Alexandra Cole
Inactive Cam Model
I think the challenge of a yearly competition is the risk of exhausting the spirit of competition among both models and members. Monthly competition is a self-contained timeframe and it's not surprising that a model would push intensely for a month, then take a few days or weeks or months off to recover or mitigate the risk of burn-out. But I imagine that members, too, need downtime. If the competition is ongoing, there's nothing to differentiate a competitive push from any other day.
A yearly competition might benefit MFC since there's turnover among both members and models, but that's presuming the turnover is high enough to compensate for the number of members and models who burn out. If it isn't, both models and members will either lose interest or go elsewhere (the trajectory Jicky mentioned earlier). And in the longterm, it would probably lose its impact. You can see these patterns elsewhere, like Black Friday, where, once a year, retailers encourage consumers to beat the shit out of one another for a DVD player. If every day were a Black Friday, it wouldn't work and consumers would give and receive fewer beatings. Or, say, retailers who schedule on-off patterns of sales interspersed with item-specific micro-sales or coupon codes. (If you don't like the sale model, then think of something like a limited-edition, premium-value model.) It's the time-pressure that makes something like a competition work because it counteracts consumer hesitation. If there's no downtime, the pressure loses its impact.
In theory, both a monthly and yearly competition could work with one another if a model modulates the pressure: a few monthly pushes interspersed with downtime, then a final yearly push (etc). But it would take some sensitivity. If we presume members visit more than one model and if we presume members who favor one high-earning models will gravitate towards other high-earning models, then there's a pretty high risk that, in the great Venn diagram of member-model spending patterns, the overlap (members who frequent high-earning models, engage with the competition, spend freely, cover MFC's server costs) will be exhausted very quickly, because not all models will modulate their pressure and the ones who do are unlikely to be in sync with one another. So it's likely that generosity and competitive spirit will eventually be exhausted. Again, turnover could compensate for that, but that's a pretty risky bet. Unless I'm missing something, it seems more likely that you'd just see a growing proportion of general indifference.
A daily competition makes more sense. Models can pick and choose which days to push and members are more likely to see the impact of their efforts.
I'm not into competition personally - at least not when it comes to camming - but like Jicky said, it's an interesting thread.
A yearly competition might benefit MFC since there's turnover among both members and models, but that's presuming the turnover is high enough to compensate for the number of members and models who burn out. If it isn't, both models and members will either lose interest or go elsewhere (the trajectory Jicky mentioned earlier). And in the longterm, it would probably lose its impact. You can see these patterns elsewhere, like Black Friday, where, once a year, retailers encourage consumers to beat the shit out of one another for a DVD player. If every day were a Black Friday, it wouldn't work and consumers would give and receive fewer beatings. Or, say, retailers who schedule on-off patterns of sales interspersed with item-specific micro-sales or coupon codes. (If you don't like the sale model, then think of something like a limited-edition, premium-value model.) It's the time-pressure that makes something like a competition work because it counteracts consumer hesitation. If there's no downtime, the pressure loses its impact.
In theory, both a monthly and yearly competition could work with one another if a model modulates the pressure: a few monthly pushes interspersed with downtime, then a final yearly push (etc). But it would take some sensitivity. If we presume members visit more than one model and if we presume members who favor one high-earning models will gravitate towards other high-earning models, then there's a pretty high risk that, in the great Venn diagram of member-model spending patterns, the overlap (members who frequent high-earning models, engage with the competition, spend freely, cover MFC's server costs) will be exhausted very quickly, because not all models will modulate their pressure and the ones who do are unlikely to be in sync with one another. So it's likely that generosity and competitive spirit will eventually be exhausted. Again, turnover could compensate for that, but that's a pretty risky bet. Unless I'm missing something, it seems more likely that you'd just see a growing proportion of general indifference.
A daily competition makes more sense. Models can pick and choose which days to push and members are more likely to see the impact of their efforts.
I'm not into competition personally - at least not when it comes to camming - but like Jicky said, it's an interesting thread.
I fell asleep too early and got woken up the middle of the night. I just want to clarify that I can only speak for myself, but I love penis bearers. Sure I think a whole load of dudes can be total arseholes, but I also think that so many men are wonderful people. Men and women are very different, but we make up two sides. It's important that we get along rather than being "them" and "us". Some men seem to think that women start hating men more after being a camgirl. I have not found this in the slightest. I think this only happens if you're already a lesbian and didn't like male company to begin with. Hanging out with people you don't like probably could make you feel a bit resentful. I think I understand men a lot more since becoming a camgirl, but my up and down dislikes for the male sex has nothing to do with camming.
