March? so it can't possibly be a change in your typical visitor behavior due to quarantine or the large increase in competition? It has to be that CB decided: you know what? lets hurt these models that have been with us for years and take a chance at some of these new models that have ridiculously high chances of quitting
I can think of no way for them to actually cap your traffic without being something easily proven. Notifications? nope people test those to make sure they are working constantly, unless it goes in a spam folder or something or the CB user has exceeded the daily notifications, then they will receive it. Hiding models from the model list? easily tested.
Whats your theory as to how they could be doing it? ...come to think of it whats your theory on the reasoning behind it? If you made good money then why would they sabotage you? CatSmith is easily one of the most attractive woman in her niche, why would they sabotage her?
To be fair - yes, March was when quarantine hit - BUT - on all of my other sites my traffic increased significantly - almost double, if not triple - even though (understandably) my earnings went down at that time because people weren't spending, which was to be expected. EXCEPT for CB. All of the camsites got flooded with new models in March/April but the only one that went DRASTICALLY south for me traffic wise was CB. MFC was fine, Cams was fine, and so was Streamate, traffic was up for me everywhere else.... CB went beyond south - DOWN almost 93%, when my other sites were up 100-200% for traffic. There is a reason for it. And the fact that it is happening to others in the same way says it is on CB's end.
My hypothesis based on data and past experience puts traffic cap or at very least SOME form of traffic manipulation at the front of the line. It's the only thing that makes any sense, especially since I have already been through this same damn scenario with another site, which is why I moved to CB in the first place. Their reasoning was purely financial and actually understandable from a business standpoint but still dirty AF - AT LEAST someone fessed up to it over there.
An explanation from CB would be nice considering I lost a BIG portion of my income by losing so much traffic on their site after busting my ass for quite awhile to grow a following there AND bringing well over 100 of my best regulars to spend on their site (and spend they did - when they could actually get into my room!!!). Long term regulars (4+ years) don't just fall off of the face of the planet SIMULTANEOUSLY!
Again, sites ARE ABSOLUTELY capable of manipulating traffic - please re-read my earlier post about my experience with this. Whether it is hiding models from being seen, delaying or not sending notifications, or even blocking traffic - it happens. Maybe I needed to be shoving toys the size of traffic cones into my vag to qualify for better placement, or maybe they just thought I was too mellow for their "hardcore porn" style site. If they are unscrupulous enough to ban someone for NO REASON and keep their tokens - sometimes equaling thousands of dollars - what on earth would make me think any other way about them.
I also got the same treatment ("we don't manipulate traffic") from my previous site when I confronted them. I had approached other models about their traffic being fucked up and they also confirmed that they were having the same issue with the site. That is when the people working for the site admitted they pull traffic. They still will deny it but I still have the screenshots that say otherwise.
At least a normal job will just fire you LOL
Thank you for the compliment - and I would love an answer to that question myself. ("why would they sabotage her?") - Why would they sabotgae anyone that was bringing in money for them? *shrugs*