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I wonder if people realize that they are communicating with the new version of a phone sex line. It seems a little dishonest. Before the Internet, people could
by Overtonwindow 4y ago
I wonder if people realize that they are communicating with the new version of a phone sex line. It seems a little dishonest. Before the Internet, people could call the sex lines and talk to people, and it was your imagination. With the Internet, and only fans, all of the media, it seems disingenuous and a little bit like a scam.
- harmon 4y agoUltimately if users are satisfied and happy, does it even matter if it is fake? The end goal is not to create a real relationship, it is to create a happy fantasy for the buyer.
- ec109685 4y agoThey are satisfied because they think they have this connection with a real women, not a guy from an English speaking lower cost country.
- bawolff 4y agoIf they think they have a real relationship with the real woman behind the camera, they are as delusional as the people who tweet at celebrities and think they have a real relationship with them.
- ec109685 4y agoCan’t help but think of the guys writing this behind the scenes: “It may take me a couple of days to really grasp using this platform and answering all my messages but I will get back to each of you! I will also be taking photos to share on the wall for free with some PPVs over the next couple of days. It is ONLY ME on here, so , I'd love some suggestions! PS; I'd like to also know what time is best to come on and not miss you... also, going to try and do some live streams when I get it all figured out!" Richards wrote. Source: https://people.com/style/denise-richards-flag-bikini-fourth-of-july-beach-photoshoot/ https://people.com/style/denise-richards-flag-bikini-fourth-... From the e-pimp article: “You see how there’s a space before the exclamation mark?” he said. “Yeah, that’s how 18-year-olds type.” When it comes to sales, Rosero said, those details make all the difference. … “An older lady won’t use emojis; she’ll use, like, a semicolon and parentheses for a winky face, when a younger girl will actually use a winky emoji.”
- tsol 4y agoYeah but people are free to be delusional if they want to, doesn't make it legal to scam them
- bawolff 4y agoIs it really even a scam? They are hiring someone to pretend to be interested in them, and they are getting someone pretending to be interested in them. If they can't effectively distinguish between the two, where is the scam? Where is the bait and switch?
- robbrown451 4y agoThat's kind of the logic of a cheating spouse: "hey, if they don't know, they aren't harmed." Or for that matter, someone who spies through a peep hole at hotel guests. Sure, this is less serious, but I don't agree with the "what you don't know doesn't harm you" excuse. It's deceptive and wrong.
- abigail95 4y agoIt's wire fraud. Fake relationship scammers have been charged with it before. You can't lie to people to get money out of them.
- Phlarp 4y ago>You can't lie to people to get money out of them. Ok grandma, lets get you to bed.
- marpstar 4y agoIs it really all that different than the old phone sex lines? I’m not old enough to know, but I’d presume there’d be some visual accompanying said ads — perhaps a woman more attractive than the real one on the other end of the phone?
- djbusby 4y agoThese ads were all over the backs of local media rags (Guardian, Stranger, Phoenix). Always had a sexy babe with barely any clothes on. Call me babe, only $4.99/min (in 1999 money!)
- csunbird 4y agoAlso, it was not always women on the other side of the phone, sometimes it was men with voice changers.
- standardUser 4y agoThere is also live camming, both group and one-on-one. This article only focused on one particular business model.
- seibelj 4y agoIt’s almost like paying for intimacy is a poor substitute for real-life love with a human being.
- formerkrogemp 4y agoYou can still call phone sex lines. Not that I would know from personal experience.
- cortesoft 4y agoHow is it disingenuous or a scam? If you are paying to talk to someone, you know there is no real connection. If there was a real connection you wouldn’t have to pay. So clearly you know you are buying something pretend, so where is the scam?
- knodi123 4y agoI mean, there's also post-internet real phone sex lines with real people. Obviously NSFW, but for instance niteflirt.com uses internet technology so you can call people, but neither of you learns the others' phone number, privacy is preserved, etc.
- bergenty 4y agoI never understood the phone sex pull. It’s just a voice you can’t see anything and the person on the other end could be hideous.