• Vespair@lemmy.zip
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    5 hours ago

    OnlyFans is the farm-to-table restaurant of ethical porn consumption, imo.

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    6 hours ago

    Not OF, but I am subscribed to an independent local porn company. They’re ethical, they are authentic, they creative. I want them to thrive, I want more of those in the world

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    12 hours ago

    Free porn is watching other people fetishes. Only fans is getting it fresh from the source personalized for you.

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    12 hours ago

    Same reason strip clubs exist - some people need the social aspect. They want someone to pretend to be into them, rather than just get off.

    The poor alloromantic bastards.

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    8 hours ago

    Just this evening had a coworker make fun of himself, he spent 279 bucks on a lifetime subscription to youporn.

    We were all like, why would you even?

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    12 hours ago

    Yeah I never understood that one either. It’s shocking to me that enough people are willing to not just pay for porn, but pay directly for porn from one individual source that its become a viable and massive industry. Part of me thinks the numbers that these only fans stars claim MUST be inflated and they have money from family or something. But I’m basing that on vibes and nothing else so who knows.

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      What you’re seeing as “big stars” are really just the biggest outliers. I don’t know how reliable of a source it is, but from here it says that the average person on onlyfans makes $180 per month, and that 75% of all the creators make less than $100 per month.

      Another source I found that’s a little more recent says that they’re earning slightly more than that, but not by much.

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        8 hours ago

        That probably also factors in the creators that aren’t there for porn though right?

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      12 hours ago

      I’d guess it’s more that on onlyfans you can convince yourself that you’re getting personal attention from the artist. It’s a combination of creepiness with maybe a bit of loneliness.

      On April 1, 2021, six days after her eighteenth birthday, Bregoli opened an OnlyFans account, earning over $1 million in revenue in the first six hours, including over $757,000 from subscriptions, $267,000 from message payments, and $5,000 in tips. She later demonstrated evidence of earnings of more than $50 million, which was initially met with skepticism. By September 2024, Bhad Bhabie earned $1,489,374 per month on OnlyFans and remained the highest paid creator on the platform, however by September 2025 she had fallen to 4th highest paid creator, earning upwards of $1.3 million a month.

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        11 hours ago

        Yes, it’s a parasocial relationship. Basically, the consumers of this content are sort of getting a subscription girlfriend experience, which I guess is very appealing to men that lack the ability to attract women in the real world. It’s kind of like men who go to strip clubs.

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          Yeah when you put it that way it makes sense. I’ve never been a strip club guy myself so I guess I just don’t get it.