Regarding real friends vs paid for friends, punkindrublic does have a point, although a cynical one. 99% (I love making up stats) of friendships on cam sites started as financial transactions (whether nudity, show, content, or even a smile). They can and do, however, turn real. I am surprised how many models say things such as "I don't have many friends in real life." I guess I felt this was exclusive to members. It does make sense for people (models or members) to reach out in some way to people they feel they can relate to in some way. Even so, I do think it is wise to keep in the back of one's mind that "this could be all about the tokens." I have noticed a couple times when all a model would talk about in texts was how she was having a slow day on MFC. I cut both of them out when I realized it was indeed all about the cash.
On the positive side, I am friends (real friends) with a model who left MFC, and we still talk daily. On the negative side, I was friends with another model who I spoke with almost daily, and she suddenly, without explanation, deleted me from skype. It didn't feel any less shitty just because that friendship started with tokens. It had become real, and I don't mind saying, it hurt.
Many (most?
) models on ACF talk a lot about tipping (usually to new members here; happens most often in the "who is she?" threads), and it's not wrong for them to point out that camming is their job, but when a guy just joins and he is bombarded with that, it's very easy to see how he would become cynical and think nothing on a cam site is really real.
*I typed this off and on over the course of a couple hours, so I kinda lost steam and my point :lol: