OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October • Hacker News Board

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by CommieBobDole » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 6:46 PM UTC

X6S1x6Okd1st wrote: post #51

sysadm1n wrote: post #39

> 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.

That's true, but I suspect that there's enough of an overlap on a site like OnlyFans that the Venn diagram is basically a circle.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by alpaca128 » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 6:47 PM UTC

BitwiseFool wrote: post #13

jerf wrote: 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.

I assume they will end up like Tumblr after it went Safe for Work. Still around but nowhere near as popular and a shell of its former self.

Not necessarily. Discord is a pretty popular platform for exclusive access to selected people, e.g. Patreon supporters. As long as OF allows this kind of link it might stay relevant.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by rchaud » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 6:47 PM UTC

sysadm1n wrote: post #39

> 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…

The Brandi Maxx definition of pornography

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by paulgb » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 6:47 PM UTC

imglorp wrote: post #38

cblconfederate wrote: post #22

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.

I don't understand who appointed the banks became the keepers of puritanical propriety. They're terrified someone might see a boob or buy some weed, and the weight of the world rests on the banks to prevent that from happening.

> I don't understand who appointed the banks became the keepers of puritanical propriety.

Congress, for one. There's a history of bills that are meant to target trafficking scooping up consensual practices as well (see also the Mann Act, SESTA/FOSTA). I'm not sure how influential the threat of something like this was here, but it can't help:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/human-trafficking-banking-bil...

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by bruceb » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 6:48 PM UTC

GDC7 wrote: post #54

monocasa wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Society = men. Same when they say youth violence, its boys.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by justinzollars » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 6:48 PM UTC

Looks like I had the wrong link on my clipboard. This is what I intended to post: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-19/onlyfans-...

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by monocasa » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 6:49 PM UTC

GDC7 wrote: post #54

monocasa wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

It shouldn't matter from Visa/MC's perspective because they put the cost of chargebacks (and more) on OnlyFans.

For some reason payment processors have always viewed themselves as morality police.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by nickthegreek » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 6:49 PM UTC

mschuster91 wrote: post #16

Good luck surviving that exodus. Dropping porn killed Tumblr, Onlyfans doesn't have anything that makes it stand apart from competition like Patreon. For sex workers, there is ManyVids that will eat their lunch. Only benefit out of this, maybe nsfw Reddit will be worth a visit again when most of the OF ~~spammers~~sellers have gone.

The ability to tip and unlock content in DMs as well as tip on posts makes OF different from patreon. Tips bring in ALOT of money to popular creators, way more than the monthly subscription.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by jamal-kumar » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 6:49 PM UTC

jerf wrote: 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.

It's gotten taken over by celebrities. They don't promote content from girls selling their nudes anymore.

Even dead ones get it better. I took one look at it recently and saw lil peep on there. My first thought was wow they're really putting a dead rapper's meat out there like that? But nah, it's like unreleased music videos and shit. Gotta wonder who is milking that.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by bcheung » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 6:49 PM UTC

Were they getting their credit card processing in the non-adult category. I know a bunch of adult credit card processors are in the range of 12-15% and OF only takes 20%. Maybe that is why they are cracking down on them.

There are plenty of porn sites out there operating legally, wonder why the banks are giving them issue.

My guess is that they presented themselves to banks as just ordinary non-adult transactions and now the banks are seeing that they are almost entirely adult so they want to put them into the higher and more expensive "high-risk" category and OF won't be able to get away with only taking 20% from the models.

I guess I'm getting back into the adult website game. I work with tons of adult models as a photographer and got out of making websites due to OnlyFans.