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The way I see it, the site is for real life cam fans, which I believe is more of  a genre than a brand name. If the site was livecamfans, and there was a livecams.com, I wouldn't assume that livecamfans.com was a fan site for livecams.com. At least that's how i've always viewed it. The previous owner actually used the RLC logo on the site which I thought was big no no, so I quickly changed it to what it is now. 

The latest version of the forum software was released this week, and it has some great new features. I will likely be doing the upgrade in the next couple of weeks. It's a complete version upgrade not just a service pack. One the new features is the ability to create create "clubs" which are essentially private groups. I will provide more details later, but it has a lot of new features that I think will be very beneficial for us. 

12 hours ago, CowArt said:

I know that, but have you actually looked at the chatbox recently? And I mean really looked at the chatting, not just checking if it was still there and functioning? And looked at it say a year ago? I estimate the number of individual active chatters dropped about 75% since then. Back then you had to be quick to be able to read your own post without having to scroll up for it, and there were people on the chatbox 24/7. Now there are hours on end with no posts at all. What I believe are the reasons for that are in the post I referred to in my initial post here, and several users, myself included, expressed their concerns about the chatbox in numerous posts in the Anger Board.

No, the DMCA thing does not affect the chatbox, but the chatbox was pretty much allowed to kill itself in the last couple of months. RLCF had four assets:

1. The gallery: That's gone now. Any attempts of restoring that will put the whole website at risk again. You can't hide behind third party hosts, RLCF will still be publicly facilitating the exchange of copyrighted material. Google the "King Kong defense" and give the guys over at the PirateBay a call how that worked out for them.
2. The chatbox: Not dead yet, but certainly not as alive and kicking as it once was.
3. The forums: Dead since RLC started banning users who posted pictures. The most active threads have nothing to do with RLC, that are the Camarads and the VHTV threads, and a couple more that are just some random joking around.
4. The messenger system: A lot goes on in there, but does that need to be on RLCF? All you need RLCF for is to meet people to have a PM conversation with, once the initial contact is made, you can move that conversation anywhere you like.

The reason I brought up the chatbox is because you yourself asked to " share your comments, thoughts and ideas". If we're trying to fix things here, in my opinion we should at least make an effort to fix everything that is still fixable, not patch one thing up, go on our merry ways and in six months sit and wonder where it all went wrong.

1. We are aware of the risks and will tread carefully. I am not going to discuss this any further in a public setting. 

2. I agree. I believe that a lot of that has to do with the viewing limit that I discussed in a previous post. Put it this way, up until yesterday the only significant change to the site was the implementation of the viewing limits several months ago. Unless people suddenly became less interested in RLCF for no particular reason, I believe that the viewing limits are what lead to the significant drop in traffic. It also hurt our search ranking because it prevented Google and other web crawlers from being able to access all of our pages. 

3. The forum here has never been all that active at least compared to CamCaps, and in many ways that makes sense. CamCaps has been around longer, they have a larger community, and they have a higher Google ranking.  I think that point 2 addresses some of this as well. That being said, the chat here is far more popular than the one on CamCaps. 

4. That's up to you. We don't monitor the messenger system unless we get a report about something. 

I appreciate your input. I've heard your concerns and complaints. What are your suggestions? 

5 hours ago, dougiestyle4u said:

What us older members are saying is for you to look closer at the content being discussed in the chatbox. Compare the subjects or topics being discussed now or has been discussed over the last 6-10 months to that of 1 to 1 and 1/2 years ago. Only a dozen or a bit more than that are frequent chatters now. In the past we had probably over 100 frequent chatters. The old members got fed up with the bullshit chatters or trivial boring topics of discussion. Yes, boring RLC is the main reason for the chatbox to slowly die but the confrontations, useless topics and the decrease in posting images has turned chatters away. You can only complain in so many ways until you say FUCK IT. There is less respect in the chatbox also. The code of conduct should be enforced.

I appreciate you bringing this up we will address it appropriately. 

4 hours ago, toolmaker123 said:

I have to agree to a certain extent; However, without the authority we were afforded when we were appointed, we have kinda left the discipline to the Administrators. We report, they deal with the non-conformists as they deem necessary.

We had the power to use our authority when we saw it necessary and we banned the perpetrators. 

 We, the Moderator Team, have been lax in dealing with those that didn't follow the rules and the rules have been neglected by so many. Moderators included.

  It's been running fairly smoothly, with the possible exceptions, which have been dealt with by Admin and the Moderators both. Some familiars you don't see anymore for this very reason.

  WE want everyone to come, converse with one another, share grievances over the tenants and NOT over each other. Far too much of that in the past. We've come a long ways in a short time; weeded out the bad, tried to entertain the good. 

 The sole purpose of RealLifeCam.com is for entertainment only; and the forum, RealLifeCamFan.com is also for entertainment ONLY. We niether gain nor lose anything by being here. Other than time.

             Remember that, always!

We can have a discussion about this in private, but you should have the same authority as you did when you started. The main difference between Admin and Moderators is the ability to make changes to the site itself rather than just managing users. 

3 hours ago, Harry1949 said:

Admin, I want to endorse CowArt's comments above.  Even in the 9 or 10 months I have been on Chat, I have noticed that fewer appear and only for very short periods of time.  Granted different time zones present their own hurdles but we seemed to have gotten around that in the past. 

The chat box issue and general lack of traffic are in my opinion the result of poor management on my part.  Several months ago (6+), we instituted a policy that restricted the amount of pages that guests could view to 6.  At the time this was done to encourage people to register, and to prevent guest from abusing the site. We also regularly had several hundred people on the site at any given time so the loss of some traffic wasn't a huge deal.  However, that policy was never reviewed nor was I paying close enough attention to the analytics. I think that this policy turned a lot of people away over time, and didn't give potential new members enough time to get a feel for what we have to offer. Hell, I don't know that I would stick around or revisit a site that forced me to register after only seeing six pages. I have now disabled that policy which will hopefully encourage more people to join and participate.  

I think the new normal will be that people will make better use of third-party hosts and content will start coming back. However, the content on the third party hosts won't last as long, so you'll have to check back more frequently to catch things before they are taken down. I think we will also see an increase in traffic and hopefully more participation now that the guest view limits are removed. But who knows? I've certainly been wrong before. 

3 hours ago, cyberleader said:

what we need is a dedicated place to upload pictures,as most other sites take down pics n videos,as not everyone is online at the same time its not fair for them to click and only find dead links,maybe the tech crew could find a way of doing this that does not break the rules.and keeps everyone smiling.

We plan on making third-party hot-linking/embedding easier and more intuitive. 

5 hours ago, CowArt said:

First off, a big thank you to @Admin and @StnCld316 for the hard work they put in to salvage the site. It really must have been hours and hours, because I see that not only the gallery is gone, but all over the forum posts have been deleted as well.

Both the gallery and the chatbox were the main assets of RLCF. I posted my observations about the chat here in response to another post. In my opinion, that has to be addressed. Without the gallery and with an empty chatbox, RLCF will completely lose its relevance. And that would be a shame, us perverts would be forced to start gathering in the bushes outside someone's window at the risk of being arrested.

What do you mean empty chat box? There was no action taken against the chat box.  The gallery will come back but we won't be allowing direct uploads of RLC content.  As to the deleted posts they are being restored we are just removing images that have been uploaded to the server. As for posting pictures, you still have the ability to post content you just need to use a third party host like Postimage.org or Imgur.  On a side note, I have removed the guest viewing restrictions from the site; which I think had a very detrimental effect on things. People would come to the site, hit the six page limit and then leave (the analytics data makes this very clear). With the restriction gone hopefully traffic will pick back up. 

I will provide updates in a few days.

As you may have noticed RLCF was unavailable for approximately 36 hours. This downtime was the direct result of RLC filing a DMCA complaint against the site. Our host completely disabled the server and initially told me that they wouldn't even allow me to get the files off of it. This would have resulted in a near loss of the site as the only backups that I had on hand were almost a year old. I did have backups running but they were attached to the previous hosting account, and when they disabled the server they disabled my access to the backups as well. After some pleading I was able to get them to allow me 24 hours to move the files off of the old server. So here we are, we are on a new server that is actually much better than the old one.  However, I am left with no choice but to ban any RLC content from being uploaded to the site directly. I have removed the gallery feature as it was almost entirely comprised of RLC material. I may re-enable the gallery in the near future but users will not be able to upload any RLC content to it. I hate to have to do this, but as I see it we either lose the whole site or we stop allowing RLC material to be uploaded. That being said, we will still allow embeds and links from other sites, so if you would like to post something here you'll just have to use a third-party host. We will enable direct posting for non-rlc boards in the coming days. As for you premium members I ask that you bear with us. In the near future we will likely add premium member only boards that may have fewer restrictions, but we are still working on a strategy for that.  I respectfully ask that you give us a few days to lick our wounds so that we can figure out a strategy to move forward. This all happened very suddenly and I as well as @StnCld316 have spent many hours over the last few days dealing with this, we came VERY close to losing the site entirely. I appreciate your continued support and I hope that you'll stick with us. This change helps to ensure the long term survival of the site, and I think it will work out in the end. And of course, there are no laws against talking about things, so feel free share your comments, thoughts and ideas.

Thank You,

- A

2 hours ago, texl01 said:

Thank you Admin for the explanation  re Economies tab.  It did have a lot of people wondering. Perhaps the explanation would have been better served to have been posted when the new Tab appeared. Just a thought and for future reference .   Cheers  texl01

My plan was to make an official announcement when it was ready to go live.  I am waiting on approval from our payment processor before doing anything more with it, and they need to see a live version in order to make a determination. 

8 hours ago, delta10 said:

OT I know - I've forgotten what the forum used to look like but I really do miss the Chat Room archive. The ' load more ' is very frustrating because as soon as a new post is made all the older posts loaded are lost.

The previous Shoubox doesn't work with the current version of the forum software. I  am exploring options for a full featured chat program, but that likely won't have the archive feature that you are referring to. 

I am still working on it, but the idea behind it is that there will be a virtual currency "credits" that will enable people to "buy" and trade digital items. You might have also noticed the new "Downloads" section where you can upload items and "sell" them for credits. When it is fully implemented it will function like a virtual economy where the more you share, the more you earn, which will enable you to "buy" more items from other people.  A key benefit of this is that in order to "buy" items you must have credits, which eliminates "freeloaders" , and gives the uploader a direct reward for sharing. This will be an optional thing for those who want to use it.  My plan is to add some virtual gift cards to the "market" so that you can trade your credits for real money, and/or add exclusive content that can be "purchased" with credits. 

10 hours ago, Rob1 said:

Thanks for this admin i guess now the mods will stop reminding people that you got to have 30 posts to gain access to the gallery lol , so it makes their job a little bit easier. So once it reaches november 1st and you are not a hero member by then you are to late , you have to pay or leave that's kinda your choice now.

They don't have to leave. They just can't access the gallery. They can still use the forum as they normally would. 

17 hours ago, texl01 said:

Thanks for the Update Admin. 

I strongly suggest that ANY member - financial or not - upon joining , be given a Package of the Rules, Relevant Details and any other relevant information new members should have. It serves as a guide as to familiarize themselves to the site, how to obtain recent forums posts, etc and saves everyone concerned having to answer the same new member's questions time and time again. 

New members , on a daily occurrence , resort to the Chatbox for information they should have been guided to or given upon registration. Chatbox is exactly that - Chatbox and NOT Q & A forum. 

Your attention to this matter ( I do not say Consideration ) is something that requires immediate action. 

Thankyou and I look forward to the Chatbox becoming what it was intended for. 

Texl01

I am working on this. Ideally users will be presented with a notice as soon as they register. 

Starting November 1st we will no longer be offering Hero memberships.  Currently, Hero memberships are obtained by making 30 posts, and grant free access to the gallery. We now have over 1000 hero members which is a significant amount of "Free" users. After November 1st the only way to obtain access to the Gallery will be to pay the annual membership fee of $12. Current Hero members will retain access to the Gallery indefinitely.  The reason for this change is that costs of running the site have increased, and we can no longer afford to have so many free users.  

Thank You, 

- A 

Depraved Media LLC. is the owner of  ReallifecamFan.Com and CamCaps.Net.  I generally don't discuss DMCA issues publicly. However, when we receive DMCA requests we follow the law and remove the offending content.  If you're seeing broken links or missing images it is likely that the file host has removed the content. 

This should be fixed now. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

- A 

Reallifecamfan is now using site wide HTTPS. This adds a layer of security and privacy when visiting the site. Let me know if you run into any issues with it. 

Thank You, 

 Admin

All, 

    I received a message today from BTR's account claiming that he was killed in a "rode accident".  I am working to verify the authenticity of the message. He hasn't posted since the end of June, though it appears he logged in as recently as 7 days ago. I am not really sure what's going, but I have demoted him to a Moderator for the time being. I am bringing on @StnCld316 to the moderating team to help fill the void.  StnCld316 is a great moderator/Admin, and someone that I consider a friend. Please welcome him to the team. 

Thank You, 

- Admin 

1 hour ago, grabbit said:

Hi @dougiestyle4uI would like the old archive facility back.I get a lot of laughs from the comments made by you guys and if the only way to go back is the "add more"button I`d be very disappointed.Can we reinstate the archive facility admin?

Unfortunately, it isn't possible do that. That best I could do would be to enable you to scroll back 100 - 500 comments. The shoutbox feature is an addon that is not part of the forum software. 

The software update is complete. Please take note of the following: 

1. The "shoutbox" is completely new. It may look similar but it's an entirely different product with entirely different code. Not all features from the old one are available. However, there are some new features

2. I had to choose between keeping either display names or usernames. I opted with usernames. This means that if you had a display name that was different from your username it will no longer be there. That being said you can set your display name back to what it was  in your profile. 

3.  We are still tweaking things. Please let me know if you run into any issues. 

No leadership changes have been made. We did a major upgrade of the forum software which resulted in some changes. You can change your display name in your profile.