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This is the perfect TL:DR. Lots of talk here by confused techbros thinking about how they can cash in on this goldmine. They should read your comment.

globular-toast 6y ago
So how do you cater to thirsty dudes? If you can harness women, then you are rich. Simple as that. Notice how anything like this will always be male owned. It might seem like women are profiting in the short run, but ultimately they have nothing unique to offer and as supply increases they'll see diminished returns. Meanwhile the male owned business will only grow as demand won't shrink and they're creaming off all of it.
- myaccount275 6y ago
  >So how do you cater to thirsty dudes? Self improvement and self help (real or just promised) are big ways to make money in this area. >Notice how anything like this will always be male owned. I don't think it makes a difference to the individual creators whether the middle-man profiting from this is male or female. The creators don't get any better outcome either way.
  - globular-toast 6y ago
    Yes. But it's all about dangling the carrot of promised sex in front of men, no matter how you dress it up. Self help is like selling a cookery book while porn is like selling a takeaway. Most people will go the route of instant gratification rather than a slow and difficult path.
    - myaccount275 6y ago
      Lot of self help content can also be more about feeling good while you're consuming it, than actual lasting change. Even if it's generally good advice. This guy made a video about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmLTLkCBSN8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmLTLkCBSN8. And it's natural to blame the consumers for any failure rather than the material ("you're just doing it wrong", "it's your fault you didn't apply it correctly", etc.), which makes selling mediocre and just plain weak content very easy.
- strikelaserclaw 6y ago
  You can't do much about it. Thirsty men willing to pay for content, and women looking to make easy money will always exist. As long as a market like that exists, someone will create something to facilitate it, whether its a man or a woman, it really doesn't make any difference. As long as no one is getting hurt in the exchange, i don't really see why it is anyone's business but i do hope, lonely men with no money aren't raking up credit card debt over this.

globular-toast 6y ago

So how do you cater to thirsty dudes? If you can harness women, then you are rich. Simple as that. Notice how anything like this will always be male owned. It might seem like women are profiting in the short run, but ultimately they have nothing unique to offer and as supply increases they'll see diminished returns. Meanwhile the male owned business will only grow as demand won't shrink and they're creaming off all of it.

myaccount275 6y ago
>So how do you cater to thirsty dudes? Self improvement and self help (real or just promised) are big ways to make money in this area. >Notice how anything like this will always be male owned. I don't think it makes a difference to the individual creators whether the middle-man profiting from this is male or female. The creators don't get any better outcome either way.
- globular-toast 6y ago
  Yes. But it's all about dangling the carrot of promised sex in front of men, no matter how you dress it up. Self help is like selling a cookery book while porn is like selling a takeaway. Most people will go the route of instant gratification rather than a slow and difficult path.
  - myaccount275 6y ago
    Lot of self help content can also be more about feeling good while you're consuming it, than actual lasting change. Even if it's generally good advice. This guy made a video about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmLTLkCBSN8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmLTLkCBSN8. And it's natural to blame the consumers for any failure rather than the material ("you're just doing it wrong", "it's your fault you didn't apply it correctly", etc.), which makes selling mediocre and just plain weak content very easy.
strikelaserclaw 6y ago
You can't do much about it. Thirsty men willing to pay for content, and women looking to make easy money will always exist. As long as a market like that exists, someone will create something to facilitate it, whether its a man or a woman, it really doesn't make any difference. As long as no one is getting hurt in the exchange, i don't really see why it is anyone's business but i do hope, lonely men with no money aren't raking up credit card debt over this.