Chaturbate

Introduction to Chaturbate

Chaturbate is an American live sex cam platform founded in 2011 in California. The name of the platform is a kind of joke or a portmaneau, coming from words “Chat” and “Masturbate” so that when you come across it in the web you will instantly know that this is the platform where you come to chat and masturbate.

A lot has changed from 2011, for example Chaturbate has gained a huge popularity – 117 million visits(4 million unique visits) per month do not lie but the main concept remained – a chat created so that people can masturbate one to another. There is one small issue – with the growth of the platform it seems they forgot to change the design. Well, if you are in the mood for early 2010s web, it might even be a plus for you!

To summarize our brief introduction, Chaturbate is more than just a live sex platform, it represents an interactive space where users can explore their desires in a, perhaps, outdated, but, undeniably, charming setting of early 2010s.

User experience – old but gold

Remember the early web? Sites that would break if, god forbid, you did not use 4:3 monitor and if site had more than two images the load time would exceed the time it takes the light to travel from Proxima Centaura to Earth and back… Yeah, I don’t either, we, people, get used to good things so quickly. And yet, there is a certain charm in the whole romance of old web.

That is where Chaturbate joins the chat(pun intended). Their design, UI and UX design looks like it came straight from my memories of how sites used to look 15 years ago. Monochrome scheme, lack of border radius, some random banner in a random place, buttons that look like text elements and a gradient in footer and header to “spice things up”. But nevertheless, even with all these outdated design elements the site feels fresh – instant load, descent performer descriptions and performers themselves are so, so… so hot!

That being said, there are additional pros to old-fashioned design – the navigation on Chaturbate is a breeze. There is only a handful of links and all of them are straight on point – literally zero time wasted browsing useless pages, you want to see couples go at it in the pool – you are about to do so in a matter of seconds.

To conclude UX/UI overview – it really is amazing, the site design is both charming and depressing, old-fashioned and lightning fast, easy to navigate and a real eye sore all at the same time. I really enjoyed the emotional rollercoaster, join me on it!

Models and other Chaturbate features

Design is not everything – we go on live sex platforms to see some live porn, not to judge the position or color of the button. So how is Chaturbate when it comes to models and do they have any other unqiue features? Let’s dive deeper to find out.

Now, with great user traffic comes great responsibility even greater amount of performers because all performers really want is more viewers, not amazing design. That means that such a popular site should have the top of the top performers – and it does. There are countless women, couples and there even is a descent selection of gay shows to choose from.

Regarding other features Chaturbate does not really stand out – they offer private shows, tips for performers, subscription – but nothing too exceptional, there is only one level to subscription(with 200 free tokens, but still) and the even though the whole package is generous, it is pretty basic.

Conclusion – the Chaturbate rollercoaster

Chaturbate really is amazing – it is old, charming, with some top performers but still a tad old for current standards with no outstanding features or loyalty programmes. That being said, it is still worth a shot because they do provide quite a package, free of charge.

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