Re-Post of Harsh Letter I Sent to Chaturbate Staff…
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Hello Gaytorrent.ru forum friends. I just sent this email to the staff at Chaturbate, critical of their web site. It's criticism over the dumbest of issues. But it's a powerful one. I love/hate Chaturbate, because the videos that are uploaded to the torrents page are always so tempting and cock hardening. But then I always hate the videos once I dl them because of this stupid issue. The issue? I'm sharing the e-mail I sent them, so read on:
**Dear Chaturbate staff:
I am very torn on my overall opinion of Chaturbate. I'll be honest, I view many of your members' videos (probably uploaded by the performers themselves) through gay porn bittorrent sites.
I end up keep viewing new videos because the performers are always so hot and attractive. All the criteria seem to add up on paper: HD video, hot performer(s), hot body, good foreplay, etc.
But after watching the videos, I end up hating the videos. And by extension, I end up hating Chaturbate. But I don't want to hate Chaturbate. It's just a simple issue that ruins the videos – and ruins them HARD: the tipping sound notification. The tip jar sound effect.
Dude, get rid of that sound!
I understand your site and the performers want to earn money. I'm not against that. I'm not against idea behind the sound effect, which is to encourage other viewers to tip too. But in practice, it ruins the videos and any ambiance which your site could have!
The performers -- most amateur -- don't have video production training. They are working with laptops, built-in webcams/microphones, desk lamps, and sheer motivation from their dicks. So, they're playing music [too loud] and don't think about lowering the "system sounds" volume. Thus, every tip they get, it BLARES through their laptop speakers, and then gets picked up by their laptop's microphone to all the viewers. Not all laptops' sound drivers offer echo cancellation, so how great that this tip jar jingle gets echoed-echoed-oed-oed-ed-ed. This is all compressed on the way from probably 16-bit, 96kbps to half that amount to save on bandwidth. Then, this blares from the viewers' speakers – most being laptop speakers too (and some playing their own music playlists to boot!).
The really hot performers are getting frequent tips from generous donors. So, every minute or two, this booming "ching, ching" ringing will pierce the much-quieter baseline noise level. Oh, and don't forget that echoing feedback. I love a PA system in a gymnasium when you jam the microphone into the speaker on high, and the same with my porn!
This does NOT do good things to the erection, Chaturbate!!!!!! And it's all cuz of that one sound effect.
Please, take a look at what your site is, what its aim and motto is, and what it wants to accomplish. If greed and money is all you want, then Chaturbate will end up as ... Chatroulette. Have fun with that.
But, if you care a little more about the user experience and the atmosphere as a total, then I promise, promise, promise, you will get the monetary reward at the end -- but it will take a little patience. It's a subconcious thing, but it's definitely felt.
Sincerely,
A Chaturbate non-member + Chaturbate-via-Bittorrent-only viewer
Washington, DC **Gaytorrent.ru forum friends, what you all think about my letter??
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That sound is on the recorder's end. There is an option to mute that when you're watching a video, so you'd only hear it if the model has his volume loud enough to be picked up by his microphone.
CB has already presented a solution to your problem, so the real culprit is the person recording the performance.