Before we get started, this is my first post on the forum (great idea to start a forum btw Amber) and it is not meant to be argumentative. It is my hope that I can share my experience in a manner that is beneficial to the members of this site.
So a bit on my experience:
I first joined MFC in mid 2011, and immediately made the transition from basic to premium; I made my first token purchase within an hour of my discovering the site. I probably spent my 200 tokens that same day and did so by spying on privates and joining a couple group shows. It didn't take long before I began to appreciate the benefits to taking girls private and I gained lounge1000 access within weeks. I would say over the first 9 months of my membership I spent over $10,000 on various private shows since, at that time, the way to obtain the content I sought required me to pay for private shows.
However, I haven't purchased tokens since June, and the reason for my decline in expenditure has nothing to do with finances.
The problem:
From what I have seen, it has become increasingly apparent that the way to make money on MFC (amongst top earners, at least) is through building a room count and counting on <1% of the room to tip generously, either to meet countdown objectives or to gain perceived status within the room. For some premium members, garnering the model's attention is a goal worth tipping for; however, I am not that member and I suspect there are many who feel similarly. I come to MFC to masturbate, I apologize for being crude but that's the reality. I don't frequent the site in an attempt to make friends with the models or foster some kind of fantasy where my tips are going to garner the model's favor such that we can meet in real life and live happily ever after together (I suspect some members think this way). I stopped buying tokens, not out of concern for personal finances, but because so much of what I originally was spending money for had become free. I've noticed in my limited time on the site that many models who were never naked in public a year ago are now naked there consistently, and many who reserved toy play for private shows now do so in public chat.
I feel this is the core issue that fuels the concerns I've seen on this forum of reduced earnings and the proliferation of freeloaders. I would liken it to a paradigm where one goes grocery shopping and everything in the store is free; the store accepts donations from its patrons but requires no payments. How many of you, models included, would donate the amount commiserate with the groceries you took rather than simply taking what you need and allocating those funds to an activity that doesn't give you the option of enjoying it for free?
I am not entirely sure what my goal is with this post, other than to say that models shouldn't condemn members for freeloading when freeloading is the rational way to approach MFC. Instead, they should blame their fellow models for allowing this behavior to become acceptable. I'm reminded of the caution many mothers pass on to their daughters, 'no one's going to buy the cow if you give the milk away for free'.
Rather than condemn freeloaders I think the models on this site should condemn those amongst them who offer free shows that disincentivize members from paying for content.
Again, I didn't post this to be a jerk or to pass judgment on anyone. Upon browsing this forum I merely came upon a lot of misplaced aggression towards freeloaders. If I'm way off base, then so be it. I am happy to elaborate on any element that is unclear and hope that my experience can be beneficial to members and models alike.
So a bit on my experience:
I first joined MFC in mid 2011, and immediately made the transition from basic to premium; I made my first token purchase within an hour of my discovering the site. I probably spent my 200 tokens that same day and did so by spying on privates and joining a couple group shows. It didn't take long before I began to appreciate the benefits to taking girls private and I gained lounge1000 access within weeks. I would say over the first 9 months of my membership I spent over $10,000 on various private shows since, at that time, the way to obtain the content I sought required me to pay for private shows.
However, I haven't purchased tokens since June, and the reason for my decline in expenditure has nothing to do with finances.
The problem:
From what I have seen, it has become increasingly apparent that the way to make money on MFC (amongst top earners, at least) is through building a room count and counting on <1% of the room to tip generously, either to meet countdown objectives or to gain perceived status within the room. For some premium members, garnering the model's attention is a goal worth tipping for; however, I am not that member and I suspect there are many who feel similarly. I come to MFC to masturbate, I apologize for being crude but that's the reality. I don't frequent the site in an attempt to make friends with the models or foster some kind of fantasy where my tips are going to garner the model's favor such that we can meet in real life and live happily ever after together (I suspect some members think this way). I stopped buying tokens, not out of concern for personal finances, but because so much of what I originally was spending money for had become free. I've noticed in my limited time on the site that many models who were never naked in public a year ago are now naked there consistently, and many who reserved toy play for private shows now do so in public chat.
I feel this is the core issue that fuels the concerns I've seen on this forum of reduced earnings and the proliferation of freeloaders. I would liken it to a paradigm where one goes grocery shopping and everything in the store is free; the store accepts donations from its patrons but requires no payments. How many of you, models included, would donate the amount commiserate with the groceries you took rather than simply taking what you need and allocating those funds to an activity that doesn't give you the option of enjoying it for free?
I am not entirely sure what my goal is with this post, other than to say that models shouldn't condemn members for freeloading when freeloading is the rational way to approach MFC. Instead, they should blame their fellow models for allowing this behavior to become acceptable. I'm reminded of the caution many mothers pass on to their daughters, 'no one's going to buy the cow if you give the milk away for free'.
Rather than condemn freeloaders I think the models on this site should condemn those amongst them who offer free shows that disincentivize members from paying for content.
Again, I didn't post this to be a jerk or to pass judgment on anyone. Upon browsing this forum I merely came upon a lot of misplaced aggression towards freeloaders. If I'm way off base, then so be it. I am happy to elaborate on any element that is unclear and hope that my experience can be beneficial to members and models alike.
