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Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics

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Re: Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics

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Post by mrguyorama »

benterix wrote: post #154
habinero wrote: post #141

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That's true for every part of the human experience. People discriminate because of religion, etc. Sounds like you care too much about what other people think of you. Anyways, my point is this sort of thing is rapidly becoming something nobody cares about, and that's due to feminism and it's a good thing.

While I somewhat agree with you, feminism and related ideologies created a whole new network of concepts of what is good and wrong, and these can bite you as much as the old prejudices. A good example is the Harry Potter lady: while I don't necessarily agree with her view, I do understand her concern and the right to express it - but for many people it's a criminal offense. Almost as if we replaced one cage with anot…

>the right to express it - but for many people it's a criminal offense

No it wasn't. Even in the UK, a supposed hellscape of unfree speech, she only finally got into any trouble when she repeatedly told outright and trivially knowable lies about another person. There's no guarantee she loses that court case either, so she hasn't exactly faced any repercussions for her speech. Companies are still making boatloads of harry potter content and it still sells like hotcakes.

Re: Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics

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Post by DiscourseFan »

sesm wrote: post #583
DiscourseFan wrote: post #570

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So we should have a service, instead, that pairs up horny teenagers or puts them in group settings where they can explore their sexuality in a more directly social way? Or what do you suggest, that they don’t have an outlet for these urges?

I don't think I have a solution. I'm sure that Twitch is fully aware of this and gets their cut from OF subscriptions that came from Twitch links.

I have always advocated for legally regulated sex work that is provided to the population for free or a very low price through a scheme like national or universal heath care, which would immediately solve all problems related to sexual frustration and social isolation, but I think the christian conservatives would rather have school shootings and OnlyFans

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Post by OkayPhysicist »

alt227 wrote: post #475
standardUser wrote: post #445

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I don't know about you, but my life is too short to associate with troglodytes. Especially when there are so many amazing open-minded, open-hearted weirdos out there I can spend my days with.

No I dont consider myself so important that I am above interacting with anybody, nor do I think my opinions are better or more correct than anybody elses. I think even if you were to spend your life just getting to know and educating 1 bigotted person so much so that they change they views just a little, that would be a life well spent.

Why are the bigoted people so important that it's worth wasting a perfectly good life appealing to them?

Fuck em. Progress happens when a new idea achieves enough cultural cache that the expressing the backwards view becomes a fringe belief, worthy of ostracization. 30 years ago, gay marriage was a contentious issue. Today, it's sociopolitical suicide to oppose it. Before that it was women entering the workforce, or desegregation.

Re: Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics

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Post by aqme28 »

taikobo wrote: post #525
alsetmusic wrote: post #505

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> Sounds like credit card fraud to me. Bots using stolen cards to scrape OF content. Also easily verifies that the number works before attempting a pricier purchase. I’ve subscribed for one month to two different creators just to check the content. Neither was interesting enough to maintain a subscription. I don’t think the described behavior sounds nefarious.

The part that they delete their account immediately afterwards?

Buyers remorse after purchasing pornography? I don't know why you're surprised.

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Post by acdha »

prmoustache wrote: post #379
acdha wrote: post #269

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> Even the most addicted to porn can't possibly follow and keep track of more than a tiny subset of performers. So there is a good chance you can still have a career alongside it or switch from OF to a non sex related career easily. This is dangerously wrong coming at least a decade after there are entire communities devoted to unmasking performers’ real identities and multiple reverse image search tools exist as app…

The fact these tools and some creeps exist doesn't mean your actual coworkers in your career will use those to find you. And more importantly, said creeps would be the one who would have an inappropriate behavior in the workplace regardless of the tools they have at their disposition.

It doesn’t guarantee it, no, but it does mean the odds are rapidly getting higher.

It’s also severely optimistic to think that the guy doing it will suffer the consequences: if you search the news, you’ll find plenty of examples of cases where someone thought they knew the attacker but wasn’t able to prove it. Moreover even if they could prove it and the attacker did suffer consequences, it won’t magically wipe everyone else’s memories.

Re: Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics

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Post by jandrese »

paxys wrote: post #281

> The company counted an average of only 42 employees in 2023, down from 61 two years earlier. During the year, it generated $31MM in net revenue per employee (13-28x that of Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft) and $15.5MM in operating profit (27-560x). This is the wildest part. One company that is proving all the "why does need 10000 engineers?" takes true.

Where labor costs really start to skyrocket is when you start trying to moderate content and keep the porn bots from invading your site. OF probably spends little in doing this. It is remarkable that they've been able to keep their payment processors happy despite the distinct possibility that a number of the performers are underage and a huge legal liability. Clearly with a staff that small they aren't doing the most extensive background checks.

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Post by mrguyorama »

beaglesss wrote: post #152
Freak_NL wrote: post #133

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Wait, you would seriously hold that against a potential mate if they were open about it and honest about their motivations?

I wouldn't and I haven't, and I have dated a sex industry worker. BUT When I dated someone in the industry I quickly realized why many people avoid such workers. It's highly correlated with HEAVY drug use, severe mental illness, and sad family stories. Not challenges lot of people looking for in a relationship, especially if they want children.

Oh wow, god forbid you date someone who wasn't as privileged in their past.

I get what you are saying, but nearly everyone who has ever lived is full of baggage. After a certain age, any relationship you start will involve talking about all the bad shit you both experienced, how it affected you, how you've grown and dealt with it, etc. Just be an adult about it.

What matters is whether a person who had a bad past is willing to put in the effort to deal with it. A former heavy drug abuser who sought out some form of treatment or has largely healed is a fine partner. A partner who is still sneaking out and stealing to get their fix is much less so.

It's really really easy to just not hold someone's past against them too hard if they are demonstrably a better person currently.

Re: Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics

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Post by jandrese »

blackhawkC17 wrote: post #292
paxys wrote: post #281

> The company counted an average of only 42 employees in 2023, down from 61 two years earlier. During the year, it generated $31MM in net revenue per employee (13-28x that of Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft) and $15.5MM in operating profit (27-560x). This is the wildest part. One company that is proving all the "why does need 10000 engineers?" takes true.

They employ hundreds of contractors to run the operations.

If that's true then the statement is basically an accounting lie.

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Post by roninorder »

makeitdouble wrote: post #389
pfannkuchen wrote: post #368

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This comparison is backwards. Listening to music performed in person by other humans is the natural way of things, like actually having sex with another human. Recorded music is much more like pornography.

I'm not sure I follow, how is listening to music performed by another human live different from watching another human performing a sexy act live ? The analog to actually having sex would be playing with the band on the stage.

It's safe to say that the impact on one's emotional and mental state is vastly different. This is a wider discussion of porn vs music, not necessarily OF vs recorded music though.

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Post by sulandor »

GreenWatermelon wrote: post #408
sulandor wrote: post #375

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Completely irrelevant and without substance comment. You don't even know the parent but you an unsubstantiated claim for the sake 9f argument.

no one has even gone as far as decided to even look more like
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