https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-app-where-queer-gooners-run-free/

ONE NIGHT NOT long ago, Jaxon Roman sat naked in front of his laptop wearing only a pup hood as he masturbated with single-minded zeal to the attention of eight other men watching onscreen.

It was a typical weekday for the 33-year-old Arlington, Virginia, program analyst. “When bros praise me and say they’re enjoying [me], I get to that edge point so fast,” Roman says. His favorite instances are “when they all come to what I’m doing.” Sometimes, when he’s feeling especially kinky, Roman, who is bisexual, likes to ask for permission before climaxing. When granted, he releases and his body, he says, shakes for 10 seconds. “Pure bliss,” he calls it.

At least a few times a month on Batemates, a social app for men who like to masturbate with other men, Roman will spend an hour online with his bros. Masturbating—or “bating” as it’s known online—has always helped him relieve stress and find his center.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835487&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49674535)

Among the most important rules on Batemates? No lurking allowed. “It’s kind of like when straight women go to a leather bar, and they’re gawking at people—like we’re animals in a zoo,” Puppaluffagus says.

When joining a virtual session, all users are required to turn on their camera and are automatically removed when they turn it off. To maintain privacy, many bators will often wear a mask or position their camera from the neck down. Others happily let their freak flag fly and show their face during sessions. Room moderators have the option to host “face-mandatory” rooms. In those scenarios, everyone is required to show their face for the entire bate session.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5835487&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49675027)