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Post by lostandbored »

yvdriess wrote: post #291
pelasaco wrote: post #246

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In Germany, all Craftsmen are just laughing. Tiler, Carpenter, electrician, etc.. all of them have enough to do, can choose their clients and their wages. I understand that HN always will tend to talk about CS, but Craftsmen are doing their 40k/year, easily. The Salary potential is just increasing.

Not Germany, but similar situation in Belgium: Skilled crafts here can generate a more money in the first 10-20 years of a career than what you make with a university degree desk job. One factor is that you can get into the labor force much earlier, don't neglect that 3-5 years head start when saving for your first house loan. After that, it depends if you're doing the extra hours, weekend and night shifts. After tha…

Your comment was cut off at the end, mate.

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Post by TchoBeer »

lostgame wrote: post #763
TchoBeer wrote: post #573

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We seem to be managing to get rid of smoking.

...smoking was never - and still isn’t - illegal. It’s just not relevant to my point. That’s harm reduction - which should be applied to drugs as well. Nothing to do with prohibition.

Porn isn't illegal either.

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Post by Ansil849 »

bigdollopenergy wrote: post #762
cletus wrote: post #552

Does anyone think this was a failed pivot from the p0rn and the backlash was so great that they backpedaled? It actually reminds me of Ebay. Ebay became big with online auctions but as soon as they did they seemed to want to no longer be in the auction business. Instead they wanted to be in the online retail business. Maybe because there was more money per customer. Maybe because online retail was larger. Personally…

Doubt it. This IMO is probably the best PR maneuver ever conceived. I doubt they ever planned to do it. The BBC was just about to release a long-researched exposé about all the moderation issues they have and how child porn and abuse were going unchecked on their platform. This was a supposed to be a huge deal that could destroy them if the media at large rallied around that story like they did with Pornhub. By makin…

> The BBC was just about to drop a long-researched exposé

Source?

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Post by anonu »

Ansil849 wrote: post #792

People predicted this very transparent publicity ploy when the news first broke. There are no surprises here, other than perhaps how quickly they played their hand.

all press is good press. But doesn't this damage your brand? In this short week I am sure both sides of the marketplace have tried to figure out - what other options are out there? I'm sure the real winners are those smaller platforms.

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Post by jchw »

Ansil849 wrote: post #792

People predicted this very transparent publicity ploy when the news first broke. There are no surprises here, other than perhaps how quickly they played their hand.

I don’t think this is true. Adult content is heavily policed by many important parties, including PayPal and mainstream payment processors. It’s certainly possible, but it’s wishful thinking IMO.

Some were pointing to specific new restrictions coming from MasterCard as an example.

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Post by hackinthebochs »

Grakel wrote: post #367
Crontab wrote: post #314

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I've noticed that a large portion of women submitting in the /r/Gonewild subreddit have an OF these days.

OF has ruined amateur porn. What used to be genuine and casual is now mostly bored-eyed pros with bad lighting.

It's the opposite for me. The value for amateur porn is that they don't look or act like traditional porn stars. I don't find much value in abstract notions like "genuine interest".

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Post by Ansil849 »

anonu wrote: post #795
Ansil849 wrote: post #792

People predicted this very transparent publicity ploy when the news first broke. There are no surprises here, other than perhaps how quickly they played their hand.

all press is good press. But doesn't this damage your brand? In this short week I am sure both sides of the marketplace have tried to figure out - what other options are out there? I'm sure the real winners are those smaller platforms.

I think the brand-strengthening generated by the outrage from people with accounts coming to Onlyfans' defense and rallying support, far outweighs any potential negative outcome of customers looking for alternate solutions, especially when the decision to reverse course came so quickly.

There were I think literally hundreds of thousands of people on social media expressing support for Onlyfans.

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Post by bigdollopenergy »

Ansil849 wrote: post #794
bigdollopenergy wrote: post #762

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doubt it. This IMO is probably the best PR maneuver ever conceived. I doubt they ever planned to do it. The BBC was just about to release a long-researched exposé about all the moderation issues they have and how child porn and abuse were going unchecked on their platform. This was a supposed to be a huge deal that could destroy them if the media at large rallied around that story like they did with Pornhub. By makin…

> The BBC was just about to drop a long-researched exposé Source?

It's been an ongoing story ramping up since May, but this I believe is the main story with all the research they did.

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

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Post by mod50ack »

da_chicken wrote: post #405
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…

> People really do just want a one click solution for creating adult content, and consuming adult content. Once they know it's possible, people want a one click solution for anything. The subject being taboo has nothing to do with it. This is one reason why Youtube, Spotify, Steam and Netflix did such a good job combatting piracy for music, video games, and movies, while ROM sites are still a ubiquitous problem for 2…

The other thing is that a lot of games from 20 years ago can't even be bought anymore from the original source. But from ten years ago is even worse --- you just CAN'T get any piece of WiiWare without pirating it. You can't buy it used.
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