I don't much care for the change myself, but Brad is just doing his job as the F4F representative in the forums so let's not take it out on the messenger, shall we?
Listing models by category on the model list isn't without its detractions - unless the model is Premiere, a Fresh Face or
asian she's going to be a little further on the list than most, and for Semi-Private models and She-males they're nearly 100 models down. This hasn't been an issue for many of us who are use to looking for a favorite in a certain category (like, let's say, the Favorites category at the top of the list, which I realize is available to VIPs only)..
Listing alphabetically isn't the worst thing out there. Granted you'd get less models named Zorba or Zenon-5 and a gluttony of models with 'A' names (as we did in the past), but it makes it easier to look for the models familiar to you.
Returning to the home page after a model logs out in order to search for another model who may be on is really an unnecessary step, and highlights what is wrong with this current adjustment - it's unwieldy if you want to look for anybody, and I think guys will be less likely to try out that new model's room if they don't have that easily accessible toolbar on the right-hand side to purview other models while they get a feel for whether or not the current room works for them. If I have to go back to the home page and type in names to see if a familiar one comes up or somebody that I've recently become interested in, I won't float through many rooms before exiting the site. If instead I can see that three models I'm friends with are on and the new Fresh Faces model looks particularly nice, plus that model that started posting in the forums logged in, all while in a room, then I'm more likely to stop in, and it increases the chances of me going private (this is a hypothetical, before any model gets angry, "so THAT's what you're doing in my room when you're not talking?!?!!!)
Also it's simply an err to make navigating the system more difficult for those who aren't VIP and can't add the model they like to Favorites - many are paying customers too, and finding the model they want to see becomes the needle in the haystack.
And I agree with the dozens of other posts that point out the models who need the extra attention least should not be thrust to the forefront - they are contest winners, they tend to have more than a few forum posts and are periodically MOW or get their picture on one of the every-other-day promotional ads.. there's no better a way for us to assume the models aren't treated or compensated fairly than to see such a clear favoritism or elitism going on, and we despair with the models who we like that don't make that top 20 list.
Please do reconsider the change on Monday when your programmers return and your team reconvenes, we are a very cranky crowd when our adult webcam site is altered too much, but in this case it's hard to find the redeeming value in this latest update. A smaller banner asking if we've tried elite model A, B, or C that refreshes with other top models when the model list updates is a better way to promote certain models, and the model list can otherwise return to form. Thank you.
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