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Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by Goronmon »

agumonkey wrote: post #321
rejectedandsad wrote: post #270

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fact that OF is not all in on crypto payments is a massive indictment of crypto as a payment mechanism.

I'm still surprised nobody tried to bridge the two .. it seems like the most obvious of shark fad business move

I assume because as soon as you become the "place where people get crypto for adult content" then the same issues that OF is running into now become your issues as well.

Unless people are getting paid directly in crypto, they are purchasing it from somewhere, and wherever that entry point is will have this problem.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by ALittleLight »

taylodl wrote: post #257

Sadly I know girls who are using OnlyFans to keep a roof over their heads and stay out of abusive relationships. Whether we like what they're doing to make money OnlyFans was providing them a much-needed revenue stream. Now that's being taken away from them by the morality police who won't be affected by the consequences of their own decisions.

I agree that payment processors shouldn't get to say what people do for employment or how people spend their money - but how is it that OnlyFans is keeping women out of abusive relationships? If they couldn't earn money selling pornography they'd have to return to abusive partners?

OnlyFans is only a lucrative option for a small group of people - young attractive women. How is it that every other segment of the population can keep out of abusive relationships and beneath a roof (to the extent they can) without the benefit of OnlyFans?

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by agilob »

perardi wrote: post #207

Wow, you spend years thinking crypto is convoluted nonsense…and then something comes along that impacts a lot of your friends, and you start to change your mind. I have a fair number† of friends and acquaintances who have OnlyFans. Some for side income, some for a substantial portion of their livelihood. And to see that get taken away because the payment processors want them to fall in line…I guess I’m on the crypto…

>And to see that get taken away because the payment processors

There was a story about an online dildo seller who couldn't sell specific colour of dildos because American Express didn't like them. I think it was lovehoney

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by cbdumas »

perardi wrote: post #207

Wow, you spend years thinking crypto is convoluted nonsense…and then something comes along that impacts a lot of your friends, and you start to change your mind. I have a fair number† of friends and acquaintances who have OnlyFans. Some for side income, some for a substantial portion of their livelihood. And to see that get taken away because the payment processors want them to fall in line…I guess I’m on the crypto…

The fact that OnlyFans isn't even trying to move to crypto to keep their business alive is a stunning indictment of the state of crypto as a viable payment method.

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Post by dvdkon »

moonchrome wrote: post #422
dvdkon wrote: post #413

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The properties of certain cryptocurrencies that make them good for illegal transactions also make them good for pornography and other "not illegal but touchy" areas.

Not really - these are high volume low value transactions and need to be low friction. Money laundering and similar illegal transactions are fine with the opposite.

The cryptocurrencies I consider viable for this kind of thing (mostly Monero) are actually better for low-value transactions than conventional card payments, since they have a low, fixed transaction cost (well under 0.1USD, try that with VISA/MasterCard). I'm not sure about scaling volume, but the current situation looks promising.

Friction is a problem, but I don't see why sending Monero has to be any harder than with conventional payment methods. The hard part is overcoming the network effect of payment cards.

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Post by standardUser »

jwond wrote: post #221

It seems a lot of people in this post are opposed to payment processors pressuring OnlyFans to do this. When Google, Apple, Amazon, et al. simultaneously took actions that resulted in the shutdown of Gab it seemed a lot of people supported it. Now they could very well be completely disjoint groups, but I’d be interested if anyone who opposes the payment processors pressuring OnlyFans but supported the actions taken a…

The difference, of course, is threats and violence. I don't imagine many OnlyFans models are mentioning their love of firearms in the same breathe as they mention that civilization will end if we don't establish an all-white ethnostate.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by meltedcapacitor »

This is asking for a partnership with shopify: onlyfans could automatically generate a t-shirt/coffee cup store on shopify and a t-shirt fulfillment partner, and creators could perform for fans who buy a lot of t-shirts ("buy 3 t-shirts and I'll take off mine for you!") with smooth bidirectional API integration etc. Card processors can't ban all these people buying t-shirts.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by perardi »

cblconfederate wrote: post #424
perardi wrote: post #207

Wow, you spend years thinking crypto is convoluted nonsense…and then something comes along that impacts a lot of your friends, and you start to change your mind. I have a fair number† of friends and acquaintances who have OnlyFans. Some for side income, some for a substantial portion of their livelihood. And to see that get taken away because the payment processors want them to fall in line…I guess I’m on the crypto…

It's none of our business if your life is strange, the question is if it's illegal, which it isn't.

I’m sure there’s got to be other full-time UI designers/part-time circuit queens out there. Can’t be that weird.

But yes, these are consenting adults (a fair number of them quite highly educated and absolutely aware of what they are doing) selling solo videos or videos with other consenting adults. It’s legal, it’s a huge business, and it’s dumb to push it further to the fringes.

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