ambrosia_R

I don't think Jennicam was a portal. I think it was just her own platform (correct me if I'm wrong). Sunny and the rest of us were part of a cam portal, which really became quite a phenomenon in and of itself.

Camwhores had a main page, with a live chat module that was constantly going. There'd be a few of the cams at the top of the screen -- in order of whichever was most recently updated, with the prime first spot automatically given to anyone who was doing a members-only show -- and then the chat screen would just scroll up as everyone contributed. And the chat was quite lively. There were always a ton of people active on it. We all got to know each other quite well. I imagine most people would be surprised at just how friendly and respectful the chat was on a site called "camwhores".

We also had the option of adding a caption directly into our uploaded image. Until a camgirl was a full member, they didn't have access to the actual chat -- it was a probationary period -- and we'd respond to chat questions by uploading pics with our responses embedded in the picture. Which did make the back-catalog of a given camgirl's pics a little obscure, sometimes, as obviously there was no link to the chat from the response in the picture.

Does anyone remember the "camgirl head-tilt"? :P

I had a weird situation. Some random dudes from my high school recognized me and posted some messages to the little free site I'd put a few black and white arty "quasi-nude" pictures up on. Very "we know who you are!! hahaha you're the nerd [my name] [the bizarre nickname they'd come up with]" immature nonsense. Part of me was a little thrown off...but the rest of me thankfully didn't need to care too much about some random douchebags from my nerd days in high school. In fact, I kind of felt a little pleased that they were seeing the evidence of the physical growth I'd had in the previous couple of years. (I got hot. I had kind of a "ha, you n00bs. I'm way out of your league now so go ahead and take refuge in being stuck in 17-year old stoner boy mode" moment.) Other people really didn't know much about it. A handful of close friends from high school knew about the camming, and I think they were a little confused as it was in such opposition to my personality back in high school, but other than that I pretty much escaped a lot of the horror stories you hear about.

I think there were plenty of kink cams on camwhores. We may not have all done 24/7 TPE themed pics, but plenty of us enjoyed that side of the tracks and showcased it.