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Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by zizee »

mbesto wrote: post #853
lynx234 wrote: post #465

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The tech is there but mainstream adoption and understanding is still coming along. It's incredibly easy and cheap to send USDC or DAI to OnlyFans if they accept tokens on a sidechain (like Polygon or Fantom). You don't have to sign up for an account or provide any personal info, just use your wallet to send certain tokens to an address, then you can use that wallet as a sign-in. OnlyFans can then use Coinbase or an o…

> It's incredibly easy and cheap to send USDC or DAI to OnlyFans if they accept tokens on a sidechain (like Polygon or Fantom). And then you quickly realize how useless USDC/DAI is when you want to pay your rent, for milk, etc. > OnlyFans can then use Coinbase or an off-ramp to go from crypto to fiat. They can't because then KYC kicks in. This is exactly the problem with crypto at scale...you can't convert large scal…

>> OnlyFans can then use Coinbase or an off-ramp to go from crypto to fiat.

> They can't because then KYC kicks in. This is exactly the problem with crypto at scale.

Isn't KYC only a problem for people trying to hide their income? Onlyfans (and other legit businesses) would not have this problem as they would not be trying to hide their earnings.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by truth_ »

rhino369 wrote: post #499
BitwiseFool wrote: post #13

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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.

Maybe I’m out of the loop, but at least Tumblr had recognized non-porn uses. If someone linked me their OnlyFans, I would assume it’s porn. How do they seriously expect people to use it when the brand is porn?

Patreon was able to change this perception. There was a time when Patreon meant porn, but they were able to change it.

Now a lot of painters, musicians, YouTubers etc. have Patreon.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by ScionOfDesign »

8eye wrote: post #179

i’ll say it, who wants to go co-founder on a new startup idea?

This is a topic I've been researching for years. I run an adult game company myself. If there are other technical people willing to work on something to solve this problem at its core, I'd help.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by __MatrixMan__ »

short_sells_poo wrote: post #151
TekMol wrote: post #116

mounting pressure from banking partners and payment providers HN is often sceptical about use cases for crypto beyond speculation. This looks like one.

I'm one of those vocal sceptics on HN. I agree with you! Here's finally a huge industry that is consistently shunned by the mainstream payment providers. I'm not being facetious. I believe it's a one of a kind opportunity for crypto currencies to step in, show the middle finger to the established payment pipelines and prove that a smooth, reliable and safe payment system can be operated even for the adult industry. A…

You're right. I'm sure somebody is working on cryptonlyfans already.

I'm already preparing myself to be appalled by whatever the NFT scene does with this.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by [deleted] »

andy_ppp wrote: post #568

Does anyone else here feel the Onlyfans phenomenon is just exploiting sad lonely men who’d be better off leaving the house, doing some exercise and trying to eat healthier and build their IRL social networks? This whole cam-girls making a fortune this way seems somehow more dishonest than normal porn to me, maybe because it’s about these guys (who can never have relationships with these women) building a personal and…

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Post by skhr0680 »

irrational wrote: post #852
wonderwonder wrote: post #533

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I honestly did not know they did anything besides porn. They have a really bad marketing department as I bet most people only know of them via porn (or I run in a slightly more degenerate circle).

I’m surprised too. It’s like using pornhub to post SFW tech tip videos.

Pornhub was actually decent for sports back in the day because they didn't do content ID

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Post by FranSanCo »

zokula wrote: post #516
smt88 wrote: post #341

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I totally agree that OnlyFans is a legitimate and ethical site, but let's not kid ourselves about PornHub. It was mostly pirated content with a lot of videos of people being harmed.

Nobody was being harmed on Pornhub. Don't feed the lying anti-sex work media.

NO good grief NO.

My friend showed me the horror of PornHub. Searched for "hidden shower" or something and there were 1000s of videos of women being recorded in showers. All non-consensual. Showing these videos is classified as sexual assault in many juristictions.

We reported some of the videos but they were still there 4 weeks later.

Abhorrent woman-hating website. I know that evil exists in the world but it was shocking to see it so openly. But the real horror is that people still openly defend it.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by thrown »

throwaway306744 wrote: post #812
andy_ppp wrote: post #668

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It is a correct reading that my comment didn’t make assumptions about those creators or communities. That’s because it was about something else, that I think consuming this kind of porn is particularly bad because it is largely lonely low status men obsessing about and giving money to rich powerful women on OnlyFans. I find it interesting to point out there might be an unfavourable power dynamic here in the opposite…

> rich powerful women on OnlyFans Are they powerful though? Or rich even? They might have momentary reach like some celebrities and influencers but does that extend to effecting consumer behavior and would advertisers work with them?

Belle Delphine makes a million dollars a month. They're definitely rich. Also, they have power over men, which is how they get rich.
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