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There are two things to consider:
1. At Chaturbate, is affiliate tracking set up as "first click wins", or "last click wins"? (I don't know.)
If it's "last click wins", there is no need to worry about any kind of cookie stuffing. If someone clicks on a Cam Ad on your site, that will be the "last click", and you win the customer.
If it's "first click wins", it's possible that an advertiser on your site places an affiliate cookie in the visitor's browser, BEFORE your visitor could click a Cam Ad on your site manually. In this case, his will be the "first click" you would lose that sale - and your overall sales could drop.
2. What kind of ads are you adding?
So if it's a "first click wins" system, someone who buys advertising on your site could "steal" your affiliate sales in theory.
But it depends on the kind of advertising you're adding to your site.
A. If you're adding plain image banner ads, it's not possible to cookie stuff.
B. If you're adding popunders, there's a chance for it. For instance someone could be buying your popunders and directing it to Chaturbate - it's not even cookie stuffing, it's fully legit ad buying. A buyer could also buy popunders to some domain he owns, and open some Chaturbate window from there. That could be a legit thing, or cookie stuffing, depending on the way he does it. (It's called cookie stuffing if Chaturbate is opened but it's invisible to the user. If it's invisible, people obviously can't buy anything there at that time, only the cookie is placed.)
C. If the advertiser can use Javascript/iFrame etc in their ads, they could use that to cookie stuff in theory. It's not what they're meant for, and ad networks should not approve ads with such code. But some might slip through if the particular ad network isn't careful enough.
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