(30-03-2022 23:42 )ryuken Wrote: The reluctance for shows to be recorded isn't new. XP don't allow it, and I think Bluebird or Sin TV didn't too. ...
Yes there's always been some ambiguity on the matter. (Rampant even now has a stream record button for their VIPs for instance.) I suspect the concern of the operators you name was mainly that of control over their output and particularly where the footage would end up. (Note blueb, XP and Rampant, at least, want/wanted to drive footfall to their own forums.)
As you imply, 66 have simply brought their recent thinking more in line with that of these previously dissenting voices.
s66 Wrote:We have had to implement the caveats above in reaction to a spike in trolling and stream recording activity. Our due diligence has proved that those users trolling the chat making unpleasant comments directed at customers, presenters alike and recording the streams are rarely customers.
(I find this subject fascinating in its implications. Readers will have to forgive the deep dive!
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The claims of an upturn in trolling and an increase in recording are also interesting ones. I'd suggest this is more a matter of perspective in each case and both illustrate where 66's show focus is at - over being statistical facts. Why do I say this? Well...
Anyone that has observed this industry over a decent amount of time will know instinctively that the number of critical commentators has fallen over the years. Just look at this place. Near all fhe voices of loudest criticism are long gone. The total number of punters that surround the shows is clearly down big time also, so how can it be true there's been a recent increase in trolling? What are 66 actually commenting on here...
Well, surprise, surprise, if you give guys an instanteous platform (the chatboxes) to bring their crap TO YOUR VERY DOOR your PERCEPTION of the amount of criticism you're getting will go up. No shit Sherlock! This doesn't mean there's more of it in total, just that you're finding it harder to ignore.
Arguments over what is trolling and what is valid criticism only begin at that point.
It's also an observable fact that babes are very used to controlling what they read and hear (filtering their social medias, only speaking to invested fans - especially on the likes of OF)... In those circs, the granting of access to their eyes for the typing of any fan with a website account was always going to bring forth accusations of abuse. The fact that people in general like to associate themselves with the 'problems of the day' in society - the ones getting all the publicity - is then, likely, another factor. The 'something must be done' bandwagon in microcosm: Trolling is in the press. So the babes are keen to label what they see as part of the current zeitgeist.
Don't get me wrong there were/are undoubtedly trolls around this industry. They deserve to be blocked from the chatboxes. But let's be honest about all that's going on here. Not bothering to be specific with who is labelled a troll is very convenient for babes looking to control the message around them. Looking to present themselves well to those they wish to impress. We've all seen genuine valid criticism that is lambasted by babes in the same manner as genuine abuse have we not? The brush is used broadly.
We need to look to all motives here. Not to excuse but to explain what's going on. To understand. To recognise the implications.
The idea that recordings are up is also dubious. Ask yourself does it feel like the number of guys bothering to record the shows (something Firestorm made increasingly difficult) is actually UP these days. The idea is patent nonsense is it not. The sheer number of uploads/uploaders we used to get here for instance was astounding. Those days are long gone.
So what are 66 talking about? Well what do we actually see babes complaining about when we dig deeper on this subject? It's (the mostly the wrong sort of) uploads to the wrong places isn't it. Porn site associations iow. And the uploading of paid material to tube sites of all sorts.
But then the volume of the main channel's output of PPV visuals has increased dramatically in recent years (every single babe now has this 'dirt' in effect) and so wouldn't you expect the number of idiot uploads to increase also? The content is harder, the quantity is more. Reprehensible uploading is bound to be up from what it was when all we got was panty flashes on perv. This is not shocking. The content has changed more than the uploaders.
But it's hard to blame payers (they must have shared the paid stuff initially at least) for such things. So 66 fudge this a little in their statement. The blame is shifted from a change in babe attitude (not one used to complain about fta uploads now it's commonplace) to the usual scapegoat freeloaders. (Though for once they quite professionally avoid the term itself.)
When looked at in proper context like this, this whole subject can be seen as a wrestling match for control. Control over message and the visibility of increasingly 'hard' footage. 66 are trying to create an environment more condusive to a new type babeshow. And like many people in positions of power the babes involved are struggling with the fact that tech has granted not just them autonomy of action and voice but
everyone. This has good and bad consequences for us all. We should make sure we target and blame only those people deserving of such is all I ask. Be proportionate in our responses to common problems.