OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

Post by ozim » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 7:35 PM UTC

toomuchtodo wrote: post #175

ozim wrote: post #170

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That is called democracy and yes there are a lot of things that are not sold. General public agrees that explicit material is bad. Right now we have in Poland shops closed each Sunday - it is annoying for me. Selling alcohol in Norway is heavily restricted and I see more and more restrictions on alcohol sales in Poland. Explicit material is tied a lot to money laundering, there is also a lot of scams tied to it and l…

Payment networks should operate according to laws and regulations, not reputation and public opinion. Would you want your electricity turned off because someone did not like who you were or what you believe? That is a road to tyranny.

Post by gtirloni » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 7:37 PM UTC

ramesh31 wrote: post #123

skrtskrt wrote: post #94

This is going to be corporate suicide on a greater scale than Tumblr's policy. I say greater because OnlyFans is/was still on a massive upswing whereas Tumblr was 10 years past its peak already when the nails went in the coffin. Edit: I understand this is supposedly not their choice.

It's not like they have a choice. Their business was only ever viable at the behest of their payment provider. The reason no one has made an OnlyFans before, and the reason why people have tried and failed, entirely comes down to this.

Post by pell » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 7:38 PM UTC

emodendroket wrote: post #161

jpeter wrote: post #157

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Why should payment processors force them to. They will make less money

Probably the reputational risk to them from being associated with porn is not worth whatever OnlyFans brings in.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 7:38 PM UTC

Alex3917 wrote: post #141

toomuchtodo wrote: post #125

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Oh god I can’t believe I’m going to say this. Crypto/Bitcoin, in keeping with the relationship the Internet and adult content have. Congrats Coinbase, Venmo, and others enabling censorship resistant crypto payments on your revenue bump.

Getting a payment provider an adult business using crypto is going to be even harder than getting a payment provider for just an adult business.

Post by benbristow » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 7:39 PM UTC

CommieBobDole wrote: post #23

jerf wrote: post #9

So, serious question because I know very little about OnlyFans other than the general knowledge flowing around the internet: What does this leave of the site? Because my impression was certainly that this was the purpose of the site.

That's my question, too - I thought OnlyFans was a hosting platform for personal porn sites; I remember there was a big uproar a few months back when some TikTok influencer joined the site and started posting non-adult content. People were upset that they were diluting a site that's specifically for adult content.