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So, do I understand correctly this OnlyFans site is mostly a site where attractive women can post custom videos of themselves for serious money ?

wyre 6y ago
OnlyFans is very similar to Patreon, except used for adult content and the content-creator gets to set the subscription price.
- johnkpaul 6y ago
  Patreon doesn’t allow the content creator to set their price?
  - lolsal 6y ago
    I believe Patreon allows consumers to set how much they would like to pay.
    - colejohnson66 6y ago
      They do, but a creator can set benefit levels. If I give $3/month, I don’t get the $5/month benefits, but I do get the $1/month ones.
  - colejohnson66 6y ago
    They do, but Patreon is more a subscription thing while, AFAIK, OF is for purchasing things (like BandCamp)
cannaceo 6y ago
It’s moving beyond this model a bit as sex work changes to be more mainstream and there becomes a spectrum across which an influencer turns into a sex worker. The real juice with OF is in transferring the majority of rev share to the creators...unlike other media platforms available. I think the future will see more content on platforms like OF than YouTube as influencers become brands themselves, don’t need to rely on the platform to bring the viewers, and the content itself is monetized instead of ad supported.
- cannaceo 6y ago
  There’s room for shades of OF that are less sex work focused. OF, IMHO, should stick to backing its sex workers. Not trying to make the platform family-friendly. Too much risk in alienating your userbase.
  - petroseskinder 6y ago
    Is there anything about the platform that is inherently pornographic or sex work focused?
    - TigeriusKirk 6y ago
      Not inherently, but the brand seems well established as a sex brand. No reason they couldn't just start another brand for mainstream use though.
      - Throwaway1771 6y ago
        Or, do the same thing Tinder did: Get popular, get Conservative banker eyes on you, quickly choose to rebrand as an "everything" platform wink wink so your card processing isn't shut down on moral clauses.
petroseskinder 6y ago
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wyre 6y ago

OnlyFans is very similar to Patreon, except used for adult content and the content-creator gets to set the subscription price.

johnkpaul 6y ago
Patreon doesn’t allow the content creator to set their price?
- lolsal 6y ago
  I believe Patreon allows consumers to set how much they would like to pay.
  - colejohnson66 6y ago
    They do, but a creator can set benefit levels. If I give $3/month, I don’t get the $5/month benefits, but I do get the $1/month ones.
- colejohnson66 6y ago
  They do, but Patreon is more a subscription thing while, AFAIK, OF is for purchasing things (like BandCamp)

cannaceo 6y ago

It’s moving beyond this model a bit as sex work changes to be more mainstream and there becomes a spectrum across which an influencer turns into a sex worker. The real juice with OF is in transferring the majority of rev share to the creators...unlike other media platforms available. I think the future will see more content on platforms like OF than YouTube as influencers become brands themselves, don’t need to rely on the platform to bring the viewers, and the content itself is monetized instead of ad supported.

cannaceo 6y ago
There’s room for shades of OF that are less sex work focused. OF, IMHO, should stick to backing its sex workers. Not trying to make the platform family-friendly. Too much risk in alienating your userbase.
- petroseskinder 6y ago
  Is there anything about the platform that is inherently pornographic or sex work focused?
  - TigeriusKirk 6y ago
    Not inherently, but the brand seems well established as a sex brand. No reason they couldn't just start another brand for mainstream use though.
    - Throwaway1771 6y ago
      Or, do the same thing Tinder did: Get popular, get Conservative banker eyes on you, quickly choose to rebrand as an "everything" platform wink wink so your card processing isn't shut down on moral clauses.

petroseskinder 6y ago

For the most part, though you need not be attractive to try. This article provides a decent background https://medium.com/brand-origins/how-did-onlyfans-start-2355ae4f01bd https://medium.com/brand-origins/how-did-onlyfans-start-2355...