Your opinion on models who never show their face on cam (both males and females)

[Spectmb]

Actually, the thread title is kind of self-explanatory, but here is an outline:
I never show my face on cam. And on my photos for sale as well. The thing is that I never attract many viewers in my room. And I was wondering, is showing my face really THAT important? Because actually one of my favorite models also hever shows her face, but as far as she is an embodiment of my fetishes, I can stay in her room for hours without not only looking at her face, but actually without even turning the sound on.
And do you guys often visit chatrooms of those models who never show theier faces? And what is your opinion overall?

 

[Gen]

I think it's boring, makes me feel like I'm objectifying them, feels distant, feels like they don't want to be there. I would not watch a room of a faceless model.

But, that's just me. I like the social aspect of camming, and so face is important. If I had a body-centred fetish, it might be different. I'd guess the level of success would depend on your style and what you're selling. It would definitely be harder than camming with a face, I think.

 

[Mintx]

I think that if they want to run their business without showing their face, then that is up to them! (Most of my early clips don't have me showing my face, and sometimes those sell more than the ones where I do show my face. ) However, I only buy clips from ladies that show their face. It just ah. Works better for me. ^-^"

 

[Miss_Lollipop]

I think to be successful without showing your face you need to be really really creative. For most viewers, they visit cam for the interaction and personal feeling they get that they can't get from porn. You really can't get that without a face for most people.

There have been really successful models who wore masks (leiadown retired recently but wore a mask or similar every single cam session) but she made it her entire brand.

I personally would need a person with a face (even behind a mask) to tip, i just don't get much out of seeing a body. Even when members pay me to watch their cams, I really personally prefer to see face (or lower half..a smile?) at some point or i feel disconnected.

That said, i completely understand why models may want to hide their face and obv they should be able to do so...

 

[mynameisbob84]

If they can be successful that way then more power to them, but it doesn't appeal to me at all. Camming is such a visual medium and as important as personality and creativity are in convincing members to stick around, it's looks that first convince a member to enter a room to begin with. And even the prettiest headless model is going to be at a severe disadvantage when competing with the sea of models who are willing to show their faces on cam.

 

[Peekabooh]

Not much of an opinion. Just wanted to point a performer.

elisadeathnaked

That's almost art sometimes

 

[Whyruhere]

I like the social aspect of camming, and so face is important.

As a member I agree 100% with this. I will not go into a faceless room nor stick around long if the mic is muted and broadcaster not talking. That's just me though since I feel I get that elsewhere...I stick around for the social aspects of it all.

 

[AudriTwo]

I have seen several models be successful by not showing their face. Their bods are super alluring and they have art of tease down to a science. I've also seen models fail because they didn't show their face.


So it depends. Personally I like showing my face, because I'm more facial expression than anything when doing sexy things. When I was SUPER BABY cammoedel, I tried not showing my face and it didn't work out.

 

[paige_orion]

I prefer the face as well. While I love good bodies, I like the connection with the performer more. And you get a lot of connection from seeing the face. I guess personally, I am super attracted to someone's emotions and thoughts, which you can see a lot through the face. Seeing the way someone's eyes light up when they talk about something they like, or the way their lashes drop into a half-lidded gaze when they are aroused. I love seeing the wild cheshire grins and the frowns of irritation or the playful pouts. I like seeing all of those facial subtleties, which gives them a more REAL feeling. I enjoy real people, and it's hard to get that without seeing the face.

Seeing just a body feels so flat and one dimensional, and I get so bored so quickly. This also comes from a female perspective, though, which isn't really the audience demographic you are trying to reach. Since I've received more than my fair-share of dick pics and headless body pics, nothing bores me quicker. I have seen a million and one headless bodies, and I can't get into them. It doesn't matter how shredded or erotic the body is.

It's strange because I find body-less head videos (i.e., beautiful agony cum videos) much more erotic than headless body videos!

 

[Phoenix4987]

Fan of faces. Faceless bodies just seem very impersonal to me

 

[fandango]

I like to see the entire person. I won't stay in a room where a model doesn't show her face. You might have the best body in the world but a body on it's own without a face to go with it does nothing for me.

I also won't stay in a room where the model doesn't talk and only types.

 

[Lelo1]

There are lots of way to show your face, without showing your face. Makeup, Masks, Latex hoods, luchador masks, pony hood, ballroom mask, halloween masks, DJ mask.

But I do question why? If you goal is to try and avoid being identified, I don't think it's going to work. Some one will reconise your voice, your body, extra.

You can watch porn on pornhub instantly. So why do people come to cam sights? What do you offer, that they can't get in a static video. And why do they spend an hour or more in a steam where some one hanging out in their underwear asking for tips. What makes it worth it?

 

[IsabellaSnow]

While some models have been successful this way, I think camming isn't the best industry for those who do not want to be recognised to the point of not showing their faces. There are other types of sex work such as escorting and stripping where you will not be filmed and therefore can remain far more anonymous. As many people have mentioned, the majority of people who watch cams (and porn) want to see a face somewhere in the mix, even if you do not see much of the face it feels a bit weird not being able to see someone's expressions. This is just human nature, we tend to distrust people who hide their faces. Facial expressions play a huge part in how we interpret a person and the vibe we get off others. To be successful this way you would need to be so clever about your camera angles and creativity that the audience never really notice that you don't actually show your face. Otherwise you are up against thousands and thousands of models and porn stars who will show their bodies and face.
I think it's also good to understand that for many cam models (depending on the site), the people who pay them aren't necessarily the ones who are there to jerk off. Often it's the ones who also enjoy the interaction and therefore start to care for them as a person, making them want to contribute more. There is so much free porn on the internet, camming needs to have something which will draw people towards you. That could be incredible tease, it could be a great personality or it could be particular fetishes which are less commonly found in mainstream porn. A faceless "body" isn't really all that exciting when you're used to seeing so many similar images, so I think if you are determined to cam and not be recognised you need to be on your game about never just being a "body".

 

[Ambers Troll]

It's highly manipulative.

 

[Emberblaze]

It's highly manipulative.

Oh? How so?

 

[Lelo1]

There are other types of sex work such as escorting and stripping where you will not be filmed and therefore can remain far more anonymous.

Over in /r/SexWorkers there are a ton of posts about escorts and strippers being outed.

 

[Mikey_P]

It can be seductive when a model barely shows her face when she is also a beautiful. It becomes like a tease. I just found a model who does this but I don't think she does it intentionally, she just sits at a weird distance to the camera. You most see her chin, but then her mouth, then her nose (I'm huge on noses ) then she will show you her eyes when she leans at a specific angle....


But yeah faces are more important than bodies. Bodies are sexy but faces are for the luvs, connection, rapport, eyes are everything, so are smiles and noses. All the human head stuff.

 

[Alex_M_21]

If people just wanted to look at bodies with no interaction they'd google porn. Camming is a competitive industry and I don't see why a member would spend their money in a room where no one is showing their face when they can go somewhere were the model is showing their face. If you can make it work good for you though

 

[Gen]

Over in /r/SexWorkers there are a ton of posts about escorts and strippers being outed.

Of course, but irl sex work offers virtually no permanent paper trail. You can walk away from years of stripping and the best someone can say is "Gen used to be a stripper" to which I can say "prove it". The advantage comes from having a much narrower audience (even if it is local) and the ability to wash your hands of it at any time.

This is why I worry a little bit that the generation of girls stripping through college has given way to a generation of girls camming through college; a lot of young women I know who tried cam for a few months and aren't making it their life's mission now have videos and photos out there forever that they may regret. As much as we say "don't cam unless you're prepared to deal with the consequences", there's still tons of people who freak out when they find themselves on PornHub or come to realize that it really truly is not undoable. You can get outted doing any kind of sex work but you certainly can't deny video proof like you can "my neighbour saw you stripping".

 

[IsabellaSnow]

Over in /r/SexWorkers there are a ton of posts about escorts and strippers being outed.

I did say "far more" anonymous. While yes, some strippers and prostitutes do get outed, you are not providing photographic evidence in the same way as you are with camming. This means that even if someone '"outs" you, there is little proof that what they're saying is true. It also means that the person would have to admit they used a prostitute or went to a strip club, while it's far easier to say "I saw her popping up on one of those website ads" in regards to camming. I can only assume that if you are refusing to show your face that it is due to not wishing to be recognised, and I am pretty sure that as a general rule stripping and escorting are careers where you are less likely to get outed. Still a risk, but less potential damage. Camming on the other hand, as soon as you put your face out there you need to accept that being found out might happen.

 

[AudriTwo]

Of course, but irl sex work offers virtually no permanent paper trail. You can walk away from years of stripping and the best someone can say is "Gen used to be a stripper" to which I can say "prove it". The advantage comes from having a much narrower audience (even if it is local) and the ability to wash your hands of it at any time.

This is why I worry a little bit that the generation of girls stripping through college has given way to a generation of girls camming through college; a lot of young women I know who tried cam for a few months and aren't making it their life's mission now have videos and photos out there forever that they may regret. As much as we say "don't cam unless you're prepared to deal with the consequences", there's still tons of people who freak out when they find themselves on PornHub or come to realize that it really truly is not undoable. You can get outted doing any kind of sex work but you certainly can't deny video proof like you can "my neighbour saw you stripping".

where as my proof as a camgirl has over 8 million hits on several social media platforms. mostly facebook. i got fully outed because of it. could not deny it. it has been a tiring 8 months waiting for me to get fully outed.

 

[Fatquack]

My opinion on the OP: I have zero interest in models that don't show their face.

 

[RogueWarrior]

No face and I'm out. That's just me. I'm strictly an MFC member, so it is more social. I don't know people on other sites feel.

 

[KarlaKaress]

make it apart of your brand, i'd say! be really creative, and you never know what could happen. good luck to you darling!

pesonally, i am into bodies. i could watch a model who wore a mask, but no face at all? i'd have to watch the show to see if i would tip/return.

 

[VeronicaChaos]

Also, a lot of camsites require performers to show their face for verification purposes.

 

[jayson_CAM4]

I tend to only show my face in private shows

 

[Mikey_P]

The whole stripper thing depends on where you live and the culture you are in. In the south, strip clubs are a huge thing. People come just to party, eat and even hangout with their partner. It isn't back lot seediness. People go to the strip club instead of going to regular dance clubs and bars around here... It is harder say in Houston, Atlanta, Miami or any bigger southern city to hide that you are a stripper because the strip club has become like PF Changs and the strippers, bartenders and hostesses all have huge followings on IG and in song lyrics!

Not the same as click button evidence or stumble upon heaviness of camming but not anonymous in the least.

 

[Anjal Paly]

Sometime in their lifetime all cam model should try to perform on cam without showing face..it may help them to discover more of themselves

 

[dark_mermaid]

If the bigger camsites would take action against the auto capping sites hiding face would not be such a deal like it has become.

 

[penfold_43]

I prefer the face as well. While I love good bodies, I like the connection with the performer more. And you get a lot of connection from seeing the face. I guess personally, I am super attracted to someone's emotions and thoughts, which you can see a lot through the face. Seeing the way someone's eyes light up when they talk about something they like, or the way their lashes drop into a half-lidded gaze when they are aroused. I love seeing the wild cheshire grins and the frowns of irritation or the playful pouts. I like seeing all of those facial subtleties, which gives them a more REAL feeling. I enjoy real people, and it's hard to get that without seeing the face.

Seeing just a body feels so flat and one dimensional, and I get so bored so quickly. This also comes from a female perspective, though, which isn't really the audience demographic you are trying to reach.

I completely agree with this, and I'm male. The thing the cam sites have over pre-recorded porn is the connection with the performers, and taking away the ability to see their faces takes a significant part of that away.