Update: I wrote to Nood to ask to be signed up for the beta testing because their sign up form didn’t take special characters at the end and both my model name and twitter handle have an underscore at the end. Long story short: they replied super quick, signed me up and included me on the following batch of Nood invites which went out like 48 hours after that exchange. I was both happy and thrilled to find a site with an actual human being taking care of support with a phone number you can call if you want.
The sign up process itself is really easy, I think one of the strongest points Nood has going is the usability. The sign up “form” looks more like the sign up page on a site like OkCupid than a cam site, it is even pretty to look at. Setting up your stream is trickier but they have guides and the model who takes care of support also guides you through the setup in a private chat. You are required to use OBS to stream on Nood and the quality is so high you need a powerful processor, just something to keep in mind.
Now I have cammed there twice and this is what you can expect:
1) If you don’t bring your regulars along and you cam on Nood’s “prime time” your room will have around 130 viewers. It is still a small site but the viewers that they do have are invested on the site: they chat and tip and makes for a fun and dynamic show.
2) Some key features are missing like the capacity to ban someone. I heard you can silence people but I have no idea how to do it because I didn’t have any difficult interactions there
3) Many models work hard to present special, creative shows so some models have said they feel a little bit intimidated by the bar being high.
4) The quality is outstanding but the connection is unstable and the streams are prone to show a “disconnected” screen to the user when the model is on cam. I suspect these are all issues they are aware of and working on as they are still in beta, but it is still annoying when you are in a show.
5) Unlike other cam sites Nood is focusing a lot on their site’s culture so they have a clear idea of what types of show they want to encourage. They are looking for an experience more similar to Twitch than to a normal adult cam site so they want heavy interaction and entertainment on the part of the model and they are trying to train the models to do a variation to the regular shows they do elsewhere so it is more in line with their vision. This fact has caused controversy with a couple of models voicing their discomfort at what they perceive to be micromanaging and controlling behaviors on the part of the site. I read through the documents and thought it was sensible information, their support staffer is always reminding models that it is only a guideline and in no way mandatory which I felt was sensible.
6) The majority of the site’s core users are also Chloe fans so sometimes the site feels a little weird when members start talking about Chloe spontaneously in the middle of your show. I hope models are capable of generating enough varied traffic that this stops being noticeable.
7) The 70% payout is THE BOMB. The couple of times I cammed on Nood I made about 1/4 what I make on a regular day On my main site BUT because the payout is 70% I walked away with a lot more than I was expecting. It felt really nice.
All in all I had such a good time I am considering doing 1 day a week over there just to support the site. I was skeptical of Nood at the beginning, this thread is a testament to it, but now I love it, I think they are doing a great job and wish that it becomes a main site soon
