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OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

#51

> The company will prohibit users from posting any sexually explicit conduct, starting in October. Creators will still be allowed to post nude photos and videos, provided they’re consistent with OnlyFans’ policy, the company said Thursday. This paragraph contradicts itself: - The company will prohibit users from posting any sexually explicit Versus - Creators will still be allowed to post nude photos and videos What…

nude is not the same thing as sexually explicit.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

#52
post #41

Isn't their whole business model "explicit"? I don't get how this will work out for them. Based on the Indie Hackers interview with two active Only Fans content makers, it also sounds like their app is kinda shitty and slow. Seems like they're opening the door wide open to a new competitor.

A new competitor will face the exact same problem, unless they try and do something like accepting cryptocurrency.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

#53
post #9

So, serious question because I know very little about OnlyFans other than the general knowledge flowing around the internet: What does this leave of the site? Because my impression was certainly that this was the purpose of the site.

There's cooking videos, yoga, gardening and other benign stuff on OF, believe it or not.

Why not just feature that stuff on the homepage? Most adult-oriented channels are run solo, so they're distributing links via social channels.

Same as Twitter. It's awash in porn but you wouldn't really know it if you stuck to the default trends and searches.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

#54
post #30

Why can't these websites simply find other banks to do business with? I mean also overseas, for sure the extra costs (if any) are better than basically killing the golden goose. The odds of Onlyfans becoming the huge phenomenon that it is were so slim, it seems like a waste of luck to just throw it all away because of banking problems.

Because it's Visa and Mastercard saying no, not the banks.

Do people chargeback the 50$ they spend on OnlyFans?

Besides PR in the age of revenge porn, what's the technical or legal element which changed compared to 2019?

Can't be social because if anything society is in love with porn.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

#55

> The company will prohibit users from posting any sexually explicit conduct, starting in October. Creators will still be allowed to post nude photos and videos, provided they’re consistent with OnlyFans’ policy, the company said Thursday. This paragraph contradicts itself: - The company will prohibit users from posting any sexually explicit Versus - Creators will still be allowed to post nude photos and videos What…

Seemly nudity is fine, sex is not.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

#56

> The company will prohibit users from posting any sexually explicit conduct, starting in October. Creators will still be allowed to post nude photos and videos, provided they’re consistent with OnlyFans’ policy, the company said Thursday. This paragraph contradicts itself: - The company will prohibit users from posting any sexually explicit Versus - Creators will still be allowed to post nude photos and videos What…

Looks like OF is saying softcore only and is gonna call anything they don't like explicit based on the whim of the reviewer.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

#57
post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That should be a myth by now. Would be interesting if e.g. Stripe could share the fraud statistics for onlyfans. The banks probably do this purely to keep up appearances and avoid potential bad PR.

It's probably not fraud so much as it is chargebacks from guys whose wives are asking "wtf is this OnlyFans charge?!?" "Ah shit, honey. Somebody must have stolen my card."

that's the popular myth. is there evidence for that?

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

#60

Patreon made similar decisions about four years ago when they began to tighten their terms for NSFW creators. https://www.engadget.com/2017-10-27-patreon-adult-content-cr... Much of the pressure came from payment processing partners and banks, much like is described in this article. https://www.vice.com/en/article/vbqwwj/patreon-suspension-of... It seems like for any crowdsourced funding platform there is a volume ca…

Somehow they manage to get away with DMCA violations however. Lots of 'reaction' channels (where people watch along with a TV show or Youtube clip) now only post heavily truncated preview videos on Youtube. The full videos, which include the copyrighted content, sits on Patreon.
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