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1. Random+hPb[view] [source] 2024-09-13 11:18:00
>>mef+(OP)
What I find fascinating/disturbing with OnlyFans and in some way with Twitch and streaming in general is more the client side than the creators. Here are basically people paying, and paying a lot, for parasocial relationships. Because clearly it’s not about the content per see which is a dim a dozen and available for free in trove.

I think it says something quite dark about our society as a whole that we have basically commoditised distress and are encouraging some people often themselves in dire circumstances to prey on others to the benefits of the middle men. I find these new pimps scarier than the old sort in that they pretend to have clean hands.

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2. raxxor+72c[view] [source] 2024-09-13 13:05:21
>>Random+hPb
I think it also is quite a special demographic, which is hard to nail down. There are a lot of people that don't have many social contacts but would never pay anyone for only fans. Perhaps you need to have a special character trait to be able to use such services.

But while there are successful people on only fans with either more or less clothes on, the vast majority of creators probably sell their dignity for a few dollars.

Agreed that there is something fishy about these new pimps. I guess there are still the conventional pimps too, but they now call themselves manager.

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3. hungie+X9c[view] [source] 2024-09-13 14:04:14
>>raxxor+72c
This framing, "sell their dignity", is your moral judgement (coming from your cultural, religious, or some other) background.

I don't see it as any less dignified than any other work. You sell your labor to someone who pays you less than the value it produces.

Now, if you want to argue that median creators get payed only a tiny fraction of their time, and like Twitch/YouTube it's a losing game for most, then we're on the same page.

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4. kidint+OHc[view] [source] 2024-09-13 17:51:45
>>hungie+X9c
> don't see it as any less dignified than any other work

You do not, and that is your moral judgement. Rationalizing earning money by any means necessary is a very slippery slope, and the discussion is much more nuanced than popular media would lead you to believe.

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5. hungie+jSd[view] [source] 2024-09-14 06:47:45
>>kidint+OHc
My gut feeling is that people joining the army is a whole lot more destructive than people doing sex work. Especially on only fans or whatever.
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