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Yeah, you're close on the cut (varied from 12.5% to 25% depending on purchase types). The revenue was nowhere near 1.2B. (I wrote the below in another comment, but it's relevant to…

Just to chime in on this one. You're obviously right mathematically. Both of the claims in my original comment are correct as stated: * Roughly 20K active creators (VAL_A). * An av…

I felt obligated to reply to this comment, because you're correct at interpreting my intent. I should have been cleared with my numbers considering the audience (HN is a stat-aware…

Just to clarify, those two numbers are both accurate as stated (there were roughly 20K active creators and the average monthly payout was amount 5K). However, those numbers can't b…

> c) Was this done as blackmail? There is a somewhat common dating site scam where someone gets you to friend them on FB, and then to sext with them-- then they threaten to send th…

Fire up the throwaway! Not 100% related to the article, but directly related. I worked as developer for a product in the same niche ("democratizing adult content"). I spent almost …