should act or what they should do. And to you, I say, why?
Contrary to what may be popular belief, there are a LOT of resources out there for cam models. We are not drifting in an information black-out; we tend to not be ignorant of our own profession. If you think your guide is needed or necessary, I daresay that it has been written before, much more detailed, by a woman who has years more experience in the industry than you do.
Here, however is my biggest issue: every time I see a member with no industry experience write out guides for cam models, I can expect two things: That the member is instructing models to behave to his preference, and that the member is instructing models to under-sell themselves, provide cheap content, do things for free, or in general, he tries to ruin them because he honestly believes models should be inexpensive commodities.
I admit that it is extremely grating to see "helpful" information spread by members with no experience in our industry and information that very often, in my eyes, is flat-out wrong or even harmful. However, I do know that you guys are pretty smart and you do have a lot of good ideas that maybe just haven't been refined enough through experience. Therefore, I thought I would provide a quick check-list just to make sure that the information you are sharing is legitimized through experience and common sense. Ready? Go!
Step 1: Ask yourself if any webcam model with industry experience has already written a guide on the same topic, or if that information is already available in some other form. (answer: yes)
Step 2: If you feel that you still have valuable or unique insights in to the topic, write your guide anyway.
Step 3: Sign up on Chaturbate or Streamate. Work as a live webcam performer for six months. You should cam a minimum of 15 to 20 hours a week.
Step 4: Reconsider the guide you wrote.
Step 5: Make changes; rewrite or release to the general public.
Now I know what some of you may be thinking. "Hold on, you snarky slut. I may have never worked in the sex industry a day of my life and I may have zero real experience with webcamming, but my opinions should still be taken as fact, because I watch other people get experience." To which I say, watching webcam models does not make you qualified to pass off your opinions as fact. I have watched about 200 hours of murder mysteries on Netflix, and that doesn't make me qualified to call up my local police department and give them bullet points on how to do their jobs better. Regardless of how it seems, there is a hell of a lot more to success on webcam sites than is visible to the casual observer. I think all members, except teh obvious trolls, are great. I really do. I'm not a member-hater and I don't have a superiority complex about my model status. But as an Internet stripper, it is frustrating to see bad advice packaged as gospel truth and handed out to new or inexperienced models who could be seriously tripped up. I have seen tons of good advice on ACF from members, and I value the opinions of members a LOT. It's just when members start talking about their subjective opinions like fact when I get a sadface.
(For those men who are uninterested in becoming a webcam performer to learn about the industry, may I suggest instead sharing your guide on some sort of public webcam forum and allow it to be peer-reviewed by members and models.)
One thing I have noticed is that members of various camsites like to be helpful, which isn't a surprise because people all over often like to be helpful in general. And to this I say, good for you. If you are an "experienced" member (that is, you've been around a while and you know the ropes), I think it is pretty nice of you to say stuff like, "hey lady, maybe you should turn on some lights, we seriously can't see you" or, "I don't think 500 tokens per ticket is a good idea for a raffle," or whatever common-sense stuff you feel needs to be out there. It may make some ladies grumpy or irritable, because sometimes people just don't want to hear it, but I still think it's a decent thing to do.
However, there is a different class of fellow who has decided that common-sense comments here and there are not enough; he's going to start a de-facto "guide" for how cam models should act or what they should do. And to you, I say, why?
Contrary to what may be popular belief, there are a LOT of resources out there for cam models. We are not drifting in an information black-out; we tend to not be ignorant of our own profession. If you think your guide is needed or necessary, I daresay that it has been written before, much more detailed, by a woman who has years more experience in the industry than you do.
Here, however is my biggest issue: every time I see a member with no industry experience write out guides for cam models, I can expect two things: That the member is instructing models to behave to his preference, and that the member is instructing models to under-sell themselves, provide cheap content, do things for free, or in general, he tries to ruin them because he honestly believes models should be inexpensive commodities.
I admit that it is extremely grating to see "helpful" information spread by members with no experience in our industry and information that very often, in my eyes, is flat-out wrong or even harmful. However, I do know that you guys are pretty smart and you do have a lot of good ideas that maybe just haven't been refined enough through experience. Therefore, I thought I would provide a quick check-list just to make sure that the information you are sharing is legitimized through experience and common sense. Ready? Go!
Step 1: Ask yourself if any webcam model with industry experience has already written a guide on the same topic, or if that information is already available in some other form. (answer: yes)
Step 2: If you feel that you still have valuable or unique insights in to the topic, write your guide anyway.
Step 3: Sign up on Chaturbate or Streamate. Work as a live webcam performer for six months. You should cam a minimum of 15 to 20 hours a week.
Step 4: Reconsider the guide you wrote.
Step 5: Make changes; rewrite or release to the general public.
Now I know what some of you may be thinking. "Hold on, you snarky slut. I may have never worked in the sex industry a day of my life and I may have zero real experience with webcamming, but my opinions should still be taken as fact, because I watch other people get experience." To which I say, watching webcam models does not make you qualified to pass off your opinions as fact. I have watched about 200 hours of murder mysteries on Netflix, and that doesn't make me qualified to call up my local police department and give them bullet points on how to do their jobs better. Regardless of how it seems, there is a hell of a lot more to success on webcam sites than is visible to the casual observer. I think all members, except teh obvious trolls, are great. I really do. I'm not a member-hater and I don't have a superiority complex about my model status. But as an Internet stripper, it is frustrating to see bad advice packaged as gospel truth and handed out to new or inexperienced models who could be seriously tripped up. I have seen tons of good advice on ACF from members, and I value the opinions of members a LOT. It's just when members start talking about their subjective opinions like fact when I get a sadface.
(For those men who are uninterested in becoming a webcam performer to learn about the industry, may I suggest instead sharing your guide on some sort of public webcam forum and allow it to be peer-reviewed by members and models.)
