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Many dating websites don't have a single real woman. They simply exist to lure desperate men to keep swiping and chatting to these human-bots until they realise
by anovikov 3y ago
Many dating websites don't have a single real woman. They simply exist to lure desperate men to keep swiping and chatting to these human-bots until they realise they have been duped all along, or even never. In fact, this is openly said on affiliate conferences if you visit them, they discuss whole strategies on how to keep people swiping. Same about every other online industry, sometimes worse (literate scams as in "stealing other people money"). All except porn, that is. Porn (and webcams) are real things. This is why i highly prefer working for porn companies, at least i know it's an honest, real business with nothing to hide.
On the good side of things, most dating sites/apps won't be able to exist without these full time catfishers. Just because cost of traffic won't be paid back by their revenue. And still, there's some trickle of real women on some of them - most women i know have dating profiles so i know there are - so some people actually meet there.
- catiopatio 3y agoThe porn industry hides coercion, rampant drug abuse, STIs, rape, and an abhorrent human cost paid by its actors.
- anovikov 3y agoAh the studios, they are largely irrelevant. They are not where the money is, at all.
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- GauntletWizard 3y ago"Studios" don't have a monopoly on porn created through rape and coercion. "Independent" video producers often are aspirational, making nearly nothing for a very large mental toll. Many of them are forced into it by their "lovers", and/or do it to fund a drug habit. I would hardly call myself a heavy consumer of pornography but I've seen an awful lot of almost-hidden needle marks and crackpipes carelessly in the background. And that's not even to comment on the fact that many/most OnlyFans and similar "boutique" sites are operating under a similar model to this scam. There's often a real face who provides the "Content" as a lure, but the premium "Chatting" services are run by call-centers.
- anovikov 3y agoMy point was that content doesn't really matter that much. It is the job of getting quality traffic and monetising it the fullest where the money is. Content providers like studios, are just suppliers for them. When people say "porn business" they don't mean "those who actually film people fucking" because this is just tip of the iceberg and not where the money is made. Of course chatting on webcams is always run by separate people, it is the case even with individual models i know. They just don't have time for this. It's a natural division of labor. I built engines for several webcam sites and there is always that thing.