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Re: OnlyFans drops planned porn ban

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Post by cblconfederate »

partdavid wrote: post #814
cblconfederate wrote: post #602

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"Sex workers" is synonymous with prostitution. Pornography is a form of art. "Sex artists" would make more sense. "Sex worker" sounds very pedestrian, we don't call actors or singers "theater workers". As for the girls just sitting in their desks that doesnt sound like sex-related work at all, they might as well be called cam-artists. This is a not a tiny niche anymore, there is space for more than one terms.

> "Sex workers" is synonymous with prostitution. No, it's not, it's an umbrella term covering multiple kinds of sexually-explicit work people do, including prostitution, fetish modelling, camming, stripping, phone sex. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_work > there is space for more than one terms. That's right, there's more than one term. When you want to say something about porn actors, you can use that term. When…

Interesting, i ve heard it more used to refer to prostitution -- do ,e.g. strippers count as sex workers? Also, even that article is confusing, for example it says that sex work is prohibited in most of the world, but camming is legal almost everywhere.

Re: OnlyFans drops planned porn ban

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Post by nomel »

aunty_helen wrote: post #679
skohan wrote: post #590

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If anything I thought maybe it was a publicity stunt.

They do viral marketing all the time. Go to any meme page and even some newspapers and you'll find "wow this mother who has an only fans is causing trouble at her school because other Dad's have been caught out!!! Dads! sign up here" Watching people fall for their marketing is like being in a state of depression with the human race.

Telling your source of revenue that they're being removed from the platform, prompting many to seek other platforms, and absolutely destroying their confidence, is not a sane viral marketing move. I don't think they're that disconnected from reality.

This is like threatening to raise taxes to attract corporations.

Re: OnlyFans drops planned porn ban

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Post by matheusmoreira »

drakythe wrote: post #471
rootsudo wrote: post #36

My biggest shock was how much "PR" was generated on Reddit, and how many sexworkers really do use the platform. I knew it was a thing, I knew of the memes, but to see both sides in arms over a company vs branding, creating their own website and content - and vanity domain as well. People really do just want a one click solution for creating adult content, and consuming adult content. And the memes, I think they're pr…

I don't think it is just the One Click Solution they want (though I don't deny that is probably very attractive). I'm pretty sure we would see more vanity URLs and one-off sites if payment processors weren't so strict when it comes to selling adult content/services. Spinning up a CMS website of your own, even with commerce/membership functionality, isn't difficult. But the payment processors are the unspoken guardian…

This is exactly the sort of problem cryptocurrencies were created to solve. Nobody should need some payment processor's permission for anything. People should be able to get paid in cryptocurrencies as if it was cash.

Monero is ideal for this sort of thing.

Re: OnlyFans drops planned porn ban

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spidersouris wrote: post #702
cblconfederate wrote: post #602

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"Sex workers" is synonymous with prostitution. Pornography is a form of art. "Sex artists" would make more sense. "Sex worker" sounds very pedestrian, we don't call actors or singers "theater workers". As for the girls just sitting in their desks that doesnt sound like sex-related work at all, they might as well be called cam-artists. This is a not a tiny niche anymore, there is space for more than one terms.

> Pornography is a form of art. Pornography is as much art as streaming video games or uploading card opening videos to YouTube are a form of art. Pornography is entertainment, and not all entertainments are art. In spite of all the more or less recent porn videos labeled "Art Porn," which, in fact, rather depicts passionate sexual intercourse, pornography cannot reasonably be considered art in the traditional sense.…

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Post by TillE »

desine wrote: post #812
dTal wrote: post #752

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For that matter - why not sell N64-compatible consoles? You could make them incredibly cheaply now, and they're definitely still in demand. Are they scared of cannibalizing their "high end"?

Why do you think they would be cheap? Many of the relevant chips have been out of production for decades. Sure you can emulate a lot on a logic device like an FPGA, but those are still expensive compared to a microprocessor, and your engineering costs will go up. Then you’re facing stiff competition- a vintage gamers ideal is exact hardware. Any sort of emulation will have slight quirks- timing changes, mildly percep…

You're Nintendo, you have all the original specs, you can literally make an exact clone on an FPGA (or whatever's cheapest).

I don't disagree that the market is small, though. But Nintendo does have a chronic problem of under-manufacturing desirable hardware. Like, if you want a SNES Classic (good emulator, fantastic controllers), you'll have to pay 2-3x the original price. Nintendo could do another run of them every year for basically no effort, and they just...don't.

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adjkant wrote: post #78
wccrawford wrote: post #21

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I have to think there must also be some requirement that OnlyFans work harder to prevent underage porn as well. Half the news I heard about this mentioned how much of it was on there.

While there may be some, it is worthwhile looking into where that news was coming from. Much of that push was coming from NCOSE, which is pretty much a literal puritanical force. They had success recently with Pornhub, and then moved to OnlyFans. NCOSE taking credit themselves for pressuring the payment processors: https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/exploitation-webs... NCOSE is more or less using the "for th…

NCOSE is the renamed successor to the puritanical group "Morality in Media," which was literally founded by some Catholic priests to oppose everything from pornography to blasphemy in Monty Python films.

They don't give a shit about children or sex trafficking– it's all about eliminating availability of things that the Religious Right deemed verboten in the 1960s.

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FalconSensei wrote: post #705

They basically did the 'suprised-pikachu' face when creators that posted explicit content closed their accounts, after being told the content they created would be banned

While lying to those creators, claiming that pornography* would still be allowed.

*just not the kind of pornography that any of those performers create

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Post by Guthur »

dylan604 wrote: post #331
Guthur wrote: post #224

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If you are going to uni to do vocational training such as hairdressing, massage and being a chef then something is really screwed.

hairdressers and chefs can't have well rounded educations? going to vocational school is a completely different experience. you're not being asked to read literature at a trade school. you're not asked to take history classes, or even basic sciences. sure, these are positives to people that don't care, but i'm not sure that's a full education? you're definitely trained in your field, but is that a full education? i w…

I'm not knocking them, but if what you say is the case it would appear orthogonal to their career choice and so complaining that your college was expensive and you can't get a job is incoherent.

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Post by quantumBerry »

throwawayFries wrote: post #744
jliptzin wrote: post #432

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I don’t understand why they don’t just use Bitcoin or some other crypto, seems like this is the exact use case it was designed for

Do you know anyone who's able to make use of crypto in the real world without using a bank of some sort?

Anyone who has feet that are able to walk to an ATM or person on someplace like localmonero? In places like Mexico and Switzerland there is no KYC, you just put the cash into the ATM or send to the address and take it out, there's no need to have an identity or bank account.

Re: OnlyFans drops planned porn ban

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Post by anothernewdude »

Sebb767 wrote: post #505
lawn wrote: post #429

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And also why piracy is increasing again as the movie/TV series space is becoming so fragmented.

I've actually heard that quite often and it seems anecdotally true to me, but is there actually any study to prove this?

It's harder to study now that torrents aren't the only alternative.
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