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well, I wasn't gonna to comment about this subject, but here we go: I find this value ($7,500.00) kind of low for a discovery like this. The other day, someone

• Latty 6y ago
  Describing that work as "being naked in front of a webcam" is like calling software development "typing at a computer". You can make any job sounds trivial and downplay its value by describing it in a way that removes the skill and effort involved. I'm not sure why you feel the need to imply some else's work isn't valuable to make the point that this work should be more valuable.
  • atum47 6y ago
    ok, I'll bite. What kind of skill to you need to have, besides being born attractive, to succeed in such business?
    • julianlam 6y ago
      Someone attractive can have the charisma of a dead fish.
      • program9 6y ago
        People will pay for that
        • tti 6y ago
          Would you rather pay for a boring hot person or an interesting hot person?
        • purplecats 6y ago
          I personally find that super attractive if they lack all skills and intelligence and their only redeemable feature is being hot. If I was the type to pay for OnlyFans, I would certain shell out for a girl like that.
    • auntienomen 6y ago
      Like a lot of businesses in the addiction space, cam workers make a lot of their money off whales. So the profit comes from high effort relationship maintenance / customer service.
    • Afton 6y ago
      Besides the obvious falsehood that being attractive is being 'born attractive', onlyfans and such sites are full of very attractive people who suck at marketing, customer engagement, etc, who essentially make beer money being naked (with the hope that things will spike up 'real soon now'). The people at the top have a lot of hard-work, skill, and "being born attractive". Sex work is work.
• grawprog 6y ago
  >but seeing how much someone makes by being naked in front of a web cam vs a software engineer salary is kinda sad. >some of the only fans users makes in a month what a plain SE would make in a year I'm sure if you could think of a way to make software engineers as appealing as naked women, you'd probably find yourself a pretty great job paying well over the people on onlyfans.
  • atum47 6y ago
    well, I might. I finish college back in 2019 and my teacher who was my counselor, runs several projects trying to make SE and CS more attractive to girls. I guess she'll have a harder job to do now, knowing that a girl could rely on her beauty to makes thousands of dollars exposing herself to strangers. Damn it, I have a two year old niece, I guess me and my brother better think something fast, so when shes a teenager she'll be interested in STEM.
    • toyg 6y ago
      It was always thus. In fact, until the ‘60s, a girl had to rely on her beauty and personality to eat and survive, i.e. by marrying. I have a daughter and, while obviously I’d prefer she didn’t end up on onlyfans, I really don’t want to limit what she should do or what talent she should leverage to reach happiness and/or prosperity.
      • forest_dweller 6y ago
        > It was always thus. In fact, until the ‘60s, a girl had to rely on her beauty and personality to eat and survive, i.e. by marrying. The way this is framed today by people is soo disgusting. 1) Women did work before 1960. 2) Two incomes are better than one. Married couples are better off financially. Many women worked part time while the children were at school or in the evenings when the husband was back at home. I know this because my grandmother did and many of her friends. 3) A married couple typically provides the best environment for raising children. Most people want children. 4) Most people were dirt poor in the past in the western world by today's standards.
• throwaway3699 6y ago
  And software engineers make way more money than most healthcare workers... "There's something seriously wrong with the world"... Main reason this is so is because of scale. One healthcare worker can look after a ward at most, one software engineer can write software that affects millions in a very small way, and some onlyfans accounts hit a smaller scale but with more revenue per user on average.
  • atum47 6y ago
    The same argument I made for SE could be easily done for health workers. They are very important. but I'll say this: I saw everywhere how underrated health workers are, and I agree. They should be paid a lot more; even more than athletes, in my book. but how about SE and CS, have you heard anything? the whole economy would crumble, if weren't for online business. internet, apps, video chats, smart phones... I'm yet to see an AD saying thank you for what those brilliant CS and SE people have done for the world.
• dragonwriter 6y ago
  > some of the only fans users makes in a month what a plain SE would make in a year. Sure, of course some software engineers make in a month far more than a plain onlyFans user would make in a year.