Camming and the whole digital adult industry is going through a major change right now. Pretty much like music, movies and games, people expect to get everything free online nowadays. And this is more prevalent now especially among the younger crowd. I am personally more ”old-school” guy which means we were getting used to pay for games, music and you guessed it, adult content, back in the day. The more time passes and audiences get younger, the less likely they are willing pay for any forms of entertainment online. I still tip the models on MFC but only for my requests, and you have to draw the line somewhere so I gathered a list for top 6 silly tip requests:
1) Tip for the song choice in the room
Just like mentioned above, I find it a bit funny when a 18-year-old girl is requesting a tip to play a song in her room that she gets for FREE from YouTube. After all, it is someone else’s work and asking for money to play the song is just another form of piracy. And I don’t mean putting on a strip show with it but just ”chilling” with music in the background.
2) To be added on a model's friend list
Models come and go, with 150 new MFC models signing up every day and just as many leaving the site. A normal premium member doesn’t have enough hours in a day to get to know models to be added on HIS friends list, let alone pay models to be on theirs. And we are not talking about real friends anyway, you will never know when the model is going to quit MFC to get a regular job, without telling her "friends" of course. Having said that, I have models that have added me on their list just because like me or enjoy talking with me. That is of course totally different.
3) Tip for PM messages
Pretty much same as above plus the additional reasoning that models often claim they "spend their time" chatting with members which could be spent on working. But members' time is just as valuable, and it could be spent elsewhere earning money, which they will later bring on to the website. And sometimes there are things you just don't want to share in the public chat when hundreds of people are reading. (And remember, those public chats are recorded into every premiums archives if they have commented anything in the models room.) Some requests or negotiations are done in PM so the model will repel paying customers.
4) Tip to open their cam
This phenomenon was still going on a few years ago when many models would set their cam on "away" mode and ask for tips to open it again. This silly habit has mostly disappeared and it is really no wonder; the room will eventually get empty and you have to start building it again back from the square one.
5) Tip to open my cam
I am not a big fan of models going around opening members’ cams and asking a tip for it. Some models come and ask for a tip if they see my cam is streaming without even opening it. I open my cam for friends who like to see me while they are chatting, just like they like sending me PM messages. Remember, if you are so unpleasant to look at that you have to tip for it, the models will cover your cam window on their screen with a post-it sticker and just collect your money.
6) Tip for model's phone number, Facebook, Skype, kik-messenger, snapchat etc..
Just like friends list are not real friends, these other means of communication are not real phone numbers, addresses etc. Models will usually buy cheap prepaid phone numbers that they can discard some time after they have collected members money. It is different of course, if a model knows you well enough that she wants to give you her number, Skype or Facebook but then again, she wouldn't ask money for it. I have done this with a few models before and some are still my friends, just use caution how much info you give online before knowing the person well.
