This morning as I was pursuing the Adult Industry news on AVN and XBiz; I came across a News Release from Cam Company Chaturbate. The release has Chaturbate bragging about reaching (and surpassing) 100,000 Twitter followers, with lovely quotes from their Chief of Operations, Shirley Lara. As we all know this is a topic near and dear to my heart and has been at the core of story busting we’ve done here at Tattle.XXX over the years… In fact I thought we’d done such a decent job outting people that bought Twitter followers that the practice had gone underground and no one was really silly enough to buy 50,000+ followers and then run around putting out Press Releases and bragging about essentially just spending money…
Well looks as though I was wrong again… The article intrigued me for two reasons the first because who really thinks 100,000 followers is really any big deal any more and second how or why a Cam company would reach such lofty levels when they mostly ReTweet messages from their own models. With little surprise what good old TwitterCounter.com showed was a pattern of weirdness in the follower stats for the last six months; a nice and steady increase of an average of 130 new followers each and every day. As we’ve discussed before that in itself isn’t a clear indicator of abuse; but when original tweets are few and far between things start to look bleak. We’ll let you draw your own conclusions from this TwitterCounter chart:
In the Social Media industry we call this type of Twitter Follower buy a trickle; it’s less noticeable to consumers (and Twitter) than the old jumping 50,000 followers in a day; but it’s just as telling if you can see the stats over a long period of time. The data here is substantiated by the type of Tweets you can see on Chaturbate; which are on the bulk ReTweets of other original Tweets. Additionally you’d typically see some other activity like Chaturbate following or interacting with more Twitter users; or some big news spikes in follower count… but their following numbers stay relatively the same in the six month period (a small 2,029); you’d expect they’d at least be following some of their own models during that period to help grow this 100k followers.
Draw your own conclusions from the data… but here at Tattle we’re going to have to show the “Big Fat Phony” video again…
Streamate is very proud of its fantastic portfolio of live cam models from around the world; as one of many thank yous for the support and loyalty Streamate is throwing a party in their honor. Chateau Nightclub inside Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino will be the backdrop for an epic event that will be the talk of the industry as models from all Streamate genres will be on the guest list plus one guest with no cover charge and complimentary champagne.
“This the first time we’re doing something like this and won’t be the last. We love our models! But maybe we don’t tell them often enough”, said a Streamate Representative. “A party is just a way to show our appreciation and so models and fans can share some real time together and have a good time with us.”
Social Media powerhouse Star.XXX (www.star.xxx) and sister site CamGirlTweet.com(@CamGirlTweet) will be on hand tweeting live photos and periscope videos from the event to increase the exposure of models to fans. CamGirlTweet will be making promotional mentions for models attending to their massive Twitter following up to and during the event — so be sure to get on the list.
“Streamate has been the exclusive sponsor of CamGirlTweet for nearly 4 years”, said Pete Housley CEO of Star.XXX Network. “Social Media is great, but getting out and meeting people has always been key to our success — so this is a night to leave the webcam at home, dress up, and actually meet some of your online friends and fans.”
Fans are invited too! Models are encouraged to invite their fans and followers to come meet, drink, dance and party with them at one of Las Vegas’ top nightclubs. Fans should join the event through Facebook (http://ift.tt/1QRcaEm) for a chance for one lucky fan and favorite Streamate model to get the VIP treatment with complementary Table and Bottle Service during the event.
Models wishing to get on the complimentary guest list; and receive promotional mentions for attending should email event@streamate.com no later than November 5, 2015.
NaughtyPR (www.naughtypr.com) arranged and organized this event on behalf of Streamate. Press and Media wishing to attend or cover the event should contact Denise Kraft (denise@naughtypr.com) for prior permission.