Redistribute Viewers Chaturbate. Google Chrome browser extension. December 2020 - March 2021
The erotic webcam streaming site Chaturbate has many flaws with its algorithm which makes it hard for many of its workers to earn money. These flaws are all intentional design choices that exist to maximize the profit of the site, and also contribute to a wide chasm of earnings where some performers earn a significant amount, while others make much less than an hourly minimum wage. Chaturbate makes money through ad revenue and percentage of tip income no matter how evenly distributed the viewers are distributed.
The first major basic architecture of the site that inhibits many from earning is the inclusion of exhibitionists who do not earn money and will perform for free. While more exhibitionists are found in the higher page numbers, they are even found in the main page and promoted. With this design feature, it can be easy to find someone to show you something for free while there are many on the site trying to earn money. It can also be hard to find many hard working sex workers in the back pages. Additionally, the site always promotes viewers that receive a lot of viewers over those that don't. But many of these cam rooms have a sufficient amount of tippers at a time in which there could be 5,000 or more other webcams trying to earn money. Sometimes a celebrity or famous porn star will cam, receiving tens of thousands of viewers and take away viewers from a large amount of the other performers.
This extension hides both the exhibitionists, and the cams receiving a sufficient amount of views. What the viewer is left with are cams in which are registered with the site to earn money, and have less than 500 viewers. Furthermore, I also erased the viewer count from the bottom of their tab so that can not influence the viewer in their choice whether or not to watch a cam. The extension was available on the Google Chrome Store from December 2020 until March 2021, when Google removed it for being in violation of their policies.