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Originally Posted by Walrus
Both you and Ethersync should now tell us who the best cam sponsors are. Ethersync?
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I'm not going to start making recommendations or endorsements any time soon though I may share some very... interesting... information on this forum that I have received about specific programs if I get the nod from my attorney...
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Originally Posted by Pornwolf
Cops wouldn't say what they know.
Reporters on the other hand...
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The report we are working on is an internal report and will certainly never be published. I am not a reporter. A reporter would not have the budget I do for this.
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Originally Posted by Tempest
That type of system is always a self fulfilling prophesy... i.e the ones that earn more money get listed at the top.. the top girls get picked more by the surfers.. and so the ones at the top earn more money..
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Yes, we have a data set showing this to be true. Models on the top 2 rows of the first page on Webcams gross approximately $121.50 per hour. From there is falls off greatly. Models on last 2 pages often go more than 2 hours without getting any members at all in their rooms.
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Originally Posted by Tempest
Ratings systems are also piss poor as they get abused by the models/studios.. iFriends system is/was particularly bad at that and I heard many models complain about it. The solo girls caming out of their homes got pushed out by the studios.. But it was those solo girls that were actually far better models and made me more money.
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I am told that Webcams old system for sorting models was based entirely on members rating the models profile. Whoever had the highest overall rating and most total ratings were at the top. Many models would give little nude shows to members in free chat to get them to give them a 10 rating. Members would also threaten the models and say if they did not give them a little free show they would give them a 1 rating.
Webcams new system is much better than their old one, but still has problems.
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Originally Posted by Tempest
If I was writing the code for something like that, I'd probably try something different like break the models up into 3-4 tiers and then rotate the girls every minute thru the spots grouped in sets of 3-4. I'd try ranking the tiers by a combination of earnings per minute and per customer or something inclusive like that.
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That is not a bad idea. One thing I Webcams could add now that would improve things I think is that if a model is on the first page and in private chat she should be dropped down to page 2 or 3 so other models who are not making money can get a piece of the action.
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Originally Posted by Tempest
One of the other things that I find on all the cam sites that is detrimental to everyone IMO is models with incorrect data and piss poor searching/categories. For example, streamate.. I'd push that site a lot more if I could focus the traffic... Everyone has a "type" that they want to watch and interact with. Just try finding caucasian teens to chat with on streamate.. You go into the teen category and you find a ton of asian girls.. You can't filter them out.. and once you start looking into the girls you find many non-teens... That type of system doesn't do anyone any good and reduces the potential revenue.. It's not just streamate though. Out of all of them, I think ImLive is about the best for finding the type of girl you want but even their system could be improved upon.
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All sites we have looked at have terrible search capabilities. Many do not even offer any kind of search feature at all. Most just dump model thumbnails on a page. It's really stupid.
I don't think sites are entirely to blame though about models in the wrong categories this..... Studios we talked with all told us that model profiles are not important to them at all and do not matter. They think members do not read them and they say most sites do not care about this. I think a lot of models are miscategorized because of the studios and models. One large studio we spoke with told us they did put a lot of work into making good profiles until they found that most sites display search results based just on screen names and the text in the profile matters not.