That's surprisingly judgmental considering how you would feel about someone judging your chosen profession. I would think folks here would be more open-minded and wouldn't really care about how folks go about parsing their dating prospects.
Sure, could be but... I've seen an awful lot of photos... and met two of them in person. So, that would quite a magic trick.
There's gotta be tens of thousands (or more) of cam models out there so I doubt as a population they are any smarter or dumber than the population at large (see: law of large numbers). Lots of smart ones, I'm sure, and lots of not-so-smart ones easily duped and deceived (much like cam clients). It's a big world out there.
Well, let's be honest... the business itself is a bit skeevy - on both sides of the cam. And I'm not using "skeevy" in the pejorative sense - I've got no issues with skeevy.
Oh, I think there's quite a lot of manipulation on the part of cam models, although certainly not all or even a majority of them, but empirically it's not unusual. (What percentage I don't know.) If you do a search for "camgirl fraud," "camgirl scam," etc you'll find thousands of guys who have been scammed and otherwise manipulated (and bothered to write about it). I'm with you, though... "that's on them." I feel no sympathy for this group. But I also feel no sympathy if some girl gets caught up in some fantasy with one of her clients. Goose, gander, etc.
Well, the manipulation is, for the most part, limited to the initial meeting. He's not telling these girls he loves them or making promises that won't be kept, etc (so far as I'm told, at least - and I'm not Marvin the Mindreader)... so I don't see the big whoop here. Anyhow, again, plenty of manipulation goes on at the other end of the cam as well, so... whatevs.
I love this mansion! I've heard that Prince's ghost lives there and cranks out new songs from beyond the grave for the mansion's owner to publish and receive a lifetime of songwriting royalties (among other amenities). I think lots of cam models would love to visit this mansion. We can dare to dream!