ACF mentioned in article by DailyDot

[Fatquack]

Where was that number debunked? I could image the industry abroad could make that number pretty easy. Just a handful of models registered on this site you can hit 1 mill combined pretty easy and this site represents maybe less than 1% of camgirls. You add stripper, prostitutes, clothing and toys(Pretty sure Lovense loves camsites this year) just name a few things. Remember the number is about the net income of sex industry not the gross income.

If you follow the links for that number back to its original source they all end up at the same poorly researched article from a decade ago, that keeps getting quoted and repeated.

Just one of the flaws in the original source, putting it in cam terms with arbitrary numbers:

They calculated it like this:
Customer spends on camsite A: 1000
Camsite pays Studio B: 500
Camsite pays billing company C: 200
Camsite pays hosting company D: 200
Studio B pays model E: 400
Model E buys toy from company F: 100

Total size of the business: 2400

Of course they did not list it like this, they listed it as:
Cam sites: 1000
Studios: 500
Billing Companies: 200
Hosting companies: 200
Models: 400
Sex toy companies: 100
Total: 2400

And then factor in that all their numbers were complete estimates.

Oh, and they did not include all sex work in their estimate, just what they considered porn companies (is Playboy porn?).

 

[THE MOLLIE MARIE]

Jessica, where are you? I just wanna talk. I have so many questions.

 

[TokenGesture]

Jessica, where are you? I just wanna talk. I have so many questions.

She gave up camming and is studying to be a meteorologist.

 

[Spacecadet_]

Camming is the most consensual experience I have ever had at work, the first "job" I've ever had that is on my terms. I can eat, drink, sit down, stand up, smoke or make a phone call any time I want. I can literally 'ignore' any customer if they get lippy, I don't have to bite my tongue and allow myself to be disrespected! Most other jobs that is NOT the case lol. But that's my experience, haha I guess I felt way more vulnerable and oppressed under the strong pimp hand of a certain fast food corporation... LOL.

 

[n_i_c_u]

i wish someone would come and talk to me about the weather sometime on cam. :c

If only you were into barometric pressure, typhoon probability, and frost index.

 

[RebelleHart]

I wish Katie would come into the thread here and explain herself. Or at the very least hear our concerns and make some edits to her piece. If she feels she has the right to write about us and speak for us, then maybe she should speak TO us.

 

[RebelleHart]

It seems she deleted her tweet promoting the article so maybe she did read this thread and now understands why we are upset?

 

[Guy]

It seems she deleted her tweet promoting the article so maybe she did read this thread and now understands why we are upset?

More likely because she called ACF "AmberCutie" and that was pointed out to her. She didn't delete her tweet defending her article.

 

[Lelo1]

a message board where cam girls congregate to talk shop, is filled with thread after thread of complaints against viewers.

It doesn't feel like that. o.o

 

[ThePrincessLuxy]

I don’t think it was trying to be scientific or like a research article or anything.

The article was a hot garbage mess and I don’t even really know what the point was? The internet is scary? The final line where she’s like “I’ve learned a lot about computers” - as you should when a computer is your entire livelihood. The expectation (sites should stop viewers from recording me) vs the reality (how the fuck do u plan on making that happen) is so ridiculous. I’ve been told since I was a literal child, don’t put things online if you don’t want them there forever. Everyday we see people face consequences for their online behaviour. It sucks but it’s part of how we use the internet and wanting the best of both worlds then blaming the sites for not providing that is ludicrous to me.

For all the mentions of AmberCutie, it would’ve been nice if they mentioned what a good, supportive peer resource it is. I felt like they didn’t acknowledge that at all which is kind of silly to me if you’re trying to be informative.

You're right, I'm biased towards expecting every article written ever to be scientific (Oh one can dream ).

Even if not scientific, try to collect more data???

I was writing more informative papers when I was 12. It's not the opinion that bothers me here; it's the opinion paired with the lack of attempt at decent research.

Haha

 

[AudriTwo]

I think someone finally explained that cammodels aren't employees. Her tweet made her look super ignorant.