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Re: Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'

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Post by throwaway5752 »

vimda wrote: post #4
anovikov wrote: post #2

Now this is almost entirely automated anyway, there is a big adult ecosystem here in Cyprus and i talk to a lot of people. No manual work is used there anymore, "chatters" are a thing of the past. Now they are well on the path to automate OnlyFans models themselves, there are plenty of hybrid sites where known live models are attracted with good terms to bring in the users, and then slowly switched for AI ones, and i…

God that's depressing. Even when you _pay_ for human connection you're being fobbed off onto an AI

It's going to kill the software industry as we know it!

We're literally killing our field by making the devices and internet so repulsive that people are actively unplugging. You can't hear about this online because the bot generated content is filling the gap and the people doing it aren't online to tell you about it.

Children are getting addicted to everything because the internet has killed any sense of self-stimulation and they are growing up into gamblers with cards, sports, and prediction markets or rage-addicted media consumers.

There is plenty of human connection to be had out there, it is free, and all you have to do is put down the phone or computer. It is getting extremely compelling as an alternative for increasing large groups of people.

The tech industry is energetically strangling its golden goose.

Re: Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'

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Post by autoexec »

How is this not fraud, or at least false advertising? If I'm paying money to chat with a specific sex worker how is it even legal to let some random dude in a third world country pretend to be the person I'm supposed to be talking to? I've never personally engaged in these types of systems, but I don't think there's a problem with them as long as they are run honestly. It sounds like Onlyfans is exploiting workers and their own customers.

Re: Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'

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Post by mhb »

swiftcoder wrote: post #15
cedarscarlett wrote: post #12

Let me complain about how I'm being exploited at my job while voluntarily choosing said job over literally every other job available to me.

Please do enumerate these other jobs that are available to the Filipino currently performing this job for... checks notes ... $2/hour?

Please say what you think the hourly average wage is in the Philippines and how you conclude that this isn't the woman's best option despite her revealed preference that it is.

Re: Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'

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Post by firtoz »

tehjoker wrote: post #19
anovikov wrote: post #2

Now this is almost entirely automated anyway, there is a big adult ecosystem here in Cyprus and i talk to a lot of people. No manual work is used there anymore, "chatters" are a thing of the past. Now they are well on the path to automate OnlyFans models themselves, there are plenty of hybrid sites where known live models are attracted with good terms to bring in the users, and then slowly switched for AI ones, and i…

Does that mean that people do not recognize that some of the content is AI? Or do they simply accept it?

There's enough people on both camps I'm sure.

Re: Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'

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Post by steve_adams_86 »

cess11 wrote: post #13
vimda wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

God that's depressing. Even when you _pay_ for human connection you're being fobbed off onto an AI

What do you mean by "human connection"?

It appears a lot of people using OF are using it as a parasocial medium, not strictly for porn. They want to believe they're actually in touch with the performer and part of their lives to some degree.

Re: Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'

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Post by createaccount99 »

anovikov wrote: post #2

Now this is almost entirely automated anyway, there is a big adult ecosystem here in Cyprus and i talk to a lot of people. No manual work is used there anymore, "chatters" are a thing of the past. Now they are well on the path to automate OnlyFans models themselves, there are plenty of hybrid sites where known live models are attracted with good terms to bring in the users, and then slowly switched for AI ones, and i…

That's pretty smart.

Re: Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'

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Post by iugtmkbdfil834 »

autoexec wrote: post #22

How is this not fraud, or at least false advertising? If I'm paying money to chat with a specific sex worker how is it even legal to let some random dude in a third world country pretend to be the person I'm supposed to be talking to? I've never personally engaged in these types of systems, but I don't think there's a problem with them as long as they are run honestly. It sounds like Onlyfans is exploiting workers an…

But then.. how is it any different from Amazon saying automated stores while a human is watching cameras or waymo having humans operate in some circumstances. If there are no rules, you can't expect corporates to govern themselves in a way that does not benefit them..

Re: Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'

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Post by myhf »

tehjoker wrote: post #19
anovikov wrote: post #2

Now this is almost entirely automated anyway, there is a big adult ecosystem here in Cyprus and i talk to a lot of people. No manual work is used there anymore, "chatters" are a thing of the past. Now they are well on the path to automate OnlyFans models themselves, there are plenty of hybrid sites where known live models are attracted with good terms to bring in the users, and then slowly switched for AI ones, and i…

Does that mean that people do not recognize that some of the content is AI? Or do they simply accept it?

A little bit of real content goes a long way toward getting people to pay for something unknown, which then turns out to be AI-generated. Even if they are not satisfied, that counts as AI content making a sale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_in_a_poke

Re: Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'

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Post by bawolff »

> She would be set targets to earn the model hundreds of dollars worth of sales of pictures and videos during her shift.

So lets assume $300 per shift, so with an 8 hour shift, that would be about $37.50/hour of merchandise per hour. So the workers makes about 5.3%. Google says standard for sales workers paid on comission normally get 5-10%.

So its possible this is within what would be normal for a low end non-salary commision job, but it depends on what "hundreds" really mean. Of course i think normally for commision only sales jobs you move much more expensive product to make it worth your while.

Otoh they probably deserve a lot higher than normal sales commision given the nature of the job and all the stuff they undoubtedly have to put up with.

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