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Re: A lot of people are getting the OnlyFans story wrong

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Post by after_care »

How far away is crypto from being a viable alternative payment processor? The problems I see are the translation layer between fiat and crypto, the fluctuation of value of tokens, the long confirmation process of many tokens, the environmental impact, and the physical infrastructure (atms, etc). Each individual problems seems solvable, and it would be a significant historical event if banking was moved to these decentralized platforms.

Re: A lot of people are getting the OnlyFans story wrong

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Post by chitowneats »

"So why the rule changes? Because last December the New York Times published an opinion piece by Nick Kristof caller “The Children of Pornhub” that accused the site and its parent company of profiting off revenge porn, child porn and sex trafficking....which, to be clear, they kinda were."

Kinda, huh? Of course the more important point, according the thread's author, is that:

"Kristof’s story might have been correct on some of PornHub’s abuses but it was deeply manipulative and painfully wrongheaded about sex trafficking in porn and, like almost anything he writes about sex, a filtered version of Christian dominionist propaganda"

Sure, okay. In the future maybe these sites shouldn't sexually exploit children. Then they won't be exposed to such right-wing attacks.

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Post by Symmetry »

neogodless wrote: post #2

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1428584131835748359.html

It would be great if people could submit tweet threads in threaderapp, or the mods could have a policy of threadifying tween threads by default the way they fix titles and so forth.

Re: A lot of people are getting the OnlyFans story wrong

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Post by thrower123 »

cataphract wrote: post #4

Aren't the payment processors not abusing their dominant position, like what happened a decade ago with Wikileaks? At least at that time they had the excuse they were pressured by the US government. What's motivating them this time? Do we need some sort of liability safe-harbor for payment processors?

Regardless of any legal safeguard you might legislate into place, it's radioactive PR to be associated in any way with sex trafficking and child porn.

Re: A lot of people are getting the OnlyFans story wrong

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Post by icegreentea2 »

after_care wrote: post #11

How far away is crypto from being a viable alternative payment processor? The problems I see are the translation layer between fiat and crypto, the fluctuation of value of tokens, the long confirmation process of many tokens, the environmental impact, and the physical infrastructure (atms, etc). Each individual problems seems solvable, and it would be a significant historical event if banking was moved to these decen…

It's the translation layer between fiat and crypto which will be the problem. That's the layer that will get sued for the same reasons MasterCard is changing their ToS.

Re: A lot of people are getting the OnlyFans story wrong

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Post by LeifCarrotson »

fxtentacle wrote: post #6

I believe his argumentation that this is a push by Christian organizations might be correct, but I believe he's deluded in that he appears to think that he's speaking for the majority. "65% of adults in the United States identified themselves as Christians."

> Americans' membership in houses of worship continued to decline last year, dropping below 50% for the first time in Gallup's eight-decade trend. [1]

That Pew survey suggesting 65% are Christian seems vulnerable to the halo effect - a little irony is present in the name. People who were conditioned as children to believe they ought to believe in Christianity (which is different from believing in Christianity) will answer 'yes' to such a survey question even if their measurable actions like church/mosque/synagogue attendance or OnlyFans donations indicate differently.

[1] https://news.gallup.com/poll/341963/church-membership-falls-...

Re: A lot of people are getting the OnlyFans story wrong

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Post by dboreham »

after_care wrote: post #11

How far away is crypto from being a viable alternative payment processor? The problems I see are the translation layer between fiat and crypto, the fluctuation of value of tokens, the long confirmation process of many tokens, the environmental impact, and the physical infrastructure (atms, etc). Each individual problems seems solvable, and it would be a significant historical event if banking was moved to these decen…

There have been many attempts. So far none have succeeded. The main problem is fiat exchange, which ends up being tied into some country's regulatory regime.
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