Asking for a friend? It’s tough out here. No face shots.

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    If I thought I would actually make money? Sure. But most people that do OF aren’t really making more than pocket change.

    I don’t think most people would be interested in paying for first-person shooting competition video–although maybe they would if I had the $8k or so for a VR camera so that it could be immersive–and most people don’t have a huge interest in rope tops. So, eh.

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    If I was very desperate and my current job no longer sufficed, sure I’d hop on OnlyFans or FeetFinder and give it a go. The problem I have is more one of laziness. I like showing off my body, and spend a good amount of time cultivating parts like my ass and thighs to look attractive. The limiting factor is that I don’t have anyone to hold a camera. It’s a lot of fun to model, it’s a lot less fun to setup a camera/mic, create a scene, and actually take 30-40 pictures/30 sec vid clips. If I had to do it for survival, I could, but I prefer just sending simple thirst traps to fwb.

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    If you don’t enjoy it as a hobby, you won’t enjoy it as a business.

    Do you enjoy taking nudes for fun? Go for it. If not, OF would be the worst “job” you’ve ever had, being just below roaming in train tracks looking for pennies.

    Amazon hires anyone hiring.amazon.com

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      Benefits

      Health benefits, parental leave, paid time off, holiday overtime, employee discounts, and more.

      It’s insane that those things have to be listed in a so-called developed country (except employee discounts, that’s an actual benefit)

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    Yes, but I would blame capitalism for forcing me.

    Many years ago I used to stream to a cam site. I walked passed someone who pointed me out to his friend and said he saw me and where online he saw me. It wasn’t a good feeling and while some people may stream for a kink I did it solely for money and that interaction brought about all kinds of feelings. And I still worry now that I will be recognised and even have it publicised. But if I fell on hard times I might do it again while opting to hide my face.

    I wouldn’t recommend it for others, it looms especially if opting to show face.

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    Selling yourself is not an easy job. If you can, then sure, go for it. But for each person making thousands there are thousands of people making pennies.

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    I have a very liberated sexuality, girls, boys, sometimes among consenting strangers. OF could be a logical extension if I needed money.

    However , two things stand in the way: first, I have a job that gives me social recognition and financial stability, and it wouldn’t be compatible with the social stigma of sex work.

    The other problem is all the work that goes into OF, like on YT channels ot Twitch: communicating on social networks, managing a community, editing, finding collaborations. I don’t know how to do it and I don’t think I’d like it.

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    No and not for the reason you’d expect:

    To open an account, OnlyFans requires you to do social media and prove that your social media accounts are yours, and of course they require you to hand over your real identity with your real ID card or passport and a selfie.

    This is beyond dystopian. You have to be suicidal from a privacy standpoint to do OnlyFans.

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      That’s actually fucking ridiculous. But I guess if you’re willing to put your asshole and face together on the Internet, you’re probably not to concerned about these extra steps.

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      Im going to assume OnlyFans doesn’t do that because they want to. They’d likely be harassed by government if they didn’t.

      Pornhub had to remove all unverified videos (which was most of their videos) and now anyone who uploads must follow similar rules that OnlyFans has. Pornhub posted an announcement saying they reported 118 instances of child abuse materials while Facebook reported 84,000,000 but that somehow they’re the ones being threatened to be shutdown unless they implement more rules.

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        Im going to assume OnlyFans doesn’t do that because they want to. They’d likely be harassed by government if they didn’t.

        Only partially.

        They don’t legally have to require you to do social media. All they’re legally required to do is to verify that you’re a consenting adult. In that respect, I get that they require a form of ID and a photo.

        But the social media stuff is something they pretend to require to add an extra layer of legitimacy to your account, and make extra-sure you’re not a fraud. It’s of course complete bullshit. They only do this to collect data.

        And don’t think for a second you can open an empty Facebook account and tell them “Here’s my social media account”: they want an old account with lots of real activity. And only certain types social media accounts are accepted. In fact, they’re very heavily biased towards you having a Facebook account, and it’s a lot more difficult to validate your OnlyFans account with anything other than a Facebook account.

        They’re in cahoots with Facebook on the social media verification scam. I believe a good portion of their revenue stream is deanonymizing sex workers and selling their data.

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        If I remember correctly the pressure came from credit card companies and not any government.

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      This guy raging that a media/porn publishing company verifies it’s models 🤣

      I mean in the history of porn nobody, and I mean nobody has ever been abused.

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      You’ve probably provided ID at every job you’ve ever had. This is to establish legal residency and that you are of working age. I know OF is not a 9 to 5 job but money is exchanged and I don’t see why this is so dystopian, especially given the extra sensitivity around age.