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The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $145/mo

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Re: The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $145/mo

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Post by saurik »

Quequau wrote: post #2

I'm a mod on Reddit and in a few of the subreddits I moderate I see a steady stream of accounts promoting online sex work, like onlyfans. None of these subreddits welcome promotion or advertising... or for that matter NSFW content. However, so many of these accounts advertise their sex work by posting content that ostensibly complies with the community rules but which somehow encourages other users to look at their u…

> I can't believe I've been subjected to the level of abuse I'm getting from people who are on average making less than $145 a month.

Can you unpack this sentence and explain what it is about "people who are on average making less than $145 a month" that makes the abuse you are getting from them specifically unbelievable?

(edit: Wow, -3 after only 20 minutes?... I guess people on HN apparently really hate the idea that people who happen to be poorer than us deserve respect. I think that's the fastest downvoting I have gotten, even contrasted with when I say negative things about Apple, Signal, or Rust. I highly recommend thinking hard about what it means to believe that it is ever appropriate to speak with as much disdain about people who are struggling as Quequao just did... it was frankly downright shameful.)

Re: The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $145/mo

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Post by cblconfederate »

that's ... a lot? compared to $0 most posted videos make, especially porn videos. Onlyfans should expand to non-nsfw content and bring people over from youtube. It's a different monetization model when the ad revenue option is not available.

Re: The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $145/mo

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Post by intricatedetail »

sebzim4500 wrote: post #10
intricatedetail wrote: post #9

Why those people are not treated as employees and paid at least a minimum wage?

How would that even work? Only Fans has no idea how much time these people are spending doing 'marketing' (spamming reddit)

Like any other employment. Can you be more precise?

Re: The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $145/mo

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Post by antasvara »

intricatedetail wrote: post #9

Why those people are not treated as employees and paid at least a minimum wage?

They're moat likely independent contractors and not subject to wage laws. This makes more sense for a platform that makes you money based directly on a consumer's desire to see your pictures.

Re: The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $145/mo

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Post by dijit »

cblconfederate wrote: post #12

that's ... a lot? compared to $0 most posted videos make, especially porn videos. Onlyfans should expand to non-nsfw content and bring people over from youtube. It's a different monetization model when the ad revenue option is not available.

I have genuinely looked at OnlyFans for content which is not sex related, since it's a large name and I'm becoming increasingly disenfranchised with youtube.

One issue though is that discoverability is very poor on OnlyFans. I suspect this is what causes "OnlyFans Spam" on places like reddit.

OnlyFans has little incentive to fix that though, as everyone spamming is basically advertising their platform externally. So, lose/lose?

Re: The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $145/mo

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Post by orthoxerox »

I'm sure similar income distribution applies to all user-generated digital content platforms like YT, Patreon, Twitch, etc. A few superstars that make crazy money, some professionals who use the platform as their main source of income and a long thin tail of amateurs.

The market is supersaturated now, even with the obesity epidemic there are so many college girls with perfect figures willing to bare everything for $10 a month that choosing among them is a challenge.

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