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Re: Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'

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(a) It's not prostitution, and (b) while prostitution is illegal in the US it's perfectly legal in the UK and many other countries.

(A) https://reason.com/2025/05/28/is-buying-onlyfans-content-now... (B) Just because the laws do not explicitly mention it does not make it less of a form of prostitution. (C) Selling your body regardless of the medium is prostitution. (D) I am looking at it from a moral perspective. Not legal. Let me know if you think selling your body is not prostitution.

Very much agree. They're not "creators", they are prostitutes, as are porn-stars.

Re: Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'

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Just put an ai behind it already. People will get bored of it and onlyfans will die by itself. If OF managements can't see what's coming, I think it's well deserved. Hell, there are even cases of only fans models being entirely AI. photo, video and chat entirely made by ai. I mean at this point you're better getting a chatgpt subscription, right ?

You're joking, right? Haven't you heard the stories of people having 'relationships' with their chatbots? Far from getting bored of these things, we're getting hooked on them.

Oh man I'd rather not believe it. Getting hooked on a computer program which has no will, decision, or even say in love matter...

Re: Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'

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Morally, it is still prostitution. Some countries consider OnlyFans prostitution, some don't. At its core, a human is selling its body parts for money.

But they're not risking rape, murder, or sti s and their pimps options for keeping them in the game are much more limited.

AFAIK, many of them are offered an insane amount of money to do weird things in Dubai. It is like a gateway to hardcore prostitution and exposes anyone to prostitution with a few clicks. These videos and photos are permanently stored in someone's computer, too.

Re: Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'

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First you could sue all the singers who have lip synced in a live performance and see how it goes.

I'm reminded of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milli_Vanilli fiasco: nobody sued, but revealing they were lip syncing killed their career.

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Re: Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'

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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…

It might be fraud, but it’s hard to muster up sympathy for perverts on the internet. Imagine guys in their 50s who actually think an 18-year-old girl is talking to them. There are no innocent people on porn sites — just losers looking to exploit. Maybe it's just poetic justice that they're the ones getting exploited, no?

Re: Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'

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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…

It might be fraud, but it’s hard to drum up sympathy for internet perverts. Imagine a guy in his 50s believing an 18-year-old with thousands of followers is personally texting him. It’s pure delusion - like going to a strip club and thinking the girls are actually into you. There are no innocent victims on these sites, just losers looking to exploit someone. Maybe them getting exploited instead is just poetic justice.

Re: Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'

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Someone paid to have a fantasy of sex, and they got that fantasy. If they don't like it, they don't do it again, and this is true whether it's "the model" or someone else. If they do like it, what's the issue? This is like saying you paid for a celebrity plumber & a regular plumber did the work, but you're upset because you wanted the celebrity. "The job" got done one way or another. They're selling digital handjobs…

> If they do like it, what's the issue? Are you serious? However goofy that sounds, they paid for a specific fantasy. They would not have paid if you advertised the service as "talk dirty with a random dude in India". If the reason they paid for this service is that they were promised a specific person, that's fraud. As simple as that. Your judgment about whether the services are equivalent doesn't matter. If I pay y…

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Re: Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'

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I don't think you and I are disagreeing here? The article explicitly states that she only took this work because she couldn't find other work, and that she dislikes the work intensely (... but has no better job prospects)

So what is your point exactly? That we as a society should see to it that no matter how much sex work pays, we provide an equally high-paying and easy job for people? What do you propose?

The person I was replying to suggested that this person voluntarily chose this job over a bunch of equally good jobs. My point is that this is at best a mischaracterisation - they chose this job because of economic necessity.

Yes, it may be that it pays more than equivalent non-porn jobs due to being rooted in foreign exchange. But that doesn't make it any more voluntary

Re: Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'

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It is rather sad that a job they hate, that only pays ~$2/hour, is apparently the best option they have.

Doesn't 'a job I hate for not enough money' describe like 50% or more of the world's workforce?

I hope not. Most people I know seems to get at least some enjoyment and satisfaction from their job. But I live in a first world country and have a white collar job, so my experience may not be globally relevant.
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