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Re: OnlyFans drops planned porn ban

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Post by whymauri »

rootsudo wrote: post #36

My biggest shock was how much "PR" was generated on Reddit, and how many sexworkers really do use the platform. I knew it was a thing, I knew of the memes, but to see both sides in arms over a company vs branding, creating their own website and content - and vanity domain as well. People really do just want a one click solution for creating adult content, and consuming adult content. And the memes, I think they're pr…

it's pretty huge

COVID hit recently graduated Gen-Z incredibly hard. There's huge groups that are/were unemployed and then there's huge groups who are sexually repressed due to quarantine. Across the whole world, too*. Many can easily make more than min wage, and in certain niches you probably don't even have to be 'conventionally beautiful' (sorry to use this term, but it's important I think) to make a living or solid portion of a living on there.

For $$ per hour worked, why would they field low wage, menial jobs with a risk of COVID?

And if you price model right, you don't need thousands of fans, just a couple really dedicated superfans/whales.

* Consider the value of dollars/euros/pounds in poorer countries!

Re: OnlyFans drops planned porn ban

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Post by haasted »

TaupeRanger wrote: post #38
haasted wrote: post #30

Isn't "OnlyFans without sexual content" basically Patreon?

Hasn't this comment been made 100 times ready?

Possibly. Haven't read through all 5k comments on the previous posts.

Also, it was actually meant as a genuine question, not a snarky drive-by comment. I have only superficial knowledge of both platforms, so it would be nice to know whether there are some fundamental differences beyond "NSFW / Not NSFW".

Re: OnlyFans drops planned porn ban

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Post by Pxtl »

doikor wrote: post #43
flerchin wrote: post #18

aka "Our valuation is dropping like a rock"

More likely "we managed to get a deal in place with our payment processor". The only reason why they were going to do this was their payment processor saying they would stop processing their payments.

AFAIK a relevant credit card company said "we haven't done anything"

Re: OnlyFans drops planned porn ban

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Post by zuppy »

doikor wrote: post #43
flerchin wrote: post #18

aka "Our valuation is dropping like a rock"

More likely "we managed to get a deal in place with our payment processor". The only reason why they were going to do this was their payment processor saying they would stop processing their payments.

mastercard denied saying this. what a clusterfu*k.

Re: OnlyFans drops planned porn ban

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Post by adriancr »

purple_ferret wrote: post #44
adriancr wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are probably looking for alternative payment methods. (coinbase payment processor and accept cryptocurrencies?) Or they got some guarantees from banks that they won't get banned. Their options are to die like tumbler or fight a bit. Moving away from traditional payment processors might cause problems for them as well.

>(coinbase payment processor and accept cryptocurrencies?) https://www.coinbase.com/legal/prohibited

Oh damn... I wasn't expecting this from them...

> Adult Content and Services: Pornography and other obscene materials (including literature, imagery and other media); ...

Re: OnlyFans drops planned porn ban

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Post by psychometry »

rattray wrote: post #31
mothsonasloth wrote: post #26

When are we going to see a Medium or Substack for pornographic content? Even better an opensource LAMP or MEAN stack to host your own adult entertainment site?

The hard part is the banking and payments side of things. That's where a new entrant would be useful (but unfortunately also ~impossible in the US).

I'm sure these puritanical payment gateways and processors have no problem taking fees for sales of guns, cigarettes, and all varieties of snake oil. But porn? No that's simply too much!

Re: OnlyFans drops planned porn ban

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Post by wolf550e »

ddtaylor wrote: post #40
andy_ppp wrote: post #27

I guess you can expect companies to start using the defence of many politicians, just create as much noise and kick up as much dirt as possible distracting from whatever the main issue is (in this case child porn on your platform [1]). They were never going to ban adult content were they. Cynical in the extreme. [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58255865 EDIT: I’ve updated this comment with a BBC investigation that s…

What makes you think that OF is any different than any other platform? Do you think they all struggle with this problem or do you think it's unique to OF?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58255865

Re: OnlyFans drops planned porn ban

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Post by okprod »

rootsudo wrote: post #36

My biggest shock was how much "PR" was generated on Reddit, and how many sexworkers really do use the platform. I knew it was a thing, I knew of the memes, but to see both sides in arms over a company vs branding, creating their own website and content - and vanity domain as well. People really do just want a one click solution for creating adult content, and consuming adult content. And the memes, I think they're pr…

I think OF has also become a one-click outlet for nontraditional sex workers, e.g., those who wouldn't otherwise have done this type of stuff. From what I've read OF has even more "amateurs" than platforms like MyFreeCams.
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