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How the model list is sorted: CamScore, For You and room colors

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The rules that order and mark the list of performers: MyFreeCams’ CamScore and colors, Stripchat’s sorting and recommendations, Chaturbate’s Away status.

The top of the list is not neutral

On MyFreeCams, the model list is ordered by CamScore unless you change it in your Model List Settings.1 Every model starts at 1,000, the site average, the median is about 700, and models raise their CamScore by earning more tokens.2 On Stripchat, the sorting of the “Popular” sections is mostly influenced by a broadcast’s popularity and the viewers’ location.3

Sorted by what you did

Stripchat’s “Recommended for You” sections use your interactions with models, the interest you show for broadcasts and your preferences; its “For You” sections also take your journey to model rooms into account.4, 5 “My Favorites” sorts models in the order you added them.6 What a platform keeps of where you are is covered under Local Highlights.

Colors and statuses

On MyFreeCams, the color of a model in the list says why it is there: pink for your Friends List, green for a “Model You May Like”, blue for one of the most popular rooms, orange for a trending room, grey for a room you recently visited, peach for a bookmarked model, yellow for the model you are watching.7 To see only the models you like, MyFreeCams points to its “Friends Only” mode.8 On Chaturbate, a broadcaster goes into “Away” mode automatically after a private show, to prepare before going live again.9

Watch History, and what Stripchat keeps

Stripchat’s privacy policy does not name Watch History, but it answers the question it raises: among the usage data it collects are the services you viewed or searched for and the length and number of your visits, gathered automatically through cookies.10, 11 It keeps personal data as long as necessary for its purposes, and deletes it on request where permissible.12, 13 Observed on 4 November 2026 without an account: the Watch History page said “Your Watch History is empty” after we visited two public rooms, and the browser held an empty guest history entry. We could not establish what fills it, nor whether a guest’s history is kept anywhere but in the browser.

What the platforms write

  1. 01 · MyFreeCams · Wiki: Instructions and Features

    Help page: it commits the platform less than its terms and can change without a trace.

    “By default, the Model List is ordered by CamScore. Members can change this order in their Model List Settings.”

    MyFreeCams sorts by CamScore by default.

    Our copy: the text of the page, not the page itself.

    Dated 14 Oct 2021 · read 3 Nov 2026

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  2. 02 · MyFreeCams · Wiki: Instructions and Features

    Help page: it commits the platform less than its terms and can change without a trace.

    “All models start with a CamScore of 1000, which is the average CamScore for all models on the site. The median is about 700. Models may improve their CamScore by earning more tokens.”

    CamScore rises with the tokens a model earns.

    Our copy: the text of the page, not the page itself.

    Dated 14 Oct 2021 · read 3 Nov 2026

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  3. 03 · Stripchat · Terms and Conditions

    Terms or policy: the text the platform has you accept.

    “Viewer-based sorting is mostly influenced by the popularity of a specific broadcast and the viewers’ location.”

    Stripchat’s popular sorting uses location.

    Our copy: the text of the page, not the page itself.

    Dated 21 Aug 2026 · read 3 Nov 2026

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  4. 04 · Stripchat · Terms and Conditions

    Terms or policy: the text the platform has you accept.

    “This recommendation system uses data related to user-model interaction, interest the user shows for the broadcast, and user preferences.”

    Recommendations use your own activity.

    Our copy: the text of the page, not the page itself.

    Dated 21 Aug 2026 · read 3 Nov 2026

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  5. 05 · Stripchat · Terms and Conditions

    Terms or policy: the text the platform has you accept.

    “Sections are added to the “For You” section group for each user, based on user-model interaction, interest a user shows for the broadcast, and a user’s preferences, while also considering a user’s journey to model rooms.”

    For You follows your path to rooms.

    Our copy: the text of the page, not the page itself.

    Dated 21 Aug 2026 · read 3 Nov 2026

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  6. 06 · Stripchat · Terms and Conditions

    Terms or policy: the text the platform has you accept.

    “section sorts models among others based on the chronological order in which a user adds models to the "My Favorites" list.”

    How My Favorites is sorted.

    Our copy: the text of the page, not the page itself.

    Dated 21 Aug 2026 · read 3 Nov 2026

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  7. 07 · MyFreeCams · Wiki: Instructions and Features

    Help page: it commits the platform less than its terms and can change without a trace.

    “Pink: On your Friends List. Green: "Model You May Like" based on your inputs. Blue: One of the Most Popular Rooms. Orange: One of the Trending Rooms. Grey: One of your Recently Visited Rooms. Peach: On your Bookmarked Models list. Yellow: Model you are currently viewing.”

    What each MyFreeCams color means.

    Our copy: the text of the page, not the page itself.

    Dated 14 Oct 2021 · read 3 Nov 2026

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  8. 08 · MyFreeCams · Wiki: Instructions and Features

    Help page: it commits the platform less than its terms and can change without a trace.

    “you should select the "Friends Only" mode or otherwise alter your Model List Settings rather than relying on the Hidden Models feature.”

    MyFreeCams’ Friends Only mode.

    Our copy: the text of the page, not the page itself.

    Dated 14 Oct 2021 · read 3 Nov 2026

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  9. 09 · Chaturbate · Help: Show Types

    Help page: it commits the platform less than its terms and can change without a trace.

    “After a private show, you automatically go into “Away” mode which gives you time to prepare for going live again.”

    Chaturbate’s Away status after a private.

    Our copy: the text the help center’s interface returned, not the page as displayed.

    Dated 18 Mar 2026 · read 3 Nov 2026

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  10. 10 · Stripchat · Privacy Policy

    Terms or policy: the text the platform has you accept.

    “Usage Data, including your communication preferences and information about how you use our Website including the services you viewed or searched for, page”

    Stripchat collects what you viewed.

    Our copy: the text of the page, not the page itself.

    Dated 24 Jul 2025 · read 4 Nov 2026

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  11. 11 · Stripchat · Privacy Policy

    Terms or policy: the text the platform has you accept.

    “As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we will automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect these data by using cookies and other similar technologies.”

    Collected automatically, through cookies.

    Our copy: the text of the page, not the page itself.

    Dated 24 Jul 2025 · read 4 Nov 2026

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  12. 12 · Stripchat · Privacy Policy

    Terms or policy: the text the platform has you accept.

    “will only keep your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for”

    Kept as long as necessary.

    Our copy: the text of the page, not the page itself.

    Dated 24 Jul 2025 · read 4 Nov 2026

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  13. 13 · Stripchat · Privacy Policy

    Terms or policy: the text the platform has you accept.

    “Where permissible, we will also delete your personal data upon your request.”

    Deleted on request, where permissible.

    Our copy: the text of the page, not the page itself.

    Dated 24 Jul 2025 · read 4 Nov 2026

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What we did not find

  • Stripchat, Watch History page, read without an account: after two public rooms, the page said the history was empty. Searched for: “history”, “recently watched” · read on November 4, 2026

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