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Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by conductr »

wonderwonder wrote: post #533
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.

I honestly did not know they did anything besides porn. They have a really bad marketing department as I bet most people only know of them via porn (or I run in a slightly more degenerate circle).

My understanding of it was purely regarding porn. Or, as an open platform focusing on paid user generated content which naturally was a cesspool for porn. Interesting enough, after a debate about would you date a girl who had an OF account, I went decided to visit browse site last week and couldn't find anything other than highly sexually provocative but legit sounding channels. Mostly of the fitness type because yoga pants and other form fitting attire. But, I actually found no porn. I suppose you have to know what to search for, or who you want to follow. I never saw any content because I didn't pay for any.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by emodendroket »

marvin wrote: post #184
emodendroket wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why should there be? It seems absurd to MANDATE anyone participate in the sex trade. There are payment processors who specialize in adult content.

At the mercy of Visa and MasterCard, I would guess. Doesn't OnlyFans work with CCBill, who exclusively work with adult content providers? More info is needed to conclude, but it wouldn't surprise me if their upstream providers made demands.

There is this from January, where MasterCard wanted sellers of adult content to have more stringent verification of the age and consent of performers in the wake of the PornHub scandal, which I’ve seen people speculating may be related: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/548279-mastercard-upda...

These aren’t explicitly linked in the story but it would make sense IMO

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by stale2002 »

ribosometronome wrote: post #742
stale2002 wrote: post #535

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The point is that people who talk about a slippery slope were correct. The more that you let large and powerful organizations, get away with targeting groups that you don't like, the more likely that those powerful organizations are going to be able to turn the guns on you, or your favorite cause, when public opinion doesn't go your way. Neutral platforms, that don't discrimination, protects your enemies as well as y…

Assuming the issue is with payment processors, it's an existing issue. The same thing happened with Patreon and has been happening with other websites selling adult content for ages. If anything, the slope that they slipped down was the one resulting in Gab's troubles. Most people don't really want neutral platforms. If you go to a restaurant and another customer is violently drunk, yelling, and really just ruining t…

> Most people don't really want neutral platforms.

Ok, then you if complain when stuff like this happens, then I am going to tell you "I told you so", and point out how stuff like this was a pretty inevitable result of this thinking.

You just have to sit back and say "Welp, this was the risk that I took, when I refused to support neutral platforms, so I guess I have to just suck it up, because nobody is going to defend me."

If you don't like this, then it is time for you to start supporting neutral platforms.

Pick one. Either support neutral platforms, or accept that I am going to make fun of you, and laugh at the irony, when the absence of neutral platforms comes back to bite you.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by Minor49er »

thepasswordis wrote: post #489

Good. Onlyfans is extremely exploitative, and part of the business model is to groom underage girls into doing pornography. There have been many news reports of only fans ignoring reports that underage girls are selling pornography of themselves on their website; something which onlyfans profits off of. They are pimps, and seem to be okay with pimping out children and encouraging children to enter the sex trade. I ho…

Quite a sad state that we're in when this true and insightful comment has been voted to the bottom of the entire reply section

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by stjohnswarts »

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.

Just because they think they need to always be growing, rather than just raking in the cash. Their value will go to 1/4 practically overnight is what I'm guessing.

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Post by [deleted] »

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.

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Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by greyivy »

neonihil wrote: post #767

Aha, so OnlyFans is closing business. Sweet. Anybody interested in building a clone and taking over of their core business?

Considering thousands and thousands of people will lose their only source of income, this is far from "sweet". Please stay far away from the industry if you lack such basic empathy.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by RosanaAnaDana »

stonecharioteer wrote: post #740
t-writescode wrote: post #488

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently the LTT OnlyFans was very popular when it was around.

I did not need to imagine Linus playing with himself today.

..wearing pink furry earmuffs...

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by bamboozled »

ryantgtg wrote: post #713
wonderwonder wrote: post #533

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I honestly did not know they did anything besides porn. They have a really bad marketing department as I bet most people only know of them via porn (or I run in a slightly more degenerate circle).

It’s a recent push toward more mainstream performers. For example, there are pro surfers who are popular youtube vloggers (e.g. Nathan Florence) who recently started onlyfans channels. Nathan’s is a fitness training channel. It threw a lot of people off guard. And I strongly suspect that onlyfans paid him to start this channel. https://onlyfans.com/nathanflorence https://dailycaller.com/2021/06/17/onlyfans-pivot-porn…

This is pretty stupid though, to throw away the business you have for the business you might have, there is heaps of porn on Twitter, looking at it is optional. Why can't it just co-exist with other "acceptable" content ?

I would imagine it's very trivial to have a "Show me explicit content" setting.

Edit: Side note, I don’t know why porn is so shameful, especially concerning adults posting high quality content, it’s their art.

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