Too many times however, I've stopped in a room where the model/performer is just sitting there mindlessly glued to the cell phone, oblivious to visitors to the room. To suggest, as it was, to tip them to get them to do something is, in my opinion, ridiculous. Tipping should be to reward the performer. It should not be like an arcade game where you feed quarters in to get a performance.
I did not want to get involved in this discussion because I personally think it is up to the models to use or not use cellphones, and it is up to them to take their chances with members sticking around for private shows while they are on their phones or moving on to other rooms where models are paying more attention to the chat.
However, the idea of tipping performers as a reward, while it has some merit, can also backfire, and it has backfired many times, usually with new models who quickly learn not to do anything for free. You say you don't want to tip a model to get off their cellphone. That, I can agree with. But the logical extension from that is, if you want the model to do something, you're not going to tip for it, because the tip should be a reward after the model does what you want him to do? There is nothing to stop you from leaving the room without tipping after the model fulfills your request except your own sense of decency, but there are others in whom that sense of right is lacking--even among long-time members, judging by their badges and numbers--who will up and leave a room after a new model fulfills their request before receiving their tip.
The oblivious model will learn the hard way that he should be paying attention to the room, with or without an outright ban on using cellphones while on cam. Either he will learn to set it aside when members are in his room--provided they are members interested in engaging with him and not freeloaders waiting for others to do all the work--or he will find himself earning no credits and getting fired either by F4F or his studio.
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