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The collateral damage of OnlyFans' explosive success

19 points by elsewhen 2y ago

bomewish 2y ago
Signs of a sick society. Real sad to see this stuff.
- mensetmanusman 2y ago
  Parasocial relationships started with TV. My boomer parents have nearly zero community and have multiple TVs on all day. OnlyFans might be an upgrade from this type of relationship, but both are meaningless fantasies. Long term natural selection will play out.
  - Ancalagon 2y ago
    With lots of pain in between
hyperhello 2y ago
“ A month later, with the husband’s OnlyFans spending now at $80,000, he assaulted her again, according to his arrest warrant affidavit prepared by a police detective. She told Reuters she was picking up their son from a visit when, the affidavit says, her husband chased her into the bathroom, smashed her head against a mirror and tried to strangle her.” Is this really on OnlyFans?
- add-sub-mul-div 2y ago
  Yeah I don't know if a dramatic outlier is the best way to understand the subject. This family was headed for a bad outcome one way or another.
- watwut 2y ago
  Yeah, the violence in the story seems to be the next level. The story does not state whether there was violence before or not, but it seem to jump directly to attempt to kill her.
more_corn 2y ago
It is not the creators who upsell premium content. The scale is unmanageable. It is an army of men responding to the chat requests, paid nearly nothing, regularly subject to wage theft and working on commissions. There was an article here about it a month ago.
dzhiurgis 2y ago
Gambling is heavily regulated, in many places most of profit going to charity. Why not this?
yunohn 2y ago
This reads like a classic outrage-sentiment story, that has nothing to do with the actual subject - OnlyFans. Their stories are about: * Abusive partners who burn money on addictions (OF, drugs, alcohol) * Users who may know the OF (porn) creator in real life * Superfan who stalks OF creator (influencer) on instagram, but continues to take $10k+ of their money The only thing that can be blamed on OF is the ease with which both creators and users can exchange money. Not sure how to blame the rest of this common malaise on OF.

19 points by elsewhen 2y ago

bomewish 2y ago

Signs of a sick society. Real sad to see this stuff.

mensetmanusman 2y ago
Parasocial relationships started with TV. My boomer parents have nearly zero community and have multiple TVs on all day. OnlyFans might be an upgrade from this type of relationship, but both are meaningless fantasies. Long term natural selection will play out.
- Ancalagon 2y ago
  With lots of pain in between

hyperhello 2y ago

“ A month later, with the husband’s OnlyFans spending now at $80,000, he assaulted her again, according to his arrest warrant affidavit prepared by a police detective. She told Reuters she was picking up their son from a visit when, the affidavit says, her husband chased her into the bathroom, smashed her head against a mirror and tried to strangle her.” Is this really on OnlyFans?

add-sub-mul-div 2y ago
Yeah I don't know if a dramatic outlier is the best way to understand the subject. This family was headed for a bad outcome one way or another.
watwut 2y ago
Yeah, the violence in the story seems to be the next level. The story does not state whether there was violence before or not, but it seem to jump directly to attempt to kill her.

more_corn 2y ago

It is not the creators who upsell premium content. The scale is unmanageable. It is an army of men responding to the chat requests, paid nearly nothing, regularly subject to wage theft and working on commissions. There was an article here about it a month ago.

dzhiurgis 2y ago

Gambling is heavily regulated, in many places most of profit going to charity. Why not this?

yunohn 2y ago

This reads like a classic outrage-sentiment story, that has nothing to do with the actual subject - OnlyFans. Their stories are about: * Abusive partners who burn money on addictions (OF, drugs, alcohol) * Users who may know the OF (porn) creator in real life * Superfan who stalks OF creator (influencer) on instagram, but continues to take $10k+ of their money The only thing that can be blamed on OF is the ease with which both creators and users can exchange money. Not sure how to blame the rest of this common malaise on OF.