A big fat sloppy hug to everybody who was kind enough to use the tip jar to send some ends their favorite producers. A lot of tips were the max of $10.00, even when the scene itself might have only been $3.00! I'm sending a full month of free VIP to every person who sent a tip up to this point. Thanks to Leonmoomin and others' suggestions, I'm working on some new stat filters so producers can easily see the tips they've made. In the future I want to add the Tip Jar to regular free videos as well.
We have to chill a little bit with the off-topic pics in the user galleries. We are generally lenient about that so that your gallery can be more personal and reflect the you that exists beyond wam. So I don't mind you uploading pictures of your cat or your car, or you your vacation. But please mark those albums as "off-topic" (there is a checkbox when editing your album) so that UMD knows to block them from the wall and things like picture searches. We can't expect all off-topic pictures to be properly labeled overnight, but this is the direction we're going. Non-wam pics that are nonetheless part of a wam picture set, or made within the context of wam are considered on-topic still.
Albums that appear to contain just non-wam pics that you found on the internet, or that contain wam mixed with non-wam may just get deleted on sight (for my lack of time). And a really old rule: Please do not upload generic porn, as the galleries are supposed to be about wam, or you! Of course if it's not yours, please get permission, or be sure the content is in the public domain. If it's from a producer, they may or may not mind, but please ask them first.
The Wall was never really a thing, but since I mistakenly started showing those full-size pics, more people seem to use it. But it generates a lot of flags, too... I guess because off-topic pics now are like BLAM! Also, it's more annoying when people happen to upload their pictures one at a time, which isn't necessarily done to purposely spam the wall--that's just how some people upload their stuff. I've been working on filters to rate-limit that without having to yell at anybody. I've also added hearts to most of the wall items, and upgraded the flagging system to try and reduce some friction site-wide. Thanks for everybody who uses it regularly! You're the reason UMD is at least as organized as it is.
A note on customs: UMD supports all producers who do customs whether they're on our official list or not. If you're not on the list, using our inboxing system to negotiate back and forth is off-limits. But you can still mention or link to your web site if it has info about your customs. We've had scam artists sign up and work our inboxes, collect lots of money from our users, and disappear. So requiring at least some external presence, or to be on our list seems to have greatly alleviated that problem.
I'm still catching up on messages and other work, so thanks everybody for your patience with me during this crazy time. And thanks for participating in this ongoing project we call UMD!
also as far as customs go, and i am able to do them as you can see on my profile, i want to thank the few of you who got them before we got the lockdown and are patiently waiting until i can get my girls here safely
the us is diferent than overseas and especially where i live is different as we have been locked down as long, but are just now seeing rises in numbers and they are now wanting to lift the ban and more numbers will come. Being high risk, and my family being high risk, i am SO VERY GRATEFUL to those who understand that I am DYING to get messy for you, so are my girls, and please feel free to keep in touch wth me about customs in my email jaycelane0611@gmail.com
if you want a wetlook or small mess custom with just me? please email me. even as a trusted producer i try to keep all my customs on my email i can do them for you as long as it is doable in my little area i can use sometimes while this is going on. it is not easy to do them but I CAN when a window appears for me
i hope this was okay to post here, mm and i appreciate all you are doing. i love the new wall! watch them people that arent custom approved! ive seen a lot of jaded people come to me after being scammed and it sucks bc i feel bad for them but they are very jaded by it. !
Ahhh the Wall! I miss the Wall. Can't visit that page anymore because the huge un-thumbnailed gifs crash my browser. But the computer I tend to use is so old that I figure I'm in the distinct minority on that front. Really, don't want to spoil things for others. Can still catch most new stuff in the Picture and Gallery Archives. Maybe there could be an option in Profile Settings to thumbnail all gifs?
smess said: Ahhh the Wall! I miss the Wall. Can't visit that page anymore because the huge un-thumbnailed gifs crash my browser. But the computer I tend to use is so old that I figure I'm in the distinct minority on that front. Really, don't want to spoil things for others. Can still catch most new stuff in the Picture and Gallery Archives. Maybe there could be an option in Profile Settings to thumbnail all gifs?
Sorry for the quarantine whine.
Told you that thing was a mistake LOL Those animated gifs are monstrous I'll think of something....