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The ‘E-Pimps’ of OnlyFans

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Re: The ‘E-Pimps’ of OnlyFans

#11

I wonder if people realize that they are communicating with the new version of a phone sex line. It seems a little dishonest. Before the Internet, people could call the sex lines and talk to people, and it was your imagination. With the Internet, and only fans, all of the media, it seems disingenuous and a little bit like a scam.

There is also live camming, both group and one-on-one. This article only focused on one particular business model.

Re: The ‘E-Pimps’ of OnlyFans

#12

I wonder if people realize that they are communicating with the new version of a phone sex line. It seems a little dishonest. Before the Internet, people could call the sex lines and talk to people, and it was your imagination. With the Internet, and only fans, all of the media, it seems disingenuous and a little bit like a scam.

It’s almost like paying for intimacy is a poor substitute for real-life love with a human being.

Re: The ‘E-Pimps’ of OnlyFans

#13

I wonder if people realize that they are communicating with the new version of a phone sex line. It seems a little dishonest. Before the Internet, people could call the sex lines and talk to people, and it was your imagination. With the Internet, and only fans, all of the media, it seems disingenuous and a little bit like a scam.

You can still call phone sex lines. Not that I would know from personal experience.

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#15
post #8

I wonder if people realize that they are communicating with the new version of a phone sex line. It seems a little dishonest. Before the Internet, people could call the sex lines and talk to people, and it was your imagination. With the Internet, and only fans, all of the media, it seems disingenuous and a little bit like a scam.

Ultimately if users are satisfied and happy, does it even matter if it is fake? The end goal is not to create a real relationship, it is to create a happy fantasy for the buyer.

They are satisfied because they think they have this connection with a real women, not a guy from an English speaking lower cost country.

Re: The ‘E-Pimps’ of OnlyFans

#16

These “pimps” serve as surrogates for the cammer, (consensually) impersonating them so that the cammer’s account can engage with more subscribers. I wonder how convincing something like GPT-3 would be at this. I give it 5 years tops for 100% AI OnlyFans accounts to be commonplace, complete with artificial personalized livestreams.

When we get to that point, people will form pair bonds with holograms that text and video chat them on the go.

Re: The ‘E-Pimps’ of OnlyFans

#17
post #8

I wonder if people realize that they are communicating with the new version of a phone sex line. It seems a little dishonest. Before the Internet, people could call the sex lines and talk to people, and it was your imagination. With the Internet, and only fans, all of the media, it seems disingenuous and a little bit like a scam.

Ultimately if users are satisfied and happy, does it even matter if it is fake? The end goal is not to create a real relationship, it is to create a happy fantasy for the buyer.

That's kind of the logic of a cheating spouse: "hey, if they don't know, they aren't harmed."

Or for that matter, someone who spies through a peep hole at hotel guests.

Sure, this is less serious, but I don't agree with the "what you don't know doesn't harm you" excuse. It's deceptive and wrong.

Re: The ‘E-Pimps’ of OnlyFans

#20

These “pimps” serve as surrogates for the cammer, (consensually) impersonating them so that the cammer’s account can engage with more subscribers. I wonder how convincing something like GPT-3 would be at this. I give it 5 years tops for 100% AI OnlyFans accounts to be commonplace, complete with artificial personalized livestreams.

The problem with GPT-3 is it’s too agreeable. It will agree to anything and promise anything - which is not a good idea in this context, to put it mildly.
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