OnlyFans Is a Billion-Dollar Media Giant Hiding in Plain Sight

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-05/celebrities-like-cardi-b-could-turn-onlyfans-into-a-billion-dollar-media-company

by 1cvmask • 6 years ago

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stevespang• 6 years ago

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• 6 years ago

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

johnkpaul• 6 years ago

Patreon doesn’t allow the content creator to set their price?

cannaceo2• 6 years 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.

cannaceo2• 6 years 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.

petroseskinder2• 6 years 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-2355...

garciasn• 6 years ago

As if spamming URLs on every possible platform, such as Reddit, is “hiding in plain sight,” I suppose this article is correct in its assertion.

I’m all about giving people platforms to do what they want, I just don’t want to see it spammed all over the place.

bsder• 6 years ago

Well, the problem is that OnlyFans is trying to get ANYTHING "legitimate" before the law comes down on them for the porn.

OnlyFans Is a Billion-Dollar Media Giant Hiding in Plain Sight

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