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Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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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.

On ThePornDude, there is a section called "free OnlyFans leaks sites", which is an excellent example of actual content.

Stealing content from self-employed creators is pretty low. There is plenty of free porn on the internet that doesn't involve theft.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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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.

Not quite accurate. Bella Thorne joined Onlyfans and promised "no clothes naked" content in exchange for her $200 subscription fee. She made millions of dollars but then only sent clothed and obscured pictures to her subscribers. After thousands of people demanded refunds, Onlyfans changed their policies to heavily limit how much subscribers could be charged for content, how much they could pay, and increased the creator payout wait time from one week to three weeks. This heavily damaged the incomes of thousands of people overnight.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

#73

What is it called when your greed for investor money ends up giving a giant opening for your competitor and destroying your business? Also how come even the most profitable company can't compete with deep SV pockets? Is this capitalism?

It is, but it's not a very good one. Think about the billions that have gone into reinventing the taxi industry, the hotel industry and the food delivery industry. We don't call it 'picking winners' however, because it's not the filthy public sector doing it. And also because none of Uber, Airbnb or DoorDash can really be considered a 'win'.

State-backed capitalism has its faults, but they usually try to move billions into a strategically important area that benefits a large enough section of the economy.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Patreon made similar decisions about four years ago when they began to tighten their terms for NSFW creators. https://www.engadget.com/2017-10-27-patreon-adult-content-cr... Much of the pressure came from payment processing partners and banks, much like is described in this article. https://www.vice.com/en/article/vbqwwj/patreon-suspension-of... It seems like for any crowdsourced funding platform there is a volume ca…

I assume this will lead to Onlyfans's effective death, much as Tumblr's porn ban seems to have led to, or hastened, its death. Reddit seems to have resisted whatever calls it must be getting to eliminate porn. So far at least. It will ban or quarantine some heretical ideas, but porn is still there.

Reddit doesn't let people pay directly for content. You can gift awards but those aren't really worth anything.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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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.

Fairly good explanation of it being about far more than nudity. They have created a casino like experience for emotional interaction. https://youtu.be/ji5qepCx-8s

Thank you, that's a perfect example of the sort of thing I was fishing for with my question.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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One of the current owners is the guy behind myfreecams - he knows how to run a porn site (and get cards to work on it).

This split - and it's going to be a split (as they'd be insane to let that much porn money walk) is just to leave behind a nice investable onlyfans to rival patreon.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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What is it called when your greed for investor money ends up giving a giant opening for your competitor and destroying your business? Also how come even the most profitable company can't compete with deep SV pockets? Is this capitalism?

I think "The Vine Effect" would be apt

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Are there any major non-porn OnlyFans creators? I’ve never seen it referenced outside of adult content.

To be specific, they are banning sexually explicit content (masturbation and sex), not nudity.

A lot of OF creators only do nudes and nothing sexual.

I personally know models making 6 figures and they don't even do nudes on OF.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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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.

There's cooking videos, yoga, gardening and other benign stuff on OF, believe it or not.

I watch several channels on YT, and I think they have excellent value (educational like 3Blue1Brown, entertaining like Davie504, musical like Ichika Nito and so on). I really enjoy watching/listening to them especially when I do something around the house like cleaning. But the moment they said they go OnlyFans and I have to pay $10 in order to watch them, I can't imagine I'd switch.
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