I think i've been recognised, any advice you can prvoide

[helpmeplease]

I'm a guy who uses direct cam every now and then to try generate income as im in a bad spot and im a uni student, been doing this for little over a month, I dont show my face, only my body, maybe the bottom of my jaw when im reading messages.

Today whilst on direct cam I had someone come in, I said hey and all of a sudden they sent a message saying HAHAHAHAHAHA - now im guessing this is because ive been recognised and im getting the shakes thinking of everything that could happen, at this age being in uni word will travel like wildfire and i dont know what to do, im camming in my uni town which is relatively small.

I've already taken my pictures down and changed location but the odds are they already have seen me and im fucked, this is scary stuff, i never really intended this for a career it was just to help get me out of a situation i'd befallen in.

I've not been contacted on fb or text etc by anyone i know yet but im scared, the person hasnt emailed me either, i dont suppose its possible to see the last person who was in my chat ?

[helpmeplease]

sorry for the typos but im literally shaking right now, not that its relevant but im a guy, and i guess i never really assumed people would be looking for guy webcammers on a site like this if you're around a students age

[Ana_X]

Really don't worry about it. Hundreds of times since I joined AW in 2008 I've had people say they know who I am, know where I live, know someone I know and they're going to tell people about it etc ad infinitum.

The reality of it is that 99.9% of people who say stuff like this are out to make people worry, they get their jollies from  thinking they've upset someone and nothing ever comes from it.

Block the person so they can't get back into your room again, block every other dickhole who makes you feel in any way uncomfortable as and when they appear and just carry on earning your income. Don't spare them a second thought.

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Also, the hahahahaha comment could be anything. Could be a vanilla guy just thinking it's funny that there are guys who cam too and be completely unrelated to your identity. Once you've had a few hundred personal insults chucked at you and dusted them off you won't stress quite so much. It happens, but try not to let some no name, no face random internet jerk ruin your working day.

[helpmeplease]

I closed my camroom straight away so i didn't stay around long enough to know whether it was someone i recognise but the reaction alone was enough to give me the idea that they know who i am, its a shame as i didnt get their username either, I just panicked.

Hopefully its not somebody I know, but thanks for your kind reassuring words. I'm only scared because being in a place like uni and this kind of thing coming out could very quickly turn in to a horrible situation.

I can understand why most would think im overreacting over the comment but it was the way it came about really which scared me, like my cam room was fairly empty I, he entered and was quiet for a few seconds then after i said hello, as if to say oh my god i know this person well i cant believe they're on here they started laughing uncontrollably - again, i hope this is just me being paranoid.

[Ana_X]

Do a quick file search on your laptop/pc for 'chatlog'. If I remember correctly, it used to be the default setting that all typed chat was saved to that file for the service provider's information. If you do have that file scan through it, find the name of the user then go to your AW emails folder > blocked senders, then add him to the blocked list.

If you don't have the chatlog appear on your laptop/pc you can activate the log by going into the direct cam program > click file > scroll down to chatlog, then tick enable chatlog. This way you'll have the names of any nasties to ban in future if they pop in and out of your room with insults (wrongly) thinking they're too quick to block

And no, I don't think anyone here on the service provider side would think you're over reacting, it takes some getting used to and as you said you're only a month in to being an SP..... the thicker skin will come with time as will the wisdom on how to deal with jerks.

[Delete profileplz]

I hope you are feeling better about the whole situation now and are a lot calmer. 

Ana is right, no one thinks you are over reacting.  Your reaction is something we all had to experience when we first started and experienced THE FEAR. 

This is what you would call an over reaction. I started camming around 8 months ago. I was totally clueless and basically learnt and got more confident with each passing day. Anyway during my early days I got a private cam request from someone who had Bob in his username. I froze and basically ignored the request because I was convinced 'Bob' was my brother!!! (my brothers name is Robert) Thats paranoia for you lol. Bob didn't give up and returned night after night and even though I knew the chances of it being my brother were 0.00001%, the very 1st time i decided to accept the cam request a tiny part of me was expecting it to really be my brother and for him to say "I knew it was you, I'm telling mum" hahahahaaaa

Anyway Bob still comes to see me now and again and whenever I see his name pop up I picture the wee terrified newbie and can't believe how far I've come, keep at it and you'll look back on the "hahahahahaaa" and wonder why you were so worried.

Worst case scenario.......if anyone from Uni finds out just tell them you get paid a fortune for taking to horny women.....you'll be a legend xxxx

[Strawberryblonde]

I remember being so afraid that the world would end if anyone found out. Most people didn't, those who did didn't do me any harm. I spent a lot of time worrying over nothing, and that is something I'd change if I could go back.

[jackiebigtits]

Maybe I'm a bit late to this discussion...but just wanted to say I'm in a similar situation, I hardly use the site. I'll come on for a bit when I need to but don't put loads of effort into making it a career. I've disappeared for years at a time. It would cause me problems in the real world if I got recognized.

Anyway, one day on group chat this guy typed 'I know you! my kid goes to your kid's school.'...Thing is, I have no kids, I've only just got pregnant lol. If I did have though, I think I would have believed it.

I can imagine he was going around saying that and similar things to everyone to freak them out. Probably what this guy was trying to do to you.

[hestiakane]

This may not be helpful at all but the worst thing that happened to me is that my psycho ex found me on AW, filmed me camming, and uploaded the videos to YouPorn. Needless to say I wasn't happy and had to get the police involved. However, I'm still here, life not over, everything fine. Even worst case scenarios often turn out to be nothing. Even if someone DID recognise you, they would have to admit they use cam sites in order to tell anyone, and I don't think most people want to do that.

[Tara25]

I remember when i did free chat, some guy came in and said , well this is awkward i but we have fucked, i knew automatically it was just a wind up so i said oh really? funny that cos im a virgin,hahaha he soon disappeared- try not to worry chick xxx