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So, serious question because I know very little about OnlyFans other than the general knowledge flowing around the internet: What does this leave of the site? B
by jerf 5y ago
So, serious question because I know very little about OnlyFans other than the general knowledge flowing around the internet: What does this leave of the site? Because my impression was certainly that this was the purpose of the site.
- carabiner 5y agoThere's cooking videos, yoga, gardening and other benign stuff on OF, believe it or not.
- da_big_ghey 5y agoYes but if somebody says "drop your OF" is not talking about gardening. Mostly it is known for sexual material.
- nickthegreek 5y agoPretty sure that content is not what is bringing in the monies.
- rchaud 5y agoWhy not just feature that stuff on the homepage? Most adult-oriented channels are run solo, so they're distributing links via social channels. Same as Twitter. It's awash in porn but you wouldn't really know it if you stuck to the default trends and searches.
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y agoI watch several channels on YT, and I think they have excellent value (educational like 3Blue1Brown, entertaining like Davie504, musical like Ichika Nito and so on). I really enjoy watching/listening to them especially when I do something around the house like cleaning. But the moment they said they go OnlyFans and I have to pay $10 in order to watch them, I can't imagine I'd switch.
- fragmede 5y agoIs it OnlyFans or paying money for things that's the issue? Would you pay $10 on Paetreon or for YouTube premium? Would you pay $1 to OnlyFans? How about paying $10, but no one would know you were paying OnlyFans?
- CamperBob2 5y agoIt's the immense hassle involved with paying small amounts of money to many different people. Sites like YouTube (and presumably OnlyFans) fix that problem.
- monocasa 5y agoThere's benign stuff on PornHub too, but I don't think they'd be able to survive without their adult content either.
- tomjen3 5y agoInRange moved to pornhub when they were banned from Youtube. While cute and all, that made 0% revenue for them.
- city41 5y agoThe article says > Creators will still be allowed to post nude photos and videos, provided they’re consistent with OnlyFans’ policy, the company said Thursday. So I am guessing the distinction is nudes vs sex acts?
- bcheung 5y ago...for how long? There were rumors they were getting rid of adult and then they put out an announcement saying that they would always be inclusive of sex workers. Then they just announced this. Their credibility is gone.
- noir_lord 5y agoWhat Credibility - They are 75% owned by Leonid_Radvinsky. He puts the sketch in sketchy (porn click farms in the 90's, sued by Amazon and Microsoft working together for spamming emails by the millions in the early 2000's).
- rainsil 5y agoThe nudity exception is probably more along the lines of the usual carve-outs for 'scientific, educational, or artistic' content.
- BitwiseFool 5y agoI assume they will end up like Tumblr after it went Safe for Work. Still around but nowhere near as popular and a shell of its former self.
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- alpaca128 5y agoNot necessarily. Discord is a pretty popular platform for exclusive access to selected people, e.g. Patreon supporters. As long as OF allows this kind of link it might stay relevant.
- spiderice 5y agoExcept they have the reputation of porn, but now they don't have the porn. I wouldn't go sign up for an OnlyFans account in order to follow a SFW creator, simply because the reputation OnlyFans has. However I would join their Discord or Patreon. Now their in this weird uncanny valley of "adult content" combined with "no adult content". Seems hard to shake that image.
- seph-reed 5y ago> simply because the reputation OnlyFans has Lol. Watching a musician on OF and your friend looks over your shoulder.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoNot to mention being associated with extremely bad business decision of dumping 30-50% your customers in one swoop
- Wohlf 5y agoPatreon already exists for exclusive SFW content, and with exclusive Discords you can also interact with other fans of the same content. Not sure where OnlyFans would fit in other than "different Patreon".
- georgefrick 5y agoFairly good explanation of it being about far more than nudity. They have created a casino like experience for emotional interaction. https://youtu.be/ji5qepCx-8s https://youtu.be/ji5qepCx-8s
- jerf 5y agoThank you, that's a perfect example of the sort of thing I was fishing for with my question.
- crackercrews 5y agoVery helpful video. Also mentions their sister site myfreecams. That's probably where the x-rated videos will remain. Seems like they're splitting the brand to have one NSFW and one SFW.
- Sebb767 5y agoI'd like to note, though, that this video also treats OnlyFans as a porn-only site. It literally starts with asking "Why do people spend money on OnlyFans?" when what they're asking is "why do people spend money on porn".
- CommieBobDole 5y agoThat's my question, too - I thought OnlyFans was a hosting platform for personal porn sites; I remember there was a big uproar a few months back when some TikTok influencer joined the site and started posting non-adult content. People were upset that they were diluting a site that's specifically for adult content.
- Causality1 5y agoNot quite accurate. Bella Thorne joined Onlyfans and promised "no clothes naked" content in exchange for her $200 subscription fee. She made millions of dollars but then only sent clothed and obscured pictures to her subscribers. After thousands of people demanded refunds, Onlyfans changed their policies to heavily limit how much subscribers could be charged for content, how much they could pay, and increased the creator payout wait time from one week to three weeks. This heavily damaged the incomes of thousands of people overnight.
- stjohnswarts 5y agolol dang, didn't know she duped that many thirsty fans so badly.
- benbristow 5y agoLinus Media Group (Linus Tech Tips) started an OnlyFans parody-style account for April Fool's this year https://onlyfans.com/reallinustechtips https://onlyfans.com/reallinustechtips Ended up being one of the top accounts on the platform for a while.
- mrunseen 5y agoThey also donated the income to a right to repair act.
- sirmoveon 5y agoI think the initial purpose was similar to Patreon: allowing creators a way to monetize. It just became famous due to the pornographic content.
- jazzyjackson 5y agoTo be more specific, it was a direct competitor to Patreon, but patreon banned porn and onlyfans didn’t, thus the market differentiation.
- t-writescode 5y agoPatreon has decidedly 18+ content on it. It even has 18+ interstitial pages to make sure you’re 18+
- jazzyjackson 5y agoFrom Patreon Support: While we allow nudity and for creators to push the boundaries of art, we also have guidelines against funding pornography on patreon. In our community guidelines: We define pornographic material as real people engaging in sexual acts such as masturbation or sexual intercourse on camera.
- stjohnswarts 5y agowhat are 18+ interstitial pages? I didn't find much on 1st page of ddg
- t-writescode 5y agoInterstitial pages are pages that pop up when you intend to go somewhere else, but need to complete an approval process, like the “I agree to the EULA” page Edit: an 18+ interstitial would just be one that asks if the person is 18+
- ArcticHusky 5y agoOn ThePornDude, there is a section called "free OnlyFans leaks sites", which is an excellent example of actual content.
- kennywinker 5y agoStealing content from self-employed creators is pretty low. There is plenty of free porn on the internet that doesn't involve theft.
- ArcticHusky 5y agoAgree, furthermore, those sites are content scrapers from other sources.
- tomjen3 5y agoMost of which is posted in violation of copy right.
- jamal-kumar 5y agoIt's gotten taken over by celebrities. They don't promote content from girls selling their nudes anymore. Even dead ones get it better. I took one look at it recently and saw lil peep on there. My first thought was wow they're really putting a dead rapper's meat out there like that? But nah, it's like unreleased music videos and shit. Gotta wonder who is milking that.
- selimthegrim 5y agoRachel Dolezal joining was probably the shark-jumping in this trend.
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- wtf_is_up 5y agoIt's a huge win for PornHub which already has a robust amateur porn monetation platform. I suspect most explicit OF users already use PH for teasers and free content. Most likely they will move all content to PH and leave OF behind
- techdragon 5y agoHad. PornHub are still blocked by MasterCard, Visa and Discover and since American Express was never an option, that’s a lock, no credits cards for PornHub.
- barbazoo 5y agoFourth paragraph > That popularity also brought with it additional scrutiny, and OnlyFans is positioning itself more as a forum for musicians, fitness instructors and chefs than sex workers. While many of its most-popular creators post videos of themselves engaging in sexual behavior, several mainstream celebrities like Bella Thorne, Cardi B and Tyga have also set up accounts.
- skinnymuch 5y agoBella Thorne was only there for explicit stuff. Not sure about the other celebs.
- jjulius 5y agoAre you sure? Another user posted this elsewhere in this thread, a few posts below yours: >Not quite accurate. Bella Thorne joined Onlyfans and promised "no clothes naked" content in exchange for her $200 subscription fee. She made millions of dollars but then only sent clothed and obscured pictures to her subscribers. After thousands of people demanded refunds, Onlyfans changed their policies to heavily limit how much subscribers could be charged for content, how much they could pay, and increased the creator payout wait time from one week to three weeks. This heavily damaged the incomes of thousands of people overnight.
- skinnymuch 5y agoYeah. She was there because of “no clothes naked” which is explicit. She ended up being deceitful and hurting others. Still means she was there because of explicit stuff. in other words, there’s a reason she made millions on onlyfans in no time and not with a brand new Payreon.
- spoonjim 5y agoThink “show your titties,” not “suck a dick.”
- tofuahdude 5y agoMan, I would hate to be the judge of "nude but not sexually explicit" content
- theshrike79 5y agoGood old "I know it when I see it"
- Consultant32452 5y agoI'm sure you could find a few volunteers.