Aren't OnlyFans (and similar companies) another way to launder money?
People have laundered money with Bing/Adsense arbitrage.
Under the skin of OnlyFans
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#92Aren't OnlyFans (and similar companies) another way to launder money?
Is there an efficient way to get cash into the system? Or are you saying people will donate via credit card on OnlyFans but they’re really paying for illicit things?
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#93No piece of software can magically prevent its content from being shared. People were divulging private conversations and other stuff on Twitter years before OnlyFans was a thing.
That's why you need hardware. eg Pluton
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#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
This argument applies to any change. Trivially, not all the changes must be accepted, therefore the argument is flawed. UPD: rafale is right, I misunderstood the parent. It's not about any change, it's about allowing more freedoms.
The way I read it is that each generation is pushing the limit of freedoms. Sounds good if we stop right there... But is it? When does it become bad? Should a parent be accepting that their daughter opens an OF when she turns 18? Should society be accepting of it as a side "gig economy" kind of job? How about the boys who are usually on the consumers/payers end? We are monetizing intimacy and sex at a level like noth…
For the sake of completeness: there isn't really a big necessity in pushing that limit, it's not that it earns us, the society, something, while its risks are unclear.
I remember someone being enthusiastic that "our young are exploring their sexuality". What will happen if they don't? Nothing. They will explore something else and be fine.
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#95The overlap between small-time OnlyFans creators and people hypervigilant about their privacy feels small. Streamers and idols have faced this problem for some time - with cases of people finding out where a streamer lives based on minutiae like reflections - but add porn and inexperience to the equation and it's not at all surprising that stalking behavior can get dangerously extreme. Storytime - a girl at my uni me…
I wonder if these kind of cases will fall under responsible disclosure in the future like security vulnerabilities.
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not surprised. I would just assume eventually some sexually frustrated person would try to doxx you at some point. I think there are even organized groups dedicated to doing just that. Sexually frustrated/not getting laid + seeing women making money off their sexuality ('unfair') makes some of these people incredibly angry.
The problem is that those people are the "whales" for these content creators. Normal people with healthy real-world relationships don't spend hundreds or thousands of dollars a month on online parasocial porn addictions. It's like someone selling crack and complaining about how they have to deal with crack addicts.
Plenty of drug dealers complain about having to deal with addicts, for what its worth. Signed, an ex-addict.
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#97This is a throwaway account and the account name is just serendipity from the Correct Horse Battery Staple password generator. Eerie but it's true.
Unlike Patreon, they do not charge only once a month but continuously as subscriptions renew, as pay-to-view videos are purchased etc. A hundred dollar monthly Patreon bill is much more noticeable than a few bucks every few days.
Also, it's possible to tip on posts but the minimum tip is five dollars.
The sum of these policies mean using Onlyfans requires real careful budgeting and I do not think most people are good at budgeting especially at budgeting for porn... So I wouldn't be surprised if we were to read stories about people getting bankrupted by this site -- obviously most people would not be particularly forthcoming about getting bankrupted by porn...
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#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
Except it’s nothing like selling crack and the platform isn’t doing enough to keep performers safe.
If a person has your full name (from your Instagram account you use to cross promote your OF) and naked pictures of you what can the platform do at that point to keep you safe?
Realistically the only thing that can be done is not caring about anyone seeing your naked pictures.
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#99Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you considered the alternative that this is not an evil which you are unable to control but just another way of living / thinking of sexual content? There is nothing inherently evil about this stuff so why is it terrible that it is becoming more accepted/common? If in 30 years we live in a society where people post nudes like they do facebook posts, is there anything wrong about this? Could you describe the harm…
I think I sit in the middle on this. I don't think it is evil but if you dig under the surface a little you will find a lot of trauma, anxiety and desperation whether it is narcissistic instagram posts or OF style porn.
I think you're correct, but I also think that's a property of the human condition and underlies nearly everything humans do for attention (to some extent or another, obviously to a much lesser extent the broader we're talking).
Trauma, anxiety and desperation are so common that I'm not sure what isn't impacted by them, I guess is my meaning.
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#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you considered the alternative that this is not an evil which you are unable to control but just another way of living / thinking of sexual content? There is nothing inherently evil about this stuff so why is it terrible that it is becoming more accepted/common? If in 30 years we live in a society where people post nudes like they do facebook posts, is there anything wrong about this? Could you describe the harm…
Sexual saturation nulls intimacy. There will be little drive to explore a personal experience when kids treat their libido as a itch to scratch. Not even historical emperor's children had harems at age 14 - this is training their behaviour for instant reward at high monetary costs - instead of working towards a goal. Instant gratification is unnatural and makes for shallow character.
The onset of sexual behavior is also for many childhoods end. It's 'easy' access to self-rewards and ends the learning period for many people early. The western success model actually was to self-deny you a reward and use it as a motivatinal carot on a stick.